Sumter County

County Recycling Coordinator: Karen Hyatt 
Location and Mailing Address: 1289 N. Main Street, Sumter, SC 29150 
Phone: (803) 436-2241 
Fax: (803) 436-2245 
Website: Sumter County Recycling Web Page

*Sumter County Recycling Centers are currently not accepting plastic and glass for recycling due to infrastructure and economic difficulties.

Staffed County Recycling Centers

1. 3995 Pinewood Road, Sumter, SC 29154

2. 2860 Queens Chapel Road, Sumter, SC 29153

3. 800 Pleasant Grove Road, Lynchburg, SC 29080

4. 4620 Cane Savannah Road, Sumter, SC 29168

5. 113 Rainier Boulevard, Sumter, SC 29150

6. 2680 Stamey Livestock Road, Sumter, SC 29153

7. 815 Bethel Church Road, Sumter, SC 29154

8. 60 Alligator Branch Road, Sumter 29153

9. 3665 Spencer Road, Rembert, SC 29128

     Hours for All Centers: 
     Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 7AM - 7PM 
     Sunday, 1:30PM - 7PM 
     CLOSED Tuesday and Thursday

CENTERS COLLECT:

  • Aluminum (foil, pie pans, cans)
  • Antifreeze (ONLY accepted at Alligator Branch Road location)
  • Appliances, large (refrigerators, washers, dryers)
  • Athletic shoes (no metal, cleats, spikes, sandals, pumps, dress shoes, or boots)
  • Batteries, lead-acid (car, truck boat)
  • Cardboard
  • Cooking oil (ONLY accepted at Rainaire Road, Bethel Church Road, Stamey Livestock Road, and Cane Savannah Road centers)
  • Farmer oil (ONLY accepted at Alligator Branch Road and Spencer Road centers)
  • Fluorescent bulbs (8 ft. or smaller)
  • Furniture
  • Newspaper and inserts
  • Oil/gas mixture (ONLY accepted at Bethel Church Road center)
  • Scrap metals
  • Steel cans
  • Tires (limit 5 per visit)
  • Used motor oil, filters and bottles
  • Yard trimmings (ONLY accepted on Saturday and Sunday)

Sumter County Landfill

2185 East Brewington Road, Sumter, SC 29153 
     Hours: 
     Monday - Saturday, 7:30AM - 4PM 
     CLOSED Sunday

LANDFILL COLLECTS (for recycling):

  • Household electronics (televisions, computers, computer monitors, printers and other electronic equipment)
  • Ink/toner cartridges
  • Pallets
  • Tires
  • Used motor oil, filters and bottles

Household Electronics

(televisions, computers, computer monitors, printers and other electronic equipment as well as ink/toner cartridges) - Sumter County accepts e-scrap only at the Sumter County Landfill. For more information, call (803) 436-2241. In addition, e-scrap is not accepted at the Sumter County Recycling Centers. See above for details.

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City of Sumter

Contact: Randolph Paige 
Location: 301 East Liberty Street, Sumter, SC 29150 
Mailing Address: PO Box 1449, Sumter, SC 29151 
Phone: (803) 436-2558 
Fax: (803) 436-2626 
Website: City of Sumter Recycling Web Page

Effective January 14, 2022, the City of Sumter sanitation crews will not be sorting recycling at the curb. Until further notice, please bag recycling items and place them in the same container as your regular trash. This will allow our limited workforce teams to focus on residential and commercial pickup and yard debris.

Curbside Collection

  • Aluminum cans
  • Cardboard
  • Glass bottles and jars (brown, green, clear)
  • Mixed paper (newspaper and inserts, magazines, office paper)
  • Plastic bottles and jugs (#1 and #2)
  • Steel cans
  • Telephone books

Unstaffed City Drop-Off Site

303 East Liberty Street (at rear of complex) 
Hours: 24 hours

SITE COLLECTS:

  • Used motor oil

Note: Program available for schools and businesses.

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Additional Used Motor Oil Collection Sites

Shaw Air Force Base

  • Recycling Center, Kingfisher Road in building1987 (also accepts filters and bottles)
  • Hobby Shop, 311 Avocet Street Sumter 29152
  • Advance Auto, 5710 Broad Street Extension, Sumter 29154

Sumter

  • Advance Auto, 510 Broad Street, Sumter 29154
  • Advance Auto, 1775 Highway 15 South, Sumer 29150
  • Auto Zone, 1255 Pocalla Road, Sumter 29150
  • Auto Zone, 462 Broad Street, Sumter 29154
  • Central Carolina Technical Building, N Guignard Drive (also accepts filters and bottles) 
  • City Public Works, 60 Myrtle Beach Highway, Sumter 29153 (also accepts filters and bottles)
  • S.E. Chemical & Solvent Co., 755 Industrial Road, Oswego 29150
  • Walmart Tire and Lube Express Center, 1283 Broad Street, Sumter 29154

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