Foxhole Recycling Center
17131 Lancaster Highway
phone: Call 311
Directions:
From 485 East, exit Johnston Rd., go south on Johnston Rd. (US 521) almost to the SC border. The Foxhole's entrance is the last left turn before the border. Get A Map
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday, 7a.m. - 4p.m., Saturday 7a.m. - 3p.m.
Acceptable Materials:
Aluminum/steel/tin cans
Spiral paper cans ( i.e. frozen juice cans with lids)
Glass jars/bottles (all colors) (NO lids or caps, ceramic cups, window/windshield glass, pyrex, glass dinnerware--plates and cups)
#1 and #2 Plastic bottles only! (soda, liquor, milk, water, shampoo and detergent bottles)-- look on the bottom of the bottle for the numbers inside the recycling symbol! (NO Lids or caps, yogurt/cottage cheese/margarine containers, used motor oil containers)
Junk mail and Mixed Paper (office paper, junk mail, envelopes, cereal boxes without liners, paper bags, gift boxes, gift wrap, dry food boxes, beer and pop cartons, mail tubes, paper towel rolls, index cards, file folders, paper egg cartons and paper food trays). (NO paper contaminated with food residue, diapers, milk/juice cartons, text books, food packages coated with wax, styrofoam, plastic food containers, gift bows and ribbons, and plastic grocery bags!)
Newspapers and inserts
Magazines and catalogs
Telephone books
Flattened corrugated cardboard (NO pizza boxes!)
Eyeglasses
Household batteries (camcorder, laptop, camera, flashlight batteries, etc.)
Oil filters
Appliances (stoves, refrigerators, washers, dryers, water heaters, etc.)
Lead acid (car) batteries
Scrap aluminum and ferrous metal (bed frames, swingsets, etc.)
Paint: oil and water-based
Motor oil/antifreeze/transmission fluid (NO brake fluids!)
Cooking oil
Tires (no more than 5)
Plastic 6-pack rings
Propane tanks from gas grills (empty!)
Used clothing in good condition
Fire extinguishers
new item - Computers and Monitors
Goodwill Industries is operating donation centers at the following Mecklenburg County Recycling Centers:
County residents can drop off items in good condition - including furniture, tools, books, toys, sporting equipment, household items and more.
Household Construction & Demolition Debris:
Mecklenburg County will accept residents' wood waste (framing timbers, pallets, crates, spools, sheathing, treated lumber/decking), inert material (concrete, brick, asphalt pavement, mortar, sheet rock, rock, gravel), plastic (pipe, buckets, wrap), and other (shingles, fiberglass bath fixtures, tile, ceramic, carpet, padding). Residents will be charged $22 per pickup truck or trailer 12 feet or less. This service is available to residents only. Businesses can take C&D waste to the Foxhole Landfill (at this same address).
Other:
This center also accepts household garbage (which is everything else that can't be recycled or composted) and bulky waste items (mattresses, chairs, etc.) from county residents at no charge for disposal.
Please send your questions or comments to Steve Hoffman.
