Recycling - 1st Sunday Collections and More ECO Home Page
On the first Sunday of each month, ECO collects items that can be recycled but are not picked up curbside. Batteries, corks, and tiny metal bits (screws, clips, etc.) are collected every month. Other items are collected a few times a year as indicated below.
WHAT GOES WHERE: (Click here for information about what happens to the items we collect, and why they should be recycled: eco_first_sunday_recycling_information.pdf
NEW: When your car reaches the end of its usable life, how much can be recycled, and how? Read all about Vehicle Recycling, from graduate student Carmen Adams in San Diego.
Focus on Plastics Recycling: If you are confused about what plastics can be recycled and where, you are not alone! ECO has compiled some information to help with this. To understand which "numbers" can be recycled, take a look at this handout. Did you know that many plastic bags and wrappings, including dry cleaning bags, zip lock bags and toilet paper wrappings, can be recycled (if clean and dry) at local grocery stores? Find out more about recycling plastic bags and other plastic "film." If you want to find out about your county's recycling policies, try these links for Orange County, Durham County, and Chatham County.
Recycling and Donating:
Carolina Packaging – Pack it-ship it
1202 Raleigh Rd . 968-1181
Close to intersection 15/501 and 54. Glenwood Square.
UPS Store
1189 Fordham Blvd. 933-9117
Corner of Willow Drive
UPS Store in Carrboro Plaza
Rte. 54
Pak Mail
1312 US 15/501 N107 967-3020
Note: will take Styrofoam only as flat sheets, not molded
Ship on Site
300 Market Street St. 130. 933-4202
Just off 15/501 near Mt. Carmel Church Road
On the first Sunday of each month, ECO collects items that can be recycled but are not picked up curbside. Batteries, corks, and tiny metal bits (screws, clips, etc.) are collected every month. Other items are collected a few times a year as indicated below.
WHAT GOES WHERE: (Click here for information about what happens to the items we collect, and why they should be recycled: eco_first_sunday_recycling_information.pdf
- Every month, we collect batteries (D size and smaller), natural and synthetic corks and tiny metal bits (screws, clips, etc.) to recycle at the ECO table. For additional items, see calendar below:
- Jan.: Holiday lights (working or not), gently used children's books.
- Feb.: Cell phones (with or without chargers)
- March: Children's books
- April: Eyeglasses (prescription or not, can be broken, includes sunglasses)
- May: Cell phones
- June: Batteries, corks, tiny metal bits
- July: Batteries, corks, tiny metal bits
- August: Children's books
- Sept.: Children's books
- Oct.: Eyeglasses
- Nov.: Cell phones
- Dec.: Holiday lights (working or not)
NEW: When your car reaches the end of its usable life, how much can be recycled, and how? Read all about Vehicle Recycling, from graduate student Carmen Adams in San Diego.
Focus on Plastics Recycling: If you are confused about what plastics can be recycled and where, you are not alone! ECO has compiled some information to help with this. To understand which "numbers" can be recycled, take a look at this handout. Did you know that many plastic bags and wrappings, including dry cleaning bags, zip lock bags and toilet paper wrappings, can be recycled (if clean and dry) at local grocery stores? Find out more about recycling plastic bags and other plastic "film." If you want to find out about your county's recycling policies, try these links for Orange County, Durham County, and Chatham County.
Recycling and Donating:
- The Solid Waste Convenience Center at 1514 Eubanks Rd. is now open and expanded. Many new things are accepted such as food waste, textiles and more.
- The A-Z Recyclery Directory is back up on the Orange County Solid Waste Management website. Check it out to find out where you can recycle almost anything.!
- Chatham County's recycling site is also helpful, and includes a "How do I dispose of..." guide to recycling lots of things that are not picked up curbside.
- Shredded paper can NO LONGER be recycled in Orange or Chatham County. However, free shredding services are offered year-round at the Shred Center. Shredded paper can also go in your compost.
- Technology Recycling: Don’t let your old gadgets end up in the landfill, as they can harm the environment in multiple ways. There are many places that will take your old electronics for recycling, from computers and printers to tablets and portable music players. Two options are Orange County Solid Waste Convenience Centers and Staples Stores. Even better, use the old ones as long as possible and donate working items when you can. Kramden Institute in Durham refurbishes donated computers and many other electronics for students in need.
- Plastic plant pots and dirty compost bags can be returned for recycling and reuse at Lowe's Home Improvement Stores. They will take all plastic pots including the flimsy cell packs and plastic trays that contained multiple pots, as well as empty plastic bags that contained compost or mulch (no need to clean them).
- All types of cartons, such as those containing milk, soup, wine, juice, etc. can be recycled curbside along with bottles and cans. Leave plastic tops on, remove straws, flatten.
- Textiles: Worn-out clothing or other textiles not suitable to go directly on the thrift store sales floor is sold by the pound by the PTA Thrift Store. Bag separately, keep clean and dry, and mark as 'rags', then bring them to one of the donation points (Jones Ferry Rd. or Elliot Rd.). Textiles (separated and marked) can also be taken to the Eubanks Rd. Solid Waste Convenience center in the clothing bin.
- Packaging materials including STYROFOAM, PEANUTS, BUBBLE WRAP AND AIRPACKS can be taken at any time to the following stores for re-use:
Carolina Packaging – Pack it-ship it
1202 Raleigh Rd . 968-1181
Close to intersection 15/501 and 54. Glenwood Square.
UPS Store
1189 Fordham Blvd. 933-9117
Corner of Willow Drive
UPS Store in Carrboro Plaza
Rte. 54
Pak Mail
1312 US 15/501 N107 967-3020
Note: will take Styrofoam only as flat sheets, not molded
Ship on Site
300 Market Street St. 130. 933-4202
Just off 15/501 near Mt. Carmel Church Road