In light of the challenges facing the department from COVID-19 pandemic, Moore County must prioritize its waste collection practices. On March 26, Moore County’s seven convenience sites will begin to only collect limited types of waste. This waste will include regular household trash, comingled recycling, glass recycling, and cooking oil.
All other convenience sites will temporarily suspend collection of metal, household hazardous waste (like paint, fertilizers, etc.), small construction and debris material (including furniture), and electronics. The roll off containers used for these suspended services will be utilized for household waste overflow.
While metal (and white goods), electronics and furniture will not be collected at the convenience centers, these materials will continue to be collected at the Moore County Landfill at 456 Turning Leaf Way along with regular construction material, yard waste, and scrap tires. Moore County encourages but does not require residents to hold on to electronics, metal, furniture and similar materials until normal operations resume.
At this time, they do not anticipate any service disruptions from regular landfill services, but additional restrictions could negatively impact these measures.
“As we address evolving challenges facing our community in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to ensure that citizens have direct access to the most essential elements of Moore County’s solid waste program,” said David Lambert, Solid Waste Manager. “At the same time, we must ensure that we have the operational capacity to meet Moore County’s increasing demand on solid waste services and that we are able to ensure that all environmental protection requirements are adhered to.”
These limited collection measures will be in place until Monday, April 6.
Moore County’s Convenience Site Locations:
• Cameron 245-2994 (Closed until further noticed)
o 276 Cranes Creek Road, Cameron
• Hillcrest/Carthage 947-2704
o 5361 US Hwy 15-501, Carthage
• Eagle Springs 673-2420
o 364 Eagle Springs Road
• Midway 948-3720
o 10496 Hwy 24-27 West, Carthage
• West End/Seven Lakes 673-3027
o 605 Love Grove Church Road, West End
• Aberdeen Site (MOORE COUNTY LANDFILL) 295-4202
o 456 Turning Leaf Way, Aberdeen
• Robbins 464-2390
o 1465 Leaman Road, Robbins
For updates please visit the “Moore County Solid Waste” Facebook page or the Solid Waste Website:
www.moorecountync.gov/public-works/solid-waste
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