Richland County

Recycling Coordinator: Travis Weston 
Physical and Mailing Address: 
Richland County C&D Landfill 
1070 Caughman Road North, Columbia, SC 29203 
Voice: (803) 576-3588 
Cell: (803) 381-5318 
Fax: (803) 576-2495 
Website: Richland County Solid Waste and Recycling

Richland County Recycling Brochure 

Curbside Collection

Download the FREE Richland County Solid Waste App. If needed, download the curbside recycling cart decal.

• Aluminum cans
• Cardboard (flattened and dry; shipping boxes, clean pizza boxes)
• Cartons (milk, juice, broth)
• Mixed paper (catalogs, magazines, newspaper and inserts, office paper, unwanted mail, paper bags, envelopes)
• Paperboard (cereal boxes, shoe boxes)
• Paperboard canisters (coffee canisters, peanut containers, Pringles and similar snack containers, dough canisters)
• Plastic bottles, jugs, jars and other containers (#1 - #7; screw-on lids should be left on, pop-off lids should be discarded)
• Steel cans
• Telephone books

Staffed County Drop-Off Centers

1. C&D Landfill Drop-Off Center, 1070 Caughman Road North, Columbia, SC 29203 
    Phone: (803) 576-2390 
    Hours of Operation: 
    Monday - Friday, 7AM - 4:30PM 
    Saturday, 7AM - 12:30PM 
    CLOSED Sunday

2. Lower Richland Drop-Off Center, 10531 Garners Ferry Road, Eastover, SC 29044 (just south of Mr. Bunky's Convenience Store on Highway 76/378) 
    Phone: (803) 776-2324 
    Hours of Operation: 
    Tuesday - Saturday, 8 AM - 4:30 PM
    CLOSED Sunday and Monday

3. Clemson Road Recycling Site, 900 Clemson Road, Columbia, SC 29229 (across from the Village at Sandhill) 
    Phone: (803) 576-2440 
    Hours of Operation 
    Tuesday - Saturday, 8 AM - 4:30 PM
    CLOSED Sunday and Monday

CENTERS COLLECT:

• Aluminum cans (ONLY accepted at the Clemson Rd Recycling Site)
• Antifreeze (NOT accepted at Clemson Road)
• Appliances, large (NOT accepted at Clemson Road; refrigerators, washers, dryers)
• Batteries, lead-acid (NOT accepted at Clemson Road; car, truck, boat)
• Bulbs, fluorescent and CFL (NOT accepted at Clemson Road; lengths up to 4 feet)
• Cardboard (ONLY accepted at the Clemson Rd Recycling Site)
• Cooking oil
• Glass bottles and jars (ONLY accepted at the Clemson Rd Recycling Site)
• Household electronics (NOT accepted at Clemson Road; televisions, computers, computer monitors, printers and other electronic equipment, limit 5 items per day)
• Mattresses and box springs (limit 2 per day, ONLY accepted at the C&D Landfill)
• Oil/gasoline mixtures (NOT accepted at Clemson Road)
• Paint, latex (NOT accepted at Clemson Road; limit 5 cans, any size per household per day)
• Plastic bottles, jars, jugs and other containers (#1 - #7; screw-on lids should be left on, pop-off lids should be discarded) (ONLY accepted at the Clemson Rd Recycling Site)
• Scrap metal (NOT accepted at Clemson Road)
• Residential Tires (NOT accepted at Clemson Road; limit 4 passenger tires per household per day)
• Used motor oil, filters and bottles (NOT accepted at Clemson Road)
• Wood waste (NOT accepted at Clemson Road; branches, stumps, clean lumber, pallets)

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Town of Arcadia Lakes

Contact: Elizabeth Krajewski 
Physical and Mailing Address: 6911-2 N. Trenholm Road, Columbia, SC 29206 
Phone: (803) 782-2272 
Fax: (803) 787-3338

Curbside Collection

• Aerosol cans (empty)
• Aluminum cans
• Cardboard (flattened and dry; shipping boxes, pizza boxes)
• Cartons (milk, juice, broth)
• Glass bottles and jars (brown, green, clear)
• Mixed paper (catalogs, magazines, newspaper and inserts, office paper, unwanted mail, paper bags, envelopes)
• Paperboard (cereal boxes, shoe boxes)
• Paperboard canisters (e.g., coffee canister, peanut container, Pringles container, dough canister)
• Plastic bottles, jars, jugs and other containers (beverage bottles, yogurt containers, butter tubs, frozen dinner trays)
• Steel cans

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City of Columbia

Contact: Samantha Yager 
Physical and Mailing Address: 2910 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29203 
Phone: (803) 545-3800 
Fax: (803) 733-8648  
Website: City of Columbia - Solid Waste & Recycling

Curbside Collection

• Aerosol cans (empty)
• Aluminum (cans, foil, trays, pie pans)
• Cardboard (flattened and dry; shipping boxes, pizza boxes)
• Cartons (milk, juice, broth)
• Glass bottles and jars (brown, green, clear)
• Mixed paper (catalogs, magazines, newspaper and inserts, office paper, unwanted mail, paper bags, envelopes)
• Paperboard (cereal boxes, shoe boxes)
• Paperboard canisters (e.g., coffee canister, peanut container, Pringles container, dough canister)
• Plastic bottles, jars, jugs and other containers (beverage bottles, yogurt containers, butter tubs, frozen dinner trays)
• Steel cans

Cooking Oil

Cooking oil (cooking oil, fats and greases) is accepted - from households ONLY - at the Public Works facility at 2910 Colonial Drive. The facility is open from 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Please note that cooking oil containers are not accepted for recycling at this site. Please call (803) 545-3780 for more information.

Electronics

Electronics, household equipment (televisions, computers, computer monitors, printers and other electronic equipment) and ALL fluorescent bulbs - from City of Columbia residents ONLY - can be recycled at the PublicWorks facility at 2910 Colonial Drive. Items can be dropped off between 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Please call (803) 545-3780 for more information.

Compost for Sale

This compost is made of yard trimmings from City of Columbia residents.

Location: Humane Lane 
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30AM - 5PM  
Details: Compost costs $25 per cubic yard.

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City of Forest Acres

Contact: Joey Paschal 
Physical and Mailing Address: 5205 Trenholm Road, Forest Acres, SC 29206 
Phone: (803) 782-4719 
Website: City of Forest Acres Recycling webpage

The City of Forest Acres collects garbage, recycling and yard debris once a week at each residence.

On the morning of your weekly garbage collection, your cart must be at the curb by 7 AM. Please remove your cart from the curb by 8 PM of your collection day. Garbage must be placed in roll carts. Recyclable materials must be placed in recycling bins for pickup, but should not be bagged.

Garbage

What to Throw Away

Your roll cart is for disposing of regular household garbage. Please place bagged household garbage in your roll cart. Bag and tie so garbage won't fly! Plastic shopping bags are good to use as garbage bags and you can use the handles as ties. Pet owners: please seal animal waste and cat litter in plastic bags before placing in roll cart. Please do not use your cart for yard waste, recycling, hot ashes, flammable liquids, chemicals, motor oil, hazardous waste or construction debris.

Curbside Collection

Each resident is provided with one recycling bin from the city.

• Aerosol cans (empty)
• Aluminum cans
• Cardboard (flattened and dry; shipping boxes, pizza boxes)
• Cartons (milk, juice, broth)
• Glass bottles, jars, and food containers (brown, green, clear)
• Newspaper and magazines
• Paperboard (cereal boxes, shoe boxes)
• Paperboard canisters (e.g., coffee canister, peanut container, Pringles container, dough canister)
• Plastic containers (milk jugs, soda bottles, plastic bottles, jugs, and jars with recycling codes #1 - #7)
• Steel cans
• Telephone books

**NOTE: containers contaminated with food may result in rejection of the entire bin of recyclables

Unacceptable items for curbside recycling:

• Egg cartons
• Plastic bags
• Styrofoam of any kind
• Light bulbs, dishes or window pane glass

Public Works facility at the corner of Covenant Rd. and Robert Springs Rd. This facility ONLY accepts the following items:

• Aluminum and tin (soda, vegetable and aerosol cans)
• Cardboard (flattened and dry; shipping boxes and clean pizza boxes
• Newspapers and magazines
• Paperboard (flattened cereal and shoe boxes)
• Plastic containers (milk jugs, soda bottles, plastic bottles, jugs, and jars with recycling codes #1 - 7)
• Telephone books

The following items are not collected by the City of Forest Acres, but may be disposed of at Richland County facilities listed below:

• Gear oil
• Fuel oil
• Heating oil
• Kerosene
• Hydraulic oil
• Diesel fuel
• Automatic transmission oil
• Motor oil
• Cooking oil
• Oil and gas mixture
• Antifreeze
• Tires
• Lead acid batteries
• Fluorescent light bulbs
• Paint
• Propane tanks
• Helium tanks

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Fort Jackson*

Contact: Norman Weldon
Physical and Mailing Address: 5671 Lee Road, Fort Jackson, SC 29207 
Phone: (803) 751-4208 

Unstaffed Base Drop-Off Site

Building 5671, Lee Road

    Hours of Operation: 
    Monday - Friday, 7AM - 3PM 
    CLOSED Saturday and Sunday

SITE COLLECTS:

• Aluminum cans
• Cardboard
• Glass bottles and jars (green, brown, clear)
• Mixed paper (colored paper, magazines, newspaper and inserts, mixed office paper)
• Pallets (standard size 40" X 48" only)
• Plastic bottles, jars and jugs (#1 - #7)
• Scrap metal
• Steel cans
• Telephone books

*NOTE: This site is ONLY for those authorized to enter Fort Jackson. 

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Town of Irmo

Contact: Whitt Cline 
Physical Address: 7300 Woodrow Street, Irmo, SC 29063 
Mailing Address: PO Box 406, Irmo, SC 29063 
Phone: (803) 781-7050 
Fax: (803) 749-2743 
Website: Town of Irmo Recycling WebPage 

Curbside Collection

• Aluminum cans
• Cardboard
• Mixed paper (magazines, newspaper and inserts)
• Paperboard canisters (e.g., coffee canister, peanut container, Pringles container, dough canister)
• Plastic bottles, jars and jugs
• Steel cans

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Additional Used Motor Oil Collection Sites 

Ballentine/Irmo

• Ballentine Fire Department, 10717 Broad River Road*

Blythewood Fire Department

• 435 Main Street*

Columbia

• Advance Auto, 7613 Garners Ferry Road
• Advance Auto, 7030 Two Notch Road
• Advance Auto, 3010 Two Notch Road
• Advance Auto, 4731 Devine Street
• Advance Auto, 249 Bush River Road
• Auto Zone, 3108 Two Notch Road
• Auto Zone, 6121 Street Andrews Road
• Auto Zone, 9860 Two Notch Road
• Auto Zone, 255 O'Neil Court
• Auto Zone, 3601 Main Street
• Auto Zone, 7710 East Garners Ferry Road
• Auto Zone, 211 Ricky Lane.
• Fire Department, 153 Atlas Road* 
• Pep Boys, 1804 Broad River Road
• Pep Boys, 2455 Decker Boulevard
• Richland County Public Works Facility, 400 Powell Road
• Walmart Tire and Lube Express Center, 1326 Bush River Road
• Walmart Tire and Lube Express Center, 5420 Forest Drive
• Walmart Tire and Lube Express Center, 7520 Garners Ferry Road
• Walmart Tire and Lube Express Center, 360 Harbison Boulevard
• Walmart Tire and Lube Express Center, 321 Killian Road
• Walmart Tire and Lube Express Center, 10060 Two Notch Road

Eastover

• Eastover Fire Department, 504 Henry Street*

Gadsden

• Fire Department, 122 Community Center Drive*

Hopkins

• Fire Department, 1631 Clarkson Street*

Spring Valley

• Sandhills Fire Department, 130 Sparkleberry Line*

Upper Richland

• Fire Department, 300 Camp Ground Road* 

Note: Sites marked with an asterisk (*) also accept used oil filters.

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