Eric Rekitt, Solid Waste Disposal Supervisor
Mel Bolin, Office Manager

PO Box 120
289 Public Works Road
York, SC 29745

(803) 628-3186 phone
(803) 628-3183 fax

Functions

York County operates a Solid Waste Transfer Station designed for the processing of municipal solid waste. The waste is received from municipalities and private waste haulers and loaded onto trailers for transport and disposal in an approved landfill facility in Richland County, SC. The county also operates a Construction, Demolition, and Land Clearing Debris landfill. Construction type waste meeting regulatory guidelines is disposed of in the landfill. The county also accepts waste tires at its landfill. The tires are loaded into tractor trailer trucks and shipped to a tire processing facility for shredding. Also accepts yard waste and land clearing.

Responsibilities:

• Operation of a Waste Transfer Station for disposal of municipal solid waste and commercial waste
• Operation of a Construction, Demolition, and Land Clearing Debris landfill
• Processing of scrap metal and white goods for recycling
• Processing of waste tires through chipping and recycling
• Documentation of all wastes that enter and exit the landfill
• Billing of landfill accounts
• Performs regulatory monitoring of groundwater under landfill closure regulations
• Performs regulatory monitoring of methane generation under landfill closure regulations

This Office Does Not

• Provide residential garbage collection
• Manage the collection and recycling centers.  See Solid Waste Collection
• Place disposal boxes at construction sites
• Accept liquids of any type. See Solid Waste Collection
• Accept asbestos shingles or siding