Charleston County expanding ‘All-in-One’ recycling
Charleston County again is expanding its “All-in-One” recycling program, but it soon will need a larger building in which to process all the materials it brings in.
Joining the crowd
About 19,000 homes in the following neighborhoods will start single-stream recycling next week
Isle of Palms
From 24th Street to Wild Dunes, all of Wild Dunes
James Island
Harbor View Circle, Lake Francis, Fort Sumter, Stiles Point, Fort Johnson Estates, Parrot Creek, Parrot Bluff, Lockwood Hall, Clearview
Mount Pleasant
Dunes West, Palmetto Hall, Cypress Point, Ellington Woods, Kings Gate, Hamlin Plantation, Seaside Plantation, Cassina Heights, Cassina Plantation, Oakhaven, Snee Farm, Wando East, Wando Lakes, Wakendaw, Point Pleasant, Hamlet Square, Old Park
North Charleston
Park Circle, Forest Hills 1, Forest Hills 2, Park at Rivers Edge, Summerfield, Liberty Hill, Waylyn/Brentwood
West Ashley
Citadel Woods, Air Harbor, Arlington, Stone Creek, Sylcope, Geddes Hall, Drayton on the Ashley, Avondale, Moreland, Church Creek, Dogwood, Forest Lakes, MacLaura Hall, Pierpont, Schieveling Plantation
To learn more, visit recycle.charlestoncounty.org or call Carolyn Brenton at 720-7111.
Charleston County
County staffers Monday will begin delivering large blue roll carts to about 19,000 homes in Isle of Palms, James Island, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston and West Ashley. In the “All-in-One” or single-stream program, residents can mix all of their recyclables — paper, plastic, glass and aluminum — in one 95-gallon, covered container instead of separating them. The county will begin collecting the larger containers from those residents Oct. 29.
Christina Moskos, community representative for the county’s Environmental Management office, said the county mailed fliers to all homes that would be added to the program.
The additional 19,000 homes bring the number of homes receiving single-stream recycling collection to more than 41,000, Moskos said. The county collects recyclables from about 110,000 homes.
Mitch Kessler, the county’s solid-waste consultant, said the program dramatically increases the amount of recyclables residents bring to the curb each week.
Data previously collected by the county showed that when new neighborhoods were added, the number of homes that participated increased by 67 percent, and the amount of material people brought to the curb every other week grew by 106 percent.
So far, the county’s current Romney Street recycling facility has been able to handle the increase. But the county needs a larger building to accommodate more recyclables as the program expands, Kessler said. It also needs a larger site around the building so it can park the recycling trucks near the facility.
Charleston County previously considered purchasing the 40-acre Garco site near East Montague and Virginia avenues in North Charleston, but decided it wouldn’t meet the program’s needs.
Kessler said he and county staffers now are looking at other sites. He expects them soon to make a presentation to County Council about possible options.
Reach Diane Knich at 937-5491 or on Twitter @dianeknich.
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