The Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Program offers recycling services to small business owners that qualify.
If you would like to participate as a host for a small business recycling center, there is an annual cost of $650.00 per year, which includes weekly recycling collection and an 8-cubic yard recycling can. If you are interested, contact Mecklenburg County Waste Reduction via email at solidwaste@mecklenburgcountync.gov.
As part of the reduced cost to provide this service, Mecklenburg County requires that the centers be open to public use. These centers will accept the same recyclable materials as the County's Residential Recycling Programs.
Companies that generate larger quantities of waste and are required to recycle paper and cardboard under the Source Separation Ordinance are not eligible for the program.
Recyclable Items Accepted at Commercial Drop-Off Centers
- office paper
- cardboard
- clean pizza boxes
- magazines
- newspapers
- phonebooks
- empty aerosol cans
- milk and juice cartons
- aluminum cans
- steel cans
- tin cans
- glass bottles
- plastic bottles (with necks)
If you are looking for locations of other Self-Service or Full Service Recycling Centers in Mecklenburg County, click the link below:
Residential Recycling Drop-off Centers
On July 1, 2021 Mecklenburg County will increase service capacity. Read the latest service availability update.