11/4/09- The Henderson County Solid Waste Division is having America Recycles Day on Saturday, November 14th.
Event schedule is as follows:
10/23/09- The Arden Walmart on Airport Rd. is partnering with the Buncombe County Solid Waste Department to offer free electronics recycling from 9am-3pm on Saturday, October 24th.
10/13/09- Electronics Recycling is offered at the Stoney Mountain Transfer Station every Wednesday from 9am-12pm. Most electronics are accepted free of charge with the exception of a $5 fee for regular televisions and $15 for console televisions.
10/12/09- On October 1, 2009, plastic bottles, wooden pallets, and oil filters are banned from landfill disposal by state mandate. All these materials can be recycled at the Stoney Mountain Transfer station. For more information on banned items, please visit the Divison of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance's website on banned materials
8/14/09- Henderson County will collect electronics at the Southern Energy and Environment Expo on August 21-22. Electronics, with the exception a $5 fee for televisions, will be accepted for free. An article was published in the Asheville Citizen-Times on Electronics Recycling , referencing the upcoming electronics collection event.
8/12/09- The Hendersonville Times-News has published articles on the Solid Waste Feasibility Study and the proposed changes to the landfill.
The Times-News published an article on 8/9/09 , The Landfill Changes its Image
The Times-News also published an editorial on 8/12/09, Landfill Upgrade is Needed
8/4/09- The Solid Waste Feasibility Study is now online.
7/1/09- The Board of Commissioners has approved a new fee schedule for solid waste effective August 1, 2009. All waste will be charged at a rate of $52 per ton with a $10 minimum fee for all loads across the scale.
Residents with small loads are encouraged to particpate in our recycling program. If you bring a quantity of recyclables equivalent to the waste delivered, you pay NO FEE at all. Also, you get to bypass the line at the scales. PLEASE RECYCLE! Contact Alexis Baker, Environmental Programs Coordinator at 828 694-6524 for more information.
Henderson County is participating in the Change the World National Campaign. By pledging to change a standard light bulb to a compact flourescent lightbulb or to use other energy saving measures, the County can win a $5,000 grant to improve energy efficiency in County facilities. You can participate by going to www.greencounties.org/changetheworld
4/13/09-Earth Day is coming closer, and Henderson County residents can celebrate by bringing their old electronics to an electronics recycling collection event on Saturday April 25th from 10am to 2pm held at the Blue Ridge Community College campus behind the Bo Thomas Auditorium. Read about Earth Day and electronics recycling in Sustainability Coordintaor Adrienne Outcalt's monthly column in the Times News. Click here for more details on the event, including a complete list of accepted items. This is not a Household Hazardous Waste collection event, and no HHW will be accepted; no televisions will be accepted at this time either due to space constraints. Click here for a guide on where to recycle electronics year round in Henderson County.
4/3/09-Henderson County is now accepting used cooking oil for recycling collection at the Stoney Mountain Convenience Center. The cooking oil that is collected will be made into bio fuel by Asheville-based producer Blueridge Biofuels. Click here to read more.
3/24/09- Henderson County has rearranged the Stoney Mountain Recycling Center for greater user safety and convenience. Read more about it in the Times News.
3/9/09- Spring is in the air! Now is a great time to feed your garden and reduce your waste by composting. The County is selling compost bins for $55 each. Read more about how to compost in our new composting section or in Sustainability Coordinator Adrienne Outcalt's monthly column in the Times News.
3/4/09-Our website is featured in the Times-News! Welcome to all who found our website through the article.
2/25/09- The annual Carolina Recycling Association's conference will be held in Spartanburg, South Carolina from March 24th through 27th. The general public, as well as recycling and solid waste professionals throughout the region are invited. Click here to read more about the CRA conference. More information can also be obtained by visiting www.cra-recycle.org.
1/12/09-Henderson County residents recycled 4 million pounds during 2008. That's up over 500,000 pounds from 2007. Read the full story here.
12/22/08-Henderson County has expanded its recycling program to include the collection of oil filters and car batteries. Both can be taken to the Henderson County Recycling center at 806 Stoney Mountain Road. There is a 55 gallon drum for oil filters and a pallet to stack car batteries next to the used oil collection tank.
12/10/08-Recycling markets are a national news item. The slumped economy is hitting everywhere, even in solid waste and recycling. Read more about the local response and what you can do to help.
12/8/08-Henderson County had its lowest level of trash in nearly three years during the month of November. Read more here.
11/26/08- Henderson County Public Schools bid farewell to the Mobile Environmental Learning Center! The traveling recycling education exhibit spent six weeks in Henderson County visiting Atkinson, Etowah, Bruce Drysdale, Mills River, Sugarloaf and Upward Elementary schools. Read more about MELC here.Some of the documents on our website are in PDF format. Download the reader for free.
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