Recycling and Hazardous Waste

Buncombe County

The following materials are accepted at the Buncombe County Solid Waste Management Facility’s Convenience Center at no charge:

• Lead-acid batteries
• newspaper
• corrugated cardboard
• blue bags or co-mingled recyclables including:
  • #1 and #2 plastic
  • aluminum cans
  • clear, green and brown glass
  • and steel cans
• motor oils
• tires
• and white goods including stoves, refrigerators, air conditioners, freezers and all metals

The Solid Waste Management Facility’s Convenience Center does not accept mixed paper and non-infectious medical waste.

 

The following materials are accepted at the Buncombe County Transfer Station at no charge:

• lead acid batteries
• newspaper
• corrugated cardboard
• blue bags or co-mingled recyclables including:
  • #1 & #2 plastic
  • aluminum cans
  • clear, green & brown glass
  • steel cans
• mixed paper
• residential non-infectious medical waste

The Transfer Station does not accept motor oils, tires or wood waste.

Directions to the Transfer Station:

From I-240

• From I-240, take exit 1B (Brevard Road/Hwy. 191). At the traffic light, take Highway 191 North.
• Turn left onto Shelburne Road. Turn left onto Hominy Creek Road.
• The Transfer Station will be on the left.

From I-40

• From I-40, take exit 47 (Brevard Road/Hwy. 191). At the traffic light, take Highway 191 North.
• After crossing I-240, turn left onto Shelburne Road. Turn left onto Hominy Creek Road.
• The Transfer Station will be on the left.

Other recycling centers in Buncombe County include:

 

Blue Ridge Computer Recycling

828-232-5766
49 Glendale Ave.
Asheville NC 28803-1438

Blue Ridge Metal Recycling Inc.

828-254-2840
9 Mulvaney St.
Asheville NC 28803-1457

McDowell Recycling Inc.

828-697-6075
Hendersonville Hwy
Asheville NC 28801

Woodfin Auto & Salvage Scrap Metal Recycling

828-252-1689
1430 Riverside Dr.
Asheville NC 28804-3024

GDS

828-253-3929
1070 Riverside Dr.
Asheville NC 28804-3016

Asheville Metal Recycle

828-350-1002
530 Lyman St .
Asheville NC 28801-4765

Asheville Waste Paper

828-252-6963
304 Lyman St .

Asheville NC 28801-4314

Biltmore Iron & Metal Co. Inc.

828-253-9317
1 Meadow Rd
Asheville NC 28803-2614

Curbside Management Inc.

828-252-2532
116 Woodfin Ave
Asheville NC 28804-2038

 

Buncombe County accepts household hazardous waste (HHW) and electronics every Friday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at a special drop-off area at the landfill at no charge for residents. Businesses can also drop off electronics for 30 cents per pound.

The following items must be separated out of loads and brought to the electronics recycling area:

• Computers (monitors, CPU’s, keyboards),
• Calculators
• Copiers
• Fax Machines
• VCR’s & DVD Players
• Telephones
• Stereos
• Televisions
• Cell Phones
• Video cameras

Household Hazardous Waste is also accepted on Fridays:

• Paint and paint-related items such as water sealer, paint thinners, enamels and polyurethane will be charged at $2 per gallon.
• There is no charge for pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, motor oil, antifreeze and lead-acid batteries.
• No hazardous wastes from businesses will be accepted.
• Bio-hazardous materials, radio actives and explosives are not accepted at any time.

For further information, call the Solid Waste Office at 250-5460 or the Landfill at 645-5311.

 

Haywood County

In Haywood County, go to www.haywoodnc.net/recycling.html

Items accepted for recycling are: aluminum cans, catalogs and magazines, newspapers, other paper, third class mail, corrugated cardboard, household cardboard boxes (cereal, cracker, cake mix), plastic bottles and jugs, steel cans, paper grocery bags, and telephone books. Used motor oil is also accepted at the ten centers.

The collections centers location and hours are:

 

Materials Recovery Facility
The Materials Recovery Facility is on Recycle Road in Clyde and operates Monday through Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Residential and nonresidential waste comes through our Materials Recovery Facility.

Materials accepted at the Materials Recovery Facility are residential trash, commercial waste, industrial waste, appliances, furniture, carpet, mattresses and bedsprings, and metals. Special waste collected at our Materials Recovery Facility are tires and lead-acid batteries. Antifreeze is collected at the Jones Cove Convenience Center Site.

A $38 per ton tipping fee is collected at our Materials Recovery Facility on all commercial and industrial waste. There are no tipping fees on regular household waste hauled into our Materials Recovery Facility. There is a $38 per ton tipping fee collected on all remodeling materials such as windows, carpeting, bathroom fixtures, etc. at the Materials Recovery Facility. No tipping fees are charged for tires or appliances.

White Oak Landfill
The White Oak landfill is located at Exit 15 - Interstate 40 off of White Oak Road. The White Oak Landfill operates Monday through Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The White Oak Landfill receives clean wood, brush, leaves, pallets, blocks-brick-concrete, uncontaminated dirt, asphalt and stumps at a cost of $30 per ton. The construction and demolition landfill accepts shingles, painted/treated wood and sheet rock at $30 per ton.

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