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South Carolina Landfills, Dumps & Drop-Off Centers

Where to dump, drop off and recycle across South Carolina — with the real hours and rules that are hard to dig out of county websites. 668 sites from the state's own records: 491 county drop-off centers, 16 landfills for household trash, 54 construction-debris landfills and 106 recycling drop-offs.

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How disposal works in South Carolina

In most of South Carolina you won't need a landfill. Counties run staffed drop-off centers — called convenience, collection, recycling or residential waste centers, depending on the county — where residents leave household trash and recyclables. Greenville and Lexington counties charge residents nothing for household trash, and Spartanburg County's 17 recycling centers take household trash as well as recycling. The centers are for that county's residents only, and their days vary — Lexington County's close on Tuesdays and Thursdays — so check before you drive.

The county landfill or transfer station takes what the centers won't: construction debris, shingles and big loads. Only a handful of South Carolina landfills take household garbage at all; many more take construction and demolition debris only. These are the counties with the most sites in our data:

We're writing South Carolina up city by city — six cities are live, with more on the way. Statewide, our guide to what it costs to dump in South Carolina compares every county rate we've verified and covers what state law keeps out of South Carolina landfills.