New Hanover County Landfill
The New Hanover County Landfill provides safe, environmentally sound waste diversion, recycling, and disposal services to county residents and businesses. In operation since 1981, the landfill was the first lined landfill in the state of North Carolina. The site also boasts an innovative constructed wetlands system for the treatment of landfill leachate as well as a double reverse osmosis wastewater treatment plant.
Recycling Centers
Reducing the reliability on landfills and keeping our coastal environment clean and safe for our future generations is the mission of New Hanover County’s recycling division.
As part of the county’s solid waste management system, the recycling division collects a variety of materials from the waste stream for recycling. The recycling team services seven drop-off sites throughout the county on a daily basis.
Household Hazardous Waste
The New Hanover County Department of Environmental Management offers a household hazardous waste collection service six days a week. The service is free to all New Hanover County residents. The facility is located at the NHC Environmental Management Office at 3002 Hwy 421 N., Wilmington, NC 28401, the former WASTEC facility.
Mobile Hazardous Waste & Electronics Recycling
- Mondays at Ogden Park (near the baseball fields
- Wednesdays at Wrightsville Beach Municipal Complex
- Fridays at the Carolina Beach Mike Chappell Park (on the north east corner at the intersection of 8th Street and Clarendon Ave.)
- First Saturday of each month at Kure Beach Town Hall
Convenience Centers
Brunswick County Convenience Centers accept residential solid waste from Brunswick County only.
Some rates are given based on a standard-sized pickup truck. Trucks larger than a standard pickup truck must dispose of waste at the Bolivia Landfill and are subject to the landfill tipping fees.
For accurate pricing, please separate materials when loading your vehicle.
When transporting items in a pick-up truck or trailer, be sure to do so safely! Properly secure items in the truck bed, cover loose material that could fly out, and use a red flag on items that extend beyond the truck bed.
View accepted materials and tip fees.
Locations & Hours
Residential waste and recycling only.
Open 8 am to 6 pm, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
- 746 Seaside Road SW, Sunset Beach
Phone: 910-945-3475 - 9921 Chappell Loop Road SE, Leland
Phone: 910-902-0183 - 1709 Oxpen Road SW, Supply
Phone: 910-902-1845 - 8392 River Road SE, Southport
Phone: 910-945-2102
Book Swap Program
Brunswick County Solid Waste and Recycling has a book swap building located at each Convenience Center. The building is open to all Brunswick County property owners and residents. You may bring old books and magazines to the building and leave them for others to take, and you may take books or magazines for your personal use.
This program is a free program. You do not have to bring a book or magazine to take one.
Leland Book Swap is temporarily closed.
Questions concerning the program may be emailed to the Brunswick County Solid Waste and Recycling Department or call 910-253-2520.
Collection Day Info
Contact Waste Industries at 910-253-4177 for further assistance.
Duplin County Landfill
Pender County Trash and Recycling Centers
Pender County Residents must attach a Trash Sticker to the windshield of their vehicle to access Convenience Centers for disposal of residential kitchen trash and residential recycling. (This service is not for businesses.)
During business hours trash stickers can be obtained at the Pender County Utilities Office Burgaw (605 E Fremont Street) or the Pender County Transfer Station in Hampstead.
On weekends and Holidays, decals are available at the Transfer Station with a hard copy of your Tax bill showing Solid Waste fees paid.
2 stickers are provided when Solid Waste fees on property tax have been paid, any additional stickers will cost $40 each.
Residential Household Items and Construction debris – Admitted once a day under 200lb can be disposed of in Construction and Demolition (C&D) bins at the convenience centers in Burgaw, Rocky Point, Willard, and Transfer Station Scale House in Hampstead. This service is for residential disposal only.
Note: All business and/or commercial non-recyclable waste must be taken to the Hampstead Transfer Station for disposal. All business and/or commercial recyclables must be disposed of through a commercial recycling contract with a private hauler and cannot be taken to the Convenience Sites or the Hampstead Transfer Station.
