Waste Management and Recycling
Phone: 910-692-1983 (Questions or Problems)
Phone: 910-692-5800 (Collection of Bulky Items)
Solid Waste Collection
The Town of Southern Pines contracts with Waste Management to provide:
Garbage Collection:
- Occupants provide their own garbage cans which must be placed at or near the rear entrance of the residence or business establishment.
- Residents may call 692-5800 for collection of bulky items and white goods.
- Calls may be placed for collection of dead animals weighing less than 100 pounds.
Yard Waste:
- The Town of Southern Pines provides for the collection of leaves, limbs and yard clippings approximately once every three weeks.
- It is the residents' responsibility to see that this debris is properly placed at the curb for collection.
- Please do not place debris on the roadway, gutters or roadside ditches.
- Piles of trash on the roadway or too near the travel lane often times create traffic hazards.
- Trash in gutters or ditches cause storm water catch basins and culverts to stop up which also creates hazards and maintenance problems.
- Due to landfill disposal regulations, piles of yard trash contaminated with plastics, paper, cardboard, etc. cannot be collected.
- Tree limbs must not be more than 4 feet in length or 4 inches in diameter, and must be separated from yard rakings.
- The town will not be responsible for collecting more than 3 cubic yards of yard waste from any one location.
- No material, such as trees, shrubbery, or underbrush resulting from the clearing of vacant land, will be picked up by the town.
Recyclable Materials:
Southern Pines To Recycle Glass:
In an effort to help reduce the amount of household debris going to the landfill, the Town of Southern Pines will begin recycling glass at the Recycling Center. The recycling of glass will begin on August 1, 2007.
Glass that can be recycled includes all glass food and beverage containers. Clear, green, brown (amber) or blue glass is acceptable for recycling. Examples of glass that can not be recycled include: drink glasses, window glass, Pyrex dishes, ceramics, light bulbs, or any glass that is not a food or beverage container.
- The recycling drop-off center is located at the corner of W. Iowa Ave. and Memorial Park Court, and is available to residents and businesses 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Products that may be recycled are:
- Newspapers
- Plastic milk, soft drink, water bottles of all colors
- Aluminum cans, steel cans used for food & drinks, clean aluminum foil, clean aluminum pie plates
- Newspaper inserts, magazines
- Cardboard boxes
- Cell Phones
- Empty Inkjet Cartridges
- Glass, clear, green, brown (amber) or blue glass
- Prepaid recycle bags for cell phones and empty inkjet cartridges are availabe at the recycle center. Just drop the recycle bag into any US Postal Service mailbox or give to your local postal carrier.
Visit the Keep Moore County Beautiful web site for more information on recycling programs.
Bulky Items And White Goods Collection:
- The Town of Southern Pines provides collection services for white goods and bulky items to town residences once each week as needed.
- These items will be collected curbside on a call in basis, usually on a Friday or Saturday.
- Only residential locations receive this service.
- The town will not be responsible for collecting more than three cubic yards of bulky items from one location during any one collection cycle.
- Residents desiring this service should contact Waste Management directly at 692-5800, confirm pick up day and then place items(s) at curb no earlier than 24 hours before scheduled pick up time.
- Any items mixed with garbage, building materials or construction debris will be rejected. The removal of building materials and construction debris is the responsibility of the property owner.
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Customers may call 692-1983 with questions or problems.