Town of Summerville’s new Waste Locator Tool

• Click here to locate your pickup days for garbage, recycling, yard, and bulk.

Recycling

The Town of Summerville established single-stream recycling curbside collections in 2021. This allows Town of Summerville residents and some businesses to recycle more than paper and cardboard. All recyclables, including glass, plastic, metal, paper, and cardboard, can be combined in the same recycling container.

Carolina Waste, the Town’s waste collection provider, will collect the recycling materials in the same 65-gallon blue lid container currently used. Weekly collections will continue on the same service day, which is the same day as garbage collections. Residents are encouraged to participate in single-stream recycling and ensure only appropriate materials are properly disposed of by reviewing the list of items that can and cannot be recycled.

Garbage

The Town of Summerville garbage pick-up services are provided for residents according to the schedule via a contract with Carolina Waste. Household garbage pickups are made once weekly.

All household garbage to be collected must be placed in disposable plastic garbage bags or some other disposable container and placed in the roll cart provided by Carolina Waste. The roll cart is to be placed inside the curb, outside the drainage ditch line of the street, near the front line of your premises, no later than 5:30 a.m. on your designated pick-up day.

The roll carts named “Carolina Waste” will be emptied of garbage and returned to the curb. Garbage cans of any shape and size other than those provided by Carolina Waste are not permitted on the curb at any time, and racks designated to hold garbage receptacles are not permitted on the curb at any time.

If a business or residential property was missed, please inform them of the delay, and they can call Carolina Waste directly at 843-576-1100, Option 0, or Public Works at 843-851-4225.

*Carolina Waste closes only on major holidays, not on the days before or after. These holidays include New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.*

Yard Debris

The Town of Summerville will only pick up yard debris that is in an open pile or bagged in recyclable paper bags.

Tree limbs must be no longer than 4 feet in length and 6 inches in diameter.  Limbs larger than these dimensions and large sections of trunks or stumps will not be picked up.

Construction debris or other materials such as boards, lumber, tile, bricks, and/or plastic cannot be mixed with yard debris. If these items are included in yard debris piles, they will not be picked up.

Yard Debris set out in plastic bins/cans/roll carts will not be emptied.

Bulk Waste

Bulk waste (furniture, appliances, boards, fencing, etc.) will be picked up by the Town once a month. See the Curbside Pickup by Street Name (PDF) document to determine your pickup week/day.

We do not collect combustible materials, concrete, electronics, paint, sand, televisions, tree stumps, or tires.

• Please notify us of any jacuzzies, or very large items by calling Public Works at 843-851-4225.
• Please secure all refrigerator/stove/ washer/dryer doors to help prevent an animal or child from getting trapped inside.
• Please do not mix regular trash or yard debris with bulk items to be picked up.

If you are in Dorchester County, please contact the County Coordinator to find out where you can dispose of these items.

2025 New Bulk Schedule

Holidays

Bulk and Yard Debris services will not be picked up on the holidays below:

• New Year’s Day: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday, January 20, 2025
• President’s Day: Monday, February 17, 2025
• Memorial Day: Monday, May 26, 2025
• Independence Day: Friday, July 4, 2025
• Labor Day: Monday, September 1, 2025
• Veterans Day: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
• Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 27, 2025, and Friday, November 28, 2025
• Christmas: Wednesday, December 24, 2025; Thursday, December 25, 2025; and Friday, December 26, 2025

If the normal pickup day falls on one of these days, the pickup will be the next business day.

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