NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
June 4, 2010
Vol. 40, No.189
Contact: Jim Short, Division of Air and Waste Management, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch, 302-739-9403; or Michael Globetti, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.
Brandywine Hundred Yard Waste Site closing permanently
DNREC seeking suitable location for new site in North New Castle County
DOVER – DNREC’s Brandywine Hundred Yard Waste Demonstration Site – in operation the last three years offering recycling opportunities for northern New Castle County residents – will close permanently June 27. As the closing date nears, DNREC is actively negotiating for a more suitable location in the same vicinity that will enable continued yard waste drop-off opportunity and recycling for residents.
While DNREC negotiates for securing another yard waste drop off site, residents who use the Brandywine Hundred site may in the interim take their yard waste to one of the following sites:
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Holland Mulch* ~2.7 miles
135 Hay Road
Edgemoor, DE 19809
302-765-3100 www.hollandmulch.com |
Copeland’s Mulch Depot* ~13.5 mi.
2 Honeysuckle Drive (Routes 4 & 7)
Stanton, DE 19804
(302)633-9536
www.copelandsmulchdepot.com
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DSWA Cherry Island Landfill* ~4.1 miles
12th Street and Hay Road
Wilmington, DE
1-800-404-7080
www.dswa.com
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Polly Drummond Demonstration Site ~17.3 mi.
111 Polly Drummond Hill Road
Newark, DE 19711
(302)739-9403
www.dnrec.delaware.gov/yardwaste |
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First State Green Recycling* ~6.3 miles
5 Christiana Ave.
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302)757-5091 www.fsgrecycling.com
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DART Mid-County Demonstration Site ~19.8 mi.
1423 South Dupont Hwy
New Castle, DE 19720
(302)739-9403
www.dnrec.delaware.gov/yardwaste |
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Gallo Mulch & Tree Service, Inc.* ~10.8 mi.
74 Christiana Road
New Castle, DE 19720
(302)325-2257 800-BY-MULCH
www.1800bymulch.com
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*Fees may apply
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Signs announcing the closing (as below) will be posted at the Brandywine Hundred site Monday June 7. 
Residents who prefer not to transport their yard waste to a yard waste site are encouraged to contact area waste haulers to learn yard waste services that are available.
DNREC thanks the public for their cooperation during the Brandywine Hundred site operations off the Cauffiel Parkway and requests their continued support and understanding while the alternate yard waste drop-off site is established.
More information can be found online at www.dnrec.delaware.gov/yardwaste, or by calling 302-739-9403.
