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Solid Waste Division
Carteret County operates the 12 convenience sites shown above to collect solid waste and recyclables from everyone who pays an availability fee in Carteret County, and there is no on-site charge for the services offered at the convenience sites. If you are delivering solid waste directly to the Newport Transfer Station or the Regional Landfill at Tuscarora, their rates can be found at the following website: https://cepnc.org
Salvaging, scavenging, and loitering are strictly prohibited at county solid waste facilities, unless specifically authorized by the Board of Commissioners for county-approved operations. These policies ensure that all activities at the facilities serve the best interests of the community. For more information on this ordinance, click here.
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Convenience Sites
View a map of Carteret County solid waste collection sites and a chat showing the materials they accept.
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Operating Schedule
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Coastal Environmental Partnership
The Coastal Regional Solid Waste Management Authority was formed in 1990 as a partnership between Carteret, Craven, and Pamlico counites. The name was shortened in 2008 to The Coastal Environmental Partnership, or CEP. CEP's purpose is to provide an environmentally sound, cost effective system of solid waste disposal for the citizens of the three member counties.
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CARTERET COUNTY SOLID WASTE CONVENIENCE SITE RULES
MIXED RECYCLABLES Only accepted at the following sites
RECYCLABLES (NOT Accepted)
RECYCLABLES (Accepted)
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING A mobile trailer is stationed at the three county recycling locations. Residents may take computer equipment, televisions, etc. to these drop-off sites.
Microwaves and small kitchen appliances such as toasters, coffee makers, blenders, power hand tools, etc., ARE NOT considered electronics and should be placed in the metal recycle container if made of metal, or in the regular household trash container if made of any other material. ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED AT ANY CONVENIENCE SITE
ITEMS ACCEPTED AT OUR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY (Dates and times will be advertised in advance)
ITEMS ACCEPTED AT MOST CONVENIENCE SITES BULK ITEMS
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION (C&D) Only materials solely from remodeling or repairs associated with normal and personal housing maintenance of do it yourself jobs. Debris is not to exceed one pickup truck load or 10 foot-in-length trailer load per foot per day. Larger loads or multiple loads shall be taken across the scale at the CEP Transfer station at the owners' expense. YARD WASTE This is classed as a solid waste consisting solely of vegetative matter such as leaves, pine straw, pine cones, grass clippings, and small limbs or bushes associated with personal residential yard maintenance. NO cut up tree debris more than 6 -inches in diameter or more than 6-feet long may be deposited at the Convenience Center. Any larger debris or tree trunk blocks must be taken across the scales at the CEP Transfer Station on Landfill Road. The Hibbs Road convenience site is our busiest site and is within one mile of the CEP Transfer Station Scales. If the SITE ATTENDANT deems the Yard Waste container at Hibbs Road is full enough that it will not hold your load, you will be issued a VOUCHER to take YARD WASTE ONLY across the CEP Transfer Station scales at no cost to the public. TRAILERS Trailers used by the public for hauling any and all materials accepted shall be no longer than 10 feet in length, single or double axle, and the amount of the load should not be more than 2cubic yards in any load, one load per site, per day. Trailers larger than allowed at the Convenience Site will be directed to the CEP Transfer Station for disposal. TIRES (no rims)
BOATS THAT DON’T FLOAT AND MORE So you have a boat that won’t float. What do you do with it? Well, you can take it to the Tuscarora Landfill. Simply pull up on the scales, let them get a weight, take it to the dumping site, drop it off, go back to the scales, let them get an empty weight, pay and exit. The charge is $40 per ton, the same as solid waste. If you want to dispose of your motor, please make sure it is free of fluids as they are banned from landfills. They also take trailers, campers, RV’s, jet skis, and motorcycles. As an alternative, Carteret Community College has a program that will assist you in getting rid of aquatic vehicles. They accept donations of boats, jet skis, yachts, cars, RVs, trailers, motorcycles, vans, boat motors, boating equipment, fishing gear, kayaks and much more. For more information on the Boat Donation and Resale Program, call Wes Daniels at 252-222-6222. ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT can be recycled at the Hibbs Road, Otway and Fire Tower Road Highway sites. The following items are accepted:
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