Drop-off Recycling Locations in the Midlands
A RECYCLING CENTER
1009 Fontaine Road, Columbia, SC / (803) 786-6690
Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm; Saturday 8:30am – 12:30pm.
What they accept:
- Paper: newspaper and inserts, magazines, catalogs, office paper, corrugated cardboard
- All metals
- Lead acid batteries
FOREST ACRES
3004 Robert Springs Road
Monday – Saturday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
What they accept:
- Paper: cardboard, magazines, newspaper and inserts
- Glass: clear, green, and brown
- Metal: aluminum and steel cans
- Plastic bottles, jars and jugs #1-7: plastics must have a screw-on top or be bottle-shaped with a neck that is smaller than the base. (No egg cartons, plastic bags, yogurt/sour cream/butter tubs or other food containers that do not have a screw-on top and are not shaped like a bottle.)
FORT JACKSON
On Lee Road, off Imboden Road/Forest Drive
***Enter the Fort through the Forest Drive entrance; you will be required to show ALL of the following documents to enter: valid driver’s license, proof of insurance, and current automobile registration.
Monday – Friday 7:00am-3:30pm; Saturday 8:30am to 3:30pm. Closed Sunday
What they accept:
- Paper: newspapers and inserts, magazines, catalogs, corrugated cardboard, computer and office paper
- Glass: clear, green, and brown
- Metal Cans and Lids: aluminum, steel and aerosol
- Plastic bottles and jugs #1-7: plastics must have a screw-on top or be bottle-shaped with a neck that is smaller than the base. (No egg cartons, plastic bags, yogurt/sour cream/butter tubs or other food containers that do not have a screw-on top and are not shaped like a bottle.)
- Scrap metal
LEXINGTON COUNTY COLLECTION AND RECYCLING CENTERS – 11 Locations
– recycling brochure
RICHLAND COUNTY RECYCLING SITES – 7 Locations
SONOCO RECYCLING
1132 Idlewilde Boulevard, off Bluff Road
All day every day
What they accept:
- Mixed Paper: office paper, newspapers, magazines, phonebooks (NO tissue, foil, or food contaminated paper)
- Cardboard: corrugated, chipboard, wetpack, clean milk/juice cartons, paper cans with metal ends (NO waxed cardboard)
- Glass: clear, green, and brown containers (NO cups, plates, windows, mirrors etc)
- Metal Cans and Lids: aluminum, steel, and aerosol (NO other metals)
- Plastics #1-7: all clean bottles, jugs, food containers, buckets, flower pots (NO styrofoam, plastic bags, metal handles)
As of October 2012 Sonoco Recycling no longer offers shredding/secure material destruction services.
THE STATE NEWSPAPER
1401 Shop Road
Recycling area open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
What they accept:
- Paper: newspaper and inserts
