Recycling

Recyclable Items for drop-off at Convenience Centers and Recycling Sites

The following items may be recycled; however, they must be kept separate.

• Newspapers, magazines, mixed office paper, brown paper bags, and paper board boxes such as cereal boxes may be put in the same paper bin together. – Do not place in plastic bags.
• Corrugated Cardboard must be clean and flattened before putting into recycling receptacles at all BCWS convenience centers and drop-off sites. Click here for locations.
• Textile recycling – clean clothing and other textiles in plastic bags are accepted for recycling at most Convenience Center sites.
• Lead acid batteries and nickel cadmium batteries are accepted at all convenience centers for recycling.
• Residential Carpet Padding/Foam is accepted at the Oakley Road and Charity Church Convenience Center.
• Aluminum and Steel Cans – clean aluminum foil, pie pans, empty aerosol cans, and rinsed out cans (labels still attached are okay). Accepted at all convenience centers

County Partners with RePower South (RPS) Processing and Recycling Facility

• This facility is located on the County Landfill property.
• Operations began in April 2019.
• RPS extracts recyclable material from the trash for commodities and for renewable fuel.
• Lead acid batteries and nickel cadmium batteries are accepted at all convenience centers for recycling.
• Berkeley County residents are not required to separate recyclables from their trash, as RPS does all of the sorting work.
• For more information on RePower South, visit repowersouth.com.