Solid Waste Management

The Solid Waste Management Department is responsible for:

- Managing franchised curbside collection in unincorporated areas of Lexington County;

- Operating 11 Collection and Recycling Centers for Lexington County residents;

- Running the Edmund Landfill and Transfer Station;

- Maintaining three closed landfills in Lexington County;

- Supervising litter clean-up on roadways, highways, and waterways;

- Increasing and improving recycling efforts;

Mission Statement: Provide quality services to our citizens at a reasonable cost.

Vision Statement: Planned growth for our communities with abundant opportunities for all in a quality environment.

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If you live in an unincorporated area of Lexington County (i.e. outside the limits of a town)...

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Search an address to view your collection schedule;
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Find out how to recycle or discard of any item.

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Current News and Events

Curbside waste collection subscribers in Lexington County to experience rate, service provider changes

Lexington County residents in unincorporated parts of the County who subscribe to curbside
collection services will experience service provider and rate changes in the coming months.
Due to the impending expiration of contracts with curbside collections services, County officials submitted
requests for competitive bids for new contracts through its procurement process. As a result, customers will
experience rate and service provider changes. Full Press Release

2018 Special Recycling Event Schedule

Recycling collection events are open to all Lexington County residents. Individuals are encouraged to bring electronics(PDF), paper to be shred and other items as specified for each location (such as household hazardous waste(PDF), tires, and pesticides). Commercial drop offs will not be accepted. See the event flyer(PDF) for dates, locations and more information.

Congratulations New Midlands Green Businesses

The following Lexington County businesses are making an effort to protect our environment by conserving water and energy, protecting the quality of our air and by reducing waste/recycling. If you have a green business too or want to learn more about the Midlands Green Business program, contact Traude Sander, Recycling Coordinator, at (803) 785-3340 or tsander@lex-co.com.

- AllCaregivers, Inc. - Lexington

- Augusta Highway Self Storage - Lexington

- Dust-to-Dust Green Burial/Nature Reserve Cemetery LLC - Swansea

- Jumper Carter Sease Architects - West Columbia

- Matrx Coaching, LLC - West Columbia

- Prysmian Cables and Systems - Lexington

- Silly's Snoballs - West Columbia

- The Braces Place - Lexington

- Trevett's - Columbia

- Triangle Safe & Lock, Inc. - West Columbia

- Wingards Lawn Care - Leesville

Clean Wood Compost & Mulch For Sale

Prepare your yard for spring and summer and support Lexington County's recycling efforts by buying:

1 - Colored, termite-treated mulch for $2/bag or $45/ton,

2 - Uncolored, untreated mulch for $10/ton,

3 - Clean wood, certified compost for $2/bag or $10/ton,

4 - 80 gal backyard compost bins for $40 each

All items are available at Lexington County's Edmund Landfill located at 498 Landfill Ln, Monday to Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The landfill closes at 4:30 p.m. so we ask that you arrive by 4 p.m. to load up. For more information, call (803) 755-3325.

Email for Reporting Littered Roadways

Help us clean up Lexington County roadways, highways and waterways. If you see an area with excessive litter, email location details to ReportLitter@lex-co.com. Lexington County’s new Solid Waste Management Litter Crew will work to clean it up. Responses will not be sent from the automated email system but requests will be noted and added to the crew's work schedule.

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