Greenville County has no mandatory recycling ordinance, but operates free drop-off recycling at its Residential Waste & Recycling Centers, dropoff sites and Twin Chimneys Landfill. Accepted materials include mixed paper, cardboard, all plastic bottles/jugs/containers, and metal/aluminum cans; recyclables must be clean.
Recycling in Greenville County is voluntary drop-off rather than a mandated program. The county accepts mixed paper at all dropoff sites, Residential Waste & Recycling Centers and the Twin Chimneys Landfill — including newspaper, junk mail, magazines, envelopes, office paper and cereal boxes — but 'Carbon Paper, Tissues, Foiled Paper, Food Contaminated Paper' are not accepted. 'All plastic bottles, jugs, and containers are accepted,' while plastic bags, films, foam and food-storage containers are not. Metal containers and scrap metal, including aluminum and bi-metal cans, are accepted; paint cans and cooking pots are not. The county stresses that materials must be 'clean recyclables' to avoid contaminating whole loads. There is no county apartment-recycling mandate.
Recycling is voluntary, so there is no penalty for not recycling; contaminated loads may be rejected. Contact Solid Waste at 864.243.9672 for accepted-material questions.
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