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24-HOUR RECYCLING DROP-OFF SITES


Open 24 Hours - 7 Days per week


1. Cedar Falls Park: One mile east of Martin Luther King Blvd. on Weaver Dairy Rd.
2. University Mall: Mall parking lot, behind the gas station on Estes Drive
3. Meadowmont: Behind Harris Teeter
4. Carrboro Plaza: Behind ABC Store in southeast corner of the Plaza
5. Hampton Pointe: Behind Home Depot, Hwy 86 in Hillsborough

Look at the map below for further location information.

Do not leave trash or bulky items at 24-Hour Dropoff sites!

Bring to Solid Waste Convenience Centers instead.
Do not leave plastic bags in any of the recycling containers at Dropoff Sites.

Recycle the following materials and prepare them accordingly:

You Can Recycle
Do Not Include

NO LONGER AVAILABLE at 24-hour drop-off sites: Rigid Plastics #2 (HDPE), #4 and #5 (PP) non-bottle plastic recycling is.  You can still recycle them at staffed Convenience Center Sites

rigid plastics

Visit our RIGID PLASTICS page for more information.

 

 

Mixed Paper

Junk mail, office paper, dry and frozen food boxes, gable-top milk and juice cartons, tissue boxes, paper tubes and other clean dry paper that tears. Shredded paper is OK; please keep in paper bag to prevent blowing!

mixed paper

No tissue, waxy, plastic coated or food contaminated paper. No aseptic flat-topped drink boxes.

 

 

 

 

Newspaper, Magazines and Phonebooks

newspaper, magazine, phonebook

No plastic bags, CD's or other media.

 

 

 

Corrugated Cardboard and Brown Paper Bags

Corrugated cardboard has three layers with a wavy inner layer. Empty cardboard boxes and break them down flat. Paper bags only, no other type of bags.

currogated cardboard, paper bags

 

Steel, Aluminum and Aerosol Spray Cans,

Aluminum Foil

Must be empty and free of food.

metal cans

 

Glass Bottles and Jars

glass bottles, jars

No dishes, cookware, lightbulbs, window glass, mirror glass, pyrex, mugs, drinking glasses or ceramics.

 

 

 

Plastic Bottles and Jugs

Plastic Bottles and Jugs ONLY please.  Any number is fine so long as it is a bottle. A bottle has a neck smaller than the base.

plastic bottles, jugs

No plastic toys, tubs, cups or buckets. Recycle these with "RIGID PLASTICS" available at drop-off sites February 1.  Look for the purple containers.

 

 

dropoff location map