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:
- Effective July 1, 2011 televisions and computer equipment are banned from disposal in NC landfills by state law. Residents cannot put these items in their garbage. These items will not be collected in bulky load collections as those loads go to the landfill. Moore County residents can utilize the Hwy 15-501 and the Eagle Springs Road conveniene site for drop off. Recycle Your Electronics Flyer
- 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.
- Residents can find out their scheduled pick up day by using the Garbage Schedule Map (PDF) or by using The Interactive Map on the Town's GIS site.
- Calls may be placed for collection of dead animals weighing less than 100 pounds.
Recycling:
- The Town of Southern Pines provides curbside collection of recyclables in an 18 gallon bin. Collect your recyclables in this container for single stream recycling and put the bin curbside once a week on your normal pick up day for solid waste. Multi-family complexes will have carts at a central collection site within the development to dispose of the recyclables.
- Acceptable items include aluminum and bi-metal drink cans, clear, brown, and green soft drink bottles, beer bottles, juice containers, food containers and wine and liquor bottles, plastic bottles with a neck numbered 1 through 7, newspapers and inserts that come in newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, copy paper, cereal boxes and similar boxes and old corrugated cardboard cut down to 2' X 3' to fit in bin, steel cans include (tin) cans used for fruits, vegetables, soups, juices, pet food and other food items.
- Unacceptable items include Styrofoam, plastic films and bags, plastic trays and dishes, containers with food or hazardous materials, mirrors, plate glass, drinking glasses, ceramic cups and plates and coat hangers.
- The recycling center located at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Memorial Park Court will close on June 30, 2009. Presently, the only item collected at the Center is Old Corrugated Cardboard (OCC). As a reminder, the Town through its contract with Waste Management, collects OCC at the curbside during regular recycling collection days.
- The Town of Southern Pines and Waste Management Invite you to Recycle! Recycling Flyer (PDF)
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.
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.
Recycle Your Christmas Tree Event Date Set: 2011 Christmas Tree Recycle Event Flyer