Solid Waste Division - Convenience Center operations
Bag for Bag Program | Frequently-Asked Questions | Recycling Brochure | HHW/Electronics
Hours: 8:00 - 4:30 / Monday - Saturday
Telephone: (828) 698-4451
Closed Holidays
Located at Convenience Center Drive off of Stoney Mountain Road.
All solid waste and recyclables being transported shall be encased by a tarpaulin, camper cover, metal cover, rigid cover, plastic or suitable material secured to prevent leakage or blowing of materials from the vehicle. This includes adequate coverage for bagged garbage. Please bag all solid waste. Loose waste results in more litter both on site and the surrounding areas. You will not be admitted into the Convenience Center if your solid waste and recycling is not secure.
Center accepts the following items:
Household trash: If accompanied with recycling - (one bag of recyclable materials for one bag of household trash) otherwise, household trash needs to be taken to the Transfer Facility for disposal.
Recycling:
- All Plastic Containers (#1-7)
- Gable top/Carton containers
- Mixed Paper
- Cardboard
- Batteries (rechargeable and non rechargeable)
- Aniti-Freeze
- Used Motor Oil and Used Oil filters
- Cooking Oil
- White Goods (Please leave appliances upright) and Scrap Metal
- Computers, office equipment, telephones, etc
- Mercury Thermostats
Center does not accept the following items (the Transfer Facility does accept these items):
- Yard debris
- Leaves
- Yard Waste
- Beneficial Fill
- Mattress
- Construction debris
- Furniture
- Garden Hose Reels, etc
- Sliding Glass Doors and windows
- Carpet, linoleum, etc
- Paint (must be in solid form for Transfer Station to accept)
Convenience Center Bag for Bag program
You may also click here to download Henderson County's recycling guidelines.
| CAN recycle | CAN'T recycle | MUST BE |
| Aluminum cans, pie plates and foil | Aluminum Siding, doors or furniture, plastic bags | Rinsed, clean of food |
| Steel cans | Paint cans, plastic bags | Rinsed |
| Newspaper, white paper, colored paper, junk mail, magazines, shredded paper, phone books, notebook paper, cereal boxes and other paper board | Any paper that is contaminated by food or oil, Styrofoam of any kind, plastic bags | Clean and dry |
| All glass bottles and jars | Drink glasses, glass from window panes |
Rinsed |
All plastic containers. This includes shampoo bottles, detergent bottles, milk jugs, soda bottles, butter tubs and yogurt containers and plastic to-go and deli containers and peanut butter jars. Lids/caps can be recycled. |
Motor oil containers, plastic bags, hard plastic cups, black microwavable plastic trays, plastic buckets, plastic flower pots, plastic wrap, plastic film, Styrofoam / polystyrene egg cartons | Rinsed |
| Gable top containers and cartons, such as milk and juice containers. | Wax coated gable top containers | Rinsed |
| Corrugated cardboard | Cardboard that is wet or dirty, pizza boxes | Flattened and broken down, free of food contamination |
Convenience Center Frequently Asked Questions
Q: The entrance does not appear to be safe when leaving the facility turning left towards downtown Hendersonville?
A: The site distance at the entrance/exit of the convenience center does meet NC
DOT standards for a 45 MPH speed limit stretch of roadway. However, the
county sent a request to NC DOT to change the speed limit for the entire
length of stoney mountain road to be posted at 35 mph. The county will continue
to monitor the entrance/exit even once the speed limit is reduced.
Q: Why did the county put the yellow railings in front of each household trash
receptacle and each recycle box?
A: The county is required to put the goal of safety over that of convenience.
However, we are monitoring the operations at the new center and making
adjustments. To maintain safety but adjust to the new center, we are looking at a
couple of changes to operations. First, we are going to incorporate a “chute” onto
the railing to make access to the openings easy until we can purchase open top
containers with a removable top. The removable top will allow us to cover the
material when the container is not in use and during the night. We have waited
on purchasing this year's replacement containers to adjust to the new facility.
We hope to have the chutes installed as soon as possible and purchase the new
containers over the next couple of months. We will be making equipment change
during this budget year to accommodate these adjustments.
Q: Why are the containers arranged like they are at the convenience center?
A: A plastics, cans, jars and jugs container, a mixed paper container and a
cardboard container are grouped together for ease of recycling to the customer.
There are three groups of recycle containers.
Q: Why are the household trash receptacles not grouped with the each set of
recycle containers?
A: The reason for the household trash receptacles being located at the entrance to
the recycle center is so that staff can educate all citizens on the procedure of bag
for bag program.
Q: When will the county be accepting Household Hazardous Waste?
A: The county will beginning having monthly events throughout the summer months of each year.
