Items Accepted at Recycling Centers
Do your part to help protect the environment, please recycle. Recycling Brochure - Complete with disposal information and Recycling Center locations.
Co-Mix Recycling Compactor
Accepted
- Aluminum beverage, food cans
- Plastics bottles with number 1 through 7, please remove lids and flatten to save space
- Steel cans
- Corrugated cardboard boxes, flatten to save space
- Magazines/newspapers
- Office paper
- Carbonless forms
- White envelopes with windows
- Manila folders
- Greeting cards
- Brochures
- Telephone books
Not Accepted
- Aluminum pie plates and any cans contaminated with food
- Plastic tubs, even with 1 or 2
- Plastic containers contaminated with food
- Plastic motor oil containers
- Plastic antifreeze containers
- Steel cans contaminated with food
- Corrugated cardboard with laminated coatings
- Corrugated cardboard wet or food soiled
- Styrofoam
- Plastic film
- Bright colored paper
- Brown kraft envelopes
- Sticky labels
- Shredded paper
Standard Recycling Containers
- Any color glass bottles and food jars
- Yard Waste
- Limbs less than 8 feet long and 4 inches in diameter
- Old appliances, such as washing machines, dryers, refrigerators and air conditioners
- Furniture
- Dry Cell batteries
- Compact fluorescent light bulbs
Not Accepted
- Light bulbs
- Crystal glass
- Glass cookware
- Television sets
- Stereos
- Small kitchen appliances
- Propane Tanks
- Construction waste
Automotive Products
Accepted
- Used Antifreeze
- Batteries from cars and trucks
- Used oil from cars and other vehicles
- Diesel fuel
- Transmission fluid
- Heating Oil
- Used oil filters
- Car and truck tires from personal vehicle. Tires must be taken off the rim and free of grease and mud
Not Accepted
- Used Antifreeze contaminated with other materials
- Oil contaminated with antifreeze or other materials
- Gasoline
- Construction waste
- Tires larger than 20" inches
Items Not Accepted
- Commercial or industrial wastes
- Liquid waste
- Hazardous waste
- Plastic bags
No waste from outside of Currituck County will be accepted.
Large Quantities and all commercial waste must be to the Currituck Transfer Station at 216 Airport Road, Maple.
