York County continues to monitor the spread of COVID-19 and is taking precautions to ensure the health, safety and security of its employees and citizens. Over the past week, we have been evaluating all County processes and functions to ensure that essential services of York County are provided to the citizens while adhering to the SC Governor’s Executive Orders, CDC, and SCDHEC guidelines. The Health and safety of our employees and citizens is our number one priority.
We regret to inform you that we will be temporarily suspending the processing of mixed recycling at the York County Material Recovery Facility (MRF) effective Monday, March 23, 2020. This operation requires a staff of 20+ employees working in close proximity; discouraging the practice of social distancing. Additionally, staff is in direct contact with materials collected throughout the community. We determined that it is in the best interest of our employees and the citizens of York County that this operation be suspended to help minimize the chances of community spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Please be assured that the County has no intentions at this time to change the operations at our 16 Collection & Recycling Centers or at the Solid Waste Disposal Facility. We sincerely apologize for this temporary inconvenience and hope that you understand our reason for doing so."
If you place your recycle cart out for collection on your scheduled day, it will be taken to the landfill instead of the recycling center. If you would still like to recycle during this time, you will need to take your sorted recycle items to one of the 16 facilities around the county (closest one to Tega Cay is in Baxter. This will be temporary, but will be in effect until further notice. Once the County has notified us that they have reopened their recycling process facility, we will make you aware.