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Solid Waste Disposal
Please Separate Your Material As You Load Your Trailer
Functions
York County Solid Waste Disposal is responsible for operating and maintaining 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, South Carolina.
The county also operates a Construction and Demolition landfill where all construction type waste meeting regulatory guidelines is disposed of in the landfill. Waste tires are also collected at the York County landfill where they are shipped to a tire processing facility for recycling. Solid Waste Disposal also accepts yard debris at the landfill facility.
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 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
Separate your waste as you load your material.
Different waste goes in different locations.
Transfer Station (MSW) - House Hold Waste: Kitchen waste, any food waste.
C&D Waste: Wood, couch, chairs, leaves, grass.
Metal: All metal
Electronics: All electronics
Refrigeration: Refrigerators, freezers, ac units.
Carpet: Do not put trash in your carpet. No nails, razors, or tack strips.
Brush: Limbs, trees, stumps, no leaves, no dirt, and no grass.
Concrete, Brick, Block, Asphalt: Place only these items at this location.
Tires: All tires
This Office Does Not
- Perform residential garbage collection
- Manage the collection and recycling centers (see Solid Waste Collection and Recycling)
- Place disposal boxes at construction sites
- Accept liquids of any type (see Solid Waste Collection and Recycling)
- Accept asbestos shingles or siding
Recycling Brush
Related Documents
- Dichloroethane Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Fact Sheet on Landfill Groundwater Analytical Results with Map (PDF)
- Public Meeting on Landfill Groundwater Analytical Results (PDF)
- York Assessment of Corrective Measures Presentation 2017 (3a)
- York County Solid Waste Management Plan 2007 (PDF)
- York County Demonstration Of Need
- Solid Waste Ordinance Updated June 17, 2019
Site Map
YORK COUNTY HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 2023 | ||||
HOLIDAY | COUNTY OFFICES CLOSED | COLLECTION & RECYCLING CENTERS CLOSED | YORK COUNTY LANDFILL CLOSED | MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY CLOSED |
New Year’s Day 2023 | Monday, January 2, 2023 | Monday, January 2, 2023 | Monday, January 2, 2023 | Monday, January 2, 2023 |
Martin Luther King | Monday, January 16, 2023 | Monday, January 16, 2023 | Monday, January 16, 2023 | Monday, January 16, 2023 |
Memorial Day | Monday, May 29, 2023 | Monday, May 29, 2023 | Monday, May 29, 2023 | Monday, May 29, 2023 |
Juneteenth | Monday, June 19, 2023 | Monday, June 19, 2023 | Monday, June 19, 2023 | Monday, June 19, 2023 |
Independence Day | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 |
Labor Day | Monday, September 4, 2023 | Monday, September 4, 2023 | Monday, September 4, 2023 | Monday, September 4, 2023 |
Veterans Day | Friday November 10, 2023 | Saturday November 11, 2023 | Saturday November 11, 2023 | Friday November 10, 2023 |
Thanksgiving | Thursday, November 23, 2023 Friday, November 24, 2023 | Thursday, November 23, 2023
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Christmas | Monday, December 25, 2023 Tuesday, December 26, 2023 | Monday, December 25, 2023 | Monday, December 25, 2023 | Monday, December 25, 2023 |
New Year’s Day 2024 | Monday, January 1, 2024 | Monday, January 1, 2024 | Monday, January 1, 2024 | Monday, January 1, 2024 |
For more info | 803-684-8511 | 803-628-3181 | 803-628-3186 | 803-818-6847 |
Normal Operating Hours | 8 am – 5 pm Mon-Fri | 7 am – 7 pm Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat | 7 am – 4 pm Mon-Fri 7 am – 12 noon Sat | 7 am – 2:30 pm Mon-Fri |
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Tim Walling
Solid Waste Disposal Supervisor
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Greg Childers
Solid Waste Disposal Assistant Supervisor
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Heather Savikas
Office Manager
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Solid Waste Disposal
Physical Address
289 Public Works Road
York, SC 29745
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 120
York, SC 29745
Phone: 803-628-3186Fax: 803-628-3183
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
7 a.m. - 4 p.m.
We close at 4 PM please arrive early so you have time to unload before 4 PM.
Saturday
7 a.m. - noon