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Lexington County Solid Waste Management To Host E-Waste Event

Lexington County Solid Waste Management To Host E-Waste Event

 

 

Lexington County Solid Waste Management will be hosting a one day electronics waste recycling event on May 25, 2013, from 10 am until 2 pm.  The recycling event will be held at the Ball Park Road Collection & Recycling Center, 301 Ball Park Road, in Lexington. 

 

The electronics waste recycling event is open to Lexington County Residents only.  Proof of residency will be required.  The electronics waste must have been generated from residence within Lexington County. 

 

2013 SC Waste Pesticide Recovery Collection Dates & Locations Set

2013 SC Waste Pesticide Recovery Collection Dates & Locations Set

The dates and locations are set for the 2013 SC Waste Pesticide Recovery Program.  Based on surveys, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) has established seven locations across the state making it easy for South Carolina farmers, foresters, nurserymen, golf course operators, and custom applicators to safely dispose of old, outdated, unusable, or unwanted pesticides. The goal of the program is to increase proper management and disposal of unwanted pesticides

Prescribed burning to take place at Harbison State Forest

Prescribed burning to take place at Harbison State Forest

 

The Harbison State Forest personnel will be conducting a prescribed fire on Friday.

The forest will be producing a smoke column visible for some distance away. 

These burns reduce the fuel load for potential wildfires and carry multiple benefits for various plant and animal species.

Affected areas of the state forest will be closed off to visitors, but it remains open to the public for recreation.

County now offering new, improved options for phone book recycling

County now offering new, improved options for phone book recycling

 

Lexington County residents can now recycle unwanted phone books year round at the curb or at all 11 Lexington County Collection and Recycling Centers. At the Centers, phone books can be placed in the same recycling container as newspapers and magazines. The locations of the Centers are as follows:

·         Ball Bark Road – 301 Ballpark Rd, Lexington

·         Bush River Road – 6109 Bush River Rd, Columbia

DHEC director speaking at water quality meeting

DHEC director speaking at water quality meeting

 

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The director of South Carolina's environmental agency is scheduled to speak at a meeting focusing on water quality. Department of Health and Environmental Control director Catherine Templeton is slated to speak Thursday at the quarterly meeting of the S.C. Water Quality Association in Columbia. 

The meeting will be held at Seawell's, located at 1125 Rosewood Drive in Columbia at 11 a.m.

SC Forestry Commission says seedlings available

SC Forestry Commission says seedlings available

 

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Forestry Commission says it still has plenty of seedlings available as tree planting season comes to an end.