INC NEWS - Woodcroft Recycling Center Now Closed

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Durham Residents Can Bring Recyclables To Eight Other Centers Within City

 
Durham, N.C. – The City of Durham’s recycling drop-off center that was
located at the Woodcroft Shopping Center is now closed due to upcoming
renovations and expansion at the shopping center. 

As the City works to find an alternative location in the Southern Durham
area of the community, residents are urged to not leave recyclables at the
Woodcroft site and instead use the other eight drop-off sites located
throughout the community.

These eight recycling drop-off sites are located at the following addresses:

·         Festival Shopping Center, 3457 Hillsborough Road

·         Heritage Square Shopping Center, 401 East Lakewood Avenue

·         Liggett and Myers, 605 West Main Street

·         Northgate Mall, 1058 West Club Boulevard (behind Office Max)

·         Oxford Commons Shopping Center, 3500 North Roxboro Road

·         TFC Recycling, 1017 South Hoover Road

·         Village Shopping Center, 1100 North Miami Boulevard

·         Waste Disposal & Recycling Center,** 2115 East Club Boulevard

** Not a 24-hour site. Open Monday - Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

All of the following items can be recycled at these eight drop-off
centers:  glass bottles and jars; plastic bottles labeled #1, #2, #5 or
#7; steel and aluminum food and beverage cans; aluminum foil and pie tins;
newspaper; corrugated cardboard; glossy magazines and catalogs; white and
colored office paper; mixed paper (i.e. phone books, white paperboard,
white dry food/material boxes); brown paperboard (cereal boxes, paper
towel rolls); white and colored non-standard office paper (construction
paper, card stock, tablet paper); envelopes (no plastic windows); soft
cover books and folders.

For more information about recycling, contact Brian Haynesworth, waste
reduction coordinator for the City’s Department of Solid Waste Management
Department, at (919) 560-4186, extension 227, or by e-mail at
brian.haynesworth at durhamnc.gov, or visit the City’s website at
http://www.durhamrecycles.org.

About the Department of Solid Waste Management

The City of Durham’s Department of Solid Waste Management promotes and
supports a high quality of life for the citizens of Durham by providing
comprehensive, responsive, environmentally-safe, efficient and
cost-effective solid waste collection, recycling and disposal programs. 
Department services include roll-out cart collection, cart delivery and
repair service, dumpster collection, cardboard collection, yard waste
collection, waste reduction and recycling, bulky item pick-up, the Impact
Team, street cleaning and disposal services.  For more information about
this department, visit the City’s website at
http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid/.