Here are all the items Greenville will and won’t pick up from the curb besides normal trash
The city of Greenville is so serious about wanting residents to know the rules of trash collection, it not only has a handbook but also an app.
It’s called GVL Trash Tracker and it tells you all you need to know and more about waste and recycling rules within the city limits.
The app has collection schedules, explains how to properly dispose of various items and will tell you if a collection might be missed or changed.
The city website also has a wealth of information about how to properly dispose of trash and all the stuff you don’t want anymore.
What you can recycle in Greenville
- Aluminum Cans
- Steel Cans
- Plastic Bottles and Containers (Recycle Codes 1-7 Only)
- Paper Products (Cardboard, Mixed Paper, Newspaper, Junk Mail)
Here’s what’s not allowed
- Glass (Bottles, Jars, Windows)
- PVC Styrofoam
- Egg Cartons
- Plastic Bags
- Light Bulbs Tissue/ Toilet Paper
- Paper Towels
- Hardcover Books
- Water Hoses
- Ceramics
- Paint Plastic Coat Hangers
- Mirrors
The city does not require sorting or bagging but does ask you to rinse empty containers.
Standard garbage rules
- The rules for regular trash are to bag and tie all trash before placing it in the cart. Put your cart at the curb at 7 a.m. on your collection day, 3-foot clearance zone around carts, wheels and handles facing your home.
- Make sure the lid is completely closed and don’t pile up stuff on top.
- Put the cart up within 24 hours. Put up as in take it around back or beside the garage.
- Greenville holds shredding and e-waste recycling events in the spring and fall at the Public Works campus, 475 Fairforest Way.
- That’s how to safely get rid of those bank statements from 1975 or the mustard colored oven you’ve had in the garage.
Here’s what they will take:
- Mattresses and box springs
- Furniture (limited to one room of furniture)
- Appliances (remove doors and Freon, if applicable)
- Plastic play sets, plastic houses, trampolines (disassemble)
- Lawn mowers (remove all fluids and/or oils)
- Grills (remove tanks)
You’ll be hauling these things back home if you arrive with them.
- Construction debris (concrete, brick, block, asphalt, drywall, building components, etc.)
- Electronics (TVs, computers, speakers, etc.)
- Mulch, pallets, dirt/soil
Yard work garbage
- The city will pick up yard waste from the curb outside your house.
- Limbs, branches, trimmings and sticks should be loose in a pile at the curb, not on the curb or on a storm drain.
- Limbs must be no longer than 6 feet and no more than 6 inches in diameter
- Grass clippings and leaves go in a separate pile at the curb, bagged grass/leaves will not be collected.
- No mixing - not limbs and grass, not yard waste and trash, not construction waste and dirt.
- Keep yard waste piles away from obstacles such mailboxes, parked cars, poles, fences, low hanging trees, power lines and carts leaf pile limb pile.
Electronics
City residents can drop off TVs, computer monitors, keyboards, mice, wires, circuit boards, CPUs, scanners and printers at special events. Limit 10 electronic items per person. No getting around this rule for all of you who still have your first Atari that, sadly, plays Pac-Man no more.
Oil
The city allows used motor oil to be taken to any of the staffed Greenville County residential waste/recycling centers or to a local automotive retailer. Do not pour oil on the ground or into sewer drains. This is against state law. The fine could be as little as $200 for improper handling and up to $10,000 if convicted of violating pollution control regulations.