Items that are not accepted include plastic grocery bags, plastic foam, plastic wrap, zippered food bags, snack bags from chips and crackers and plastic without a #1-7 (the desig- nation inside the triangle symbol on the bottom), including cutlery.
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harleston County is currently switching from a dual-stream recycling program to a single-
stream system, which means some residents are separating paper products from mixed containers (plastic, glass, tin, aluminum, steel) and carrying two separate blue bins to the curb every other week. Others have one big garbage-can-sized bin that they put everything into and roll to the street. If you yearn for a big blue bin, the news is good. You are getting one, and so is ev- eryone else, within the next 24 months. You can recycle light bulbs, fluores- cent light tubes and compact fluores- cent bulbs; electronics such as televi- sions, computers, cameras, printers and phones; batteries; motor oil, antifreeze and paint; pool chemicals, pesticides, weed killers and fertilizers; household cleaners and oven clean- ers. All these items are designated as “hazardous” for recycling purposes. You can’t put them in your recycle bin, but you can deliver them to one of the county convenience centers (see website for locations). To be more environmentally conscious, organize a collection day for your street or Boy Scout troop and make one trip. You’ll have to go online to read
more. On the website you will find a comprehensive list of everything that you may be tempted to put into your garbage can, and you’ll discover what goes into your brown bin, what goes into your blue bin and what goes somewhere else.
For more information, see this article under Features at
www.Mount Pleasant
Magazine.com.
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