Southern Recycling Center

Accepted Items

Single Stream Recycling
Cardboard
Used Motor Oil
Used Oil Filters
Batteries
Electronics
Styrofoam

Special Collections

  • Electronics Recycling
    Monday-Saturday 8:30am-3:30pm
  • Household Hazardous Waste Collection
    Every Monday, 10am-2pm
  • Paper Shredding
    1st Monday of Each Month 10am-2pm
  • Latex Paint Collection
    Last Monday of Each Month 10am-2pm

Types of Waste Accepted:

DSWA’s Recycling Program is single-stream, which means that residents no longer have to sort their recyclables prior to coming to the drop-off centers.

Listed below is accepted materials for the DSWA single stream recycling program.

  • Newspapers/ Brown Paper Bags
  • Magazines/Catalogs
  • Telephone/Soft Cover Books
  • Junk Mail/Envelopes (all types)
  • Paper
  • Paperboard (cereal/tissue boxes)
  • Cardboard
  • Narrow-Neck Plastic Bottles
  • Milk Jugs, Bleach/Detergent, Shampoo Bottles
  • Glass Bottles/Jars (any color)
  • Metal Cans (tin/steel/aluminum)

Newark Recycling Center

Accepted Items

  • Single Stream Recycling
  • Cardboard
  • Used Motor Oil
  • Used Oil Filters
  • Batteries
  • Styrofoam

Special Collections

  • Household Hazardous Waste
    Every Wednesday, 10am-2pm
  • Document Shredding
    1st Wednesday of Each Month, 10am-2pm
  •  Electronics Recycling
    Monday-Saturday 8:30am-3:30pm
  •  Latex Paint
    Last Wednesday of Each Month 10am-2pm

Types of Waste Accepted:

DSWA’s Recycling Program is single-stream, which means that residents no longer have to sort their recyclables prior to coming to the drop-off centers.

Listed below is accepted materials for the DSWA single-stream recycling program.
  • Newspapers/ Brown Paper Bags
  • Magazines/Catalogs
  • Telephone/Soft Cover Books
  • Junk Mail/Envelopes (all types)
  • Paper
  • Paperboard (cereal/tissue boxes)
  • Cardboard
  • Narrow-Neck Plastic Bottles
  • Milk Jugs, Bleach/Detergent, Shampoo Bottles
  • Glass Bottles/Jars (any color)
  • Metal Cans (tin/steel/aluminum)

Bridgeville Collection Station

DSWA’s Collection Stations operate on a “pay-as-you-throw” basis, where each bag of garbage or yard waste disposed of is $1.00.

Credit Cards are the only accepted method of payment. However, Collection Station tickets with remaining punches purchased prior to July 1, 2022 will continue to be honored.

Accepted Items:
Bagged Household Garbage ($1 per bag)
Yard Waste ($1 per bag)
Single Stream Recycling
Cardboard
Used Motor Oil
Used Oil Filters
Batteries

Omar Collection Station

DSWA’s Collection Stations operate on a “pay-as-you-throw” basis, where each bag of garbage or yard waste disposed of is $1.00.

Credit Cards are the only accepted method of payment. However, Collection Station tickets with remaining punches purchased prior to July 1, 2022 will continue to be honored.

Accepted Items:
Bagged Household Garbage ($1 per bag)
Yard Waste ($1 per bag)
Single Stream Recycling
Cardboard
Used Motor Oil
Used Oil Filters
Batteries

Long Neck Collection Station

DSWA’s Collection Stations operate on a “pay-as-you-throw” basis, where each bag of garbage or yard waste disposed of is $1.00.

Credit Cards are the only accepted method of payment. However, Collection Station tickets with remaining punches purchased prior to July 1, 2022 will continue to be honored.

Accepted Items:
Bagged Household Garbage ($1 per bag)
Yard Waste ($1 per bag)
Single Stream Recycling
Cardboard
Used Motor Oil
Used Oil Filters
Batteries

Ellendale Collection Station

DSWA’s Collection Stations operate on a “pay-as-you-throw” basis, where each bag of garbage or yard waste disposed of is $1.00.

Credit Cards are the only accepted method of payment. However, Collection Station tickets with remaining punches purchased prior to July 1, 2022 will continue to be honored.

Accepted Items:
Bagged Household Garbage ($1 per bag)
Yard Waste ($1 per bag)
Single Stream Recycling
Cardboard
Used Motor Oil
Used Oil Filters
Batteries

Cheswold Collection Station

DSWA’s Collection Stations operate on a “pay-as-you-throw” basis, where each bag of garbage or yard waste disposed of is $1.00.

Credit Cards are the only accepted method of payment. However, Collection Station tickets with remaining punches purchased prior to July 1, 2022 will continue to be honored.

Accepted Items:
Bagged Household Garbage ($1 per bag)
Yard Waste ($1 per bag)
Single Stream Recycling
Cardboard
Used Motor Oil
Used Oil Filters
Batteries
Styrofoam

Special Collections:
Household Hazardous Waste
Every Friday, 10am-2pm

Document Shredding
1st Friday of Each Month, 10am-2pm

Electronics Recycling
Monday-Saturday 8:30am-3:30pm

Latex Paint
Last Friday of Each Month 10am-2pm

Delaware Recycling Center

The Delaware Recycling Center (DRC) is a pivotal piece of DSWA’s role in recycling in Delaware.  DSWA has teamed up with two partner companies who have helped to expand DSWA’s goal of creating a green campus. Republic, a nationally recognized company, runs a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) where household recycling is sorted and baled. Revolution Recovery, a Philadelphia based company, processes and bales construction and demolition (C&D) waste such as wood, drywall, metal, and carpet. All of the sorted and baled material is then sent to different facilities/ markets to be recycled into new products. Please note that Revolution Recovery does charge a tipping fee to recycle the items above.  Please contact the Revolution Recovery office at 302-356-3000 in advance of your visit to make payment arrangements.

Also on site at the DRC is DSWA’s Environmental Education Building. The education building includes a classroom with multimedia equipment where our education staff will present a range of information on DSWA facilities, programs and our partner companies Republic and Revolution Recovery. The ultimate goal is to inform children (and adults) about what happens to trash once it is thrown away and just how important it is to recycle.

Special Collections:

Electronics Recycling:
 Monday-Friday 8:30am-3:30pm
Saturday 8:30am-2pm

Household Hazardous Waste Collection- Every Saturday 8:30-2pm

Paper Shredding– 1st Saturday of Each Month 8:30am-2pm

Latex Paint-  Last Saturday of Each Month 8:30am-2pm

A single stream recycling drop-off center is available during business hours, along with a special container for Styrofoam (open 8:30am-3pm Monday-Friday and 8:30am-2pm Saturdays). Residents are able to drop off their clean Styrofoam, such as foam cups, foam plates, foam egg cartons, take out containers, as well as foam protective packaging typically used to protect consumer goods and electronics.

Rt. 5 Transfer Station

Residents and commercial haulers can bring trash to the Rt. 5 Transfer Station rather than driving to one of DSWA’s landfills. Vehicles drive up a ramp into an enclosed building where trash is dumped onto a concrete floor. A backhoe carefully pushes the trash into a transfer trailer, which takes it to a DSWA landfill. Key features of the transfer station consist of a scale house, two scales, a transfer station building with a five-bay tipping floor, and a small load drop-off where residents can deposit waste. In addition, there are designated areas outside to receive used appliances, tires, and yard waste.

Milford Transfer Station

Residents and commercial haulers can bring trash to the Milford Transfer Station rather than driving to one of DSWA’s landfills nearest to Milford. Vehicles drive up a ramp into an enclosed building where trash is dumped onto a concrete floor. A backhoe carefully pushes the trash into a transfer trailer, which takes it to a DSWA landfill. Key features of the transfer station consist of a scale house, two scales, a transfer station building with a three-bay tipping floor, and a separate small load area where residents can deposit waste. In addition, there are designated areas outside to receive used appliances, tires, and yard waste.

A drop-off container is available for residents to drop off Styrofoam for recycling. Residents are able to drop off their clean Styrofoam, such as foam cups, foam plates, foam egg cartons, take out containers, as well as foam protective packaging typically used to protect consumer goods and electronics.