NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
June 9, 2010
Vol. 40, No. 200
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jim Short, Division of Air and Waste Management, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch, 302-739-9403; or Joanna Wilson, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.
DART Mid-County Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
to close for maintenance June 21-25 and June 28-July 2
DNREC’s DART Mid-County Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site will close from Monday, June 21 through Friday, June 25, and from Monday, June 28 through Friday, July 2, for maintenance activities. The site will be open Saturday and Sunday, June 26 and 27 and return to its regular schedule on Saturday, July 3. The site is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Route 13 and Route 72 near Bear.
New Castle County residents wishing to drop off yard waste when the DART Mid-County site is closed can take yard waste to one of DNREC’s other two sites – the Brandywine Hundred site located north of Wilmington or the Polly Drummond Hill site near Newark.
DNREC’s Community Yard Waste Demonstration Sites business hours:
Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Closed Monday, June 7 through Friday, June 11, and Monday, June 14 through Friday, June 18. The site will be open Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13, and reopen to its normal schedule starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 19. Hours: Daily; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise posted.
The site is located in the Pike Creek area on Polly Drummond Hill Road, about a ½ mile north of the Kirkwood Highway.
Brandywine Hundred Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise posted.
The site is located on the north side of Cauffiel Parkway, approximately 100 yards east of the Cauffiel Parkway and Philadelphia Pike (Business Route 13) intersection. Please note that this site will be closed permanently effective Sunday, June 27, 2010.
DART Mid-County Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Closed Monday, June 21 through Friday, June 25, and from Monday, June 28 through Friday, July2, for maintenance activities. The site will be open Saturday and Sunday, June 26 and 27 and return to its regular schedule on Saturday, July 3. Hours: Daily; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise posted.
The site is located on the Southwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Route 72 near Bear. (Turn into the DART facility at 1423 S. Dupont Highway, Bear.)
Commercial businesses, such as landscaping and lawn care companies as well as municipalities, are not eligible to drop off materials at the sites.
More information can be found online at www.dnrec.delaware.gov/yardwaste, or by calling 302-739-9403.
