Recycling Information: Columbia
Contact: 545-3800
Curbside Recycling
- Paper: newspapers and inserts, magazines
- Glass: clear, green and brown
- Metal: aluminum and steel cans and lids; clean alumninum foil; empty aerosol cans (except aerosol cans that have contained pesticides or any other product ending in "-icide")
- Plastic: #1 and #2 bottles and jugs -- check the bottom of the item for the number; only bottles and jugs (neck skinnier than base) are accepted (i.e. yogurt and other similar containers are not recyclable.)
Drop-off Recycling
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DHEC, 2600 Bull Street
(in the very back end of the parking lot behind the building)
Materials accepted all day, every day.
What they accept:
- Paper: newspaper and inserts, magazines, catalogs, office paper
- Glass: clear, green, and brown
- Metal: aluminum and steel cans and lids; clean alumninum foil; empty aerosol cans (except aerosol cans that have contained pesticides or any other product ending in "-icide")
- Plastic: #1 and #2 bottles and jugs-- check the bottom of the item for the number; only bottles and jugs (neck skinnier than base) are accepted (i.e. yogurt and other similar containers are not recyclable.)
City of Columbia Department of Public Works
2910 Colonial Drive; off of Slighs Road
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 9:30 - 3:30
Proof of residency is required.
What they accept:
- Electronic waste including end-of-life computers, monitors, televisions, VCRs, DVD players, audio and stereo equipment, cellular phones, digital cameras, and other electronic devices
- Alkaline and rechargeable batteries
- Florescent bulbs (including compact florescents)