NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

Feb. 6, 2009
Vol. 39, No. 41                                                                                                     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact James Short, Division of Air and Waste Management, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch, 302-739-9403; or Melanie Rapp, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.

                                                 DART Mid-County Yard Waste Site near Bear
                                                   Will Close February 16 - 26 for Maintenance
                                                                                          Site Will Reopen Feb. 27

The DART Mid-County Community Yard Waste Site near Bear will be closed Monday, Feb. 16 through Thursday, Feb. 26 for maintenance activities and will reopen 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 27. The site is located in the southwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Route 72 near Bear.

The site is filled to capacity with yard waste and will be closed so a maintenance crew can bring in equipment to grind the waste into mulch.

New Castle County residents who wish to drop off yard waste when the DART Mid-County site is closed can take wastes to one of DNREC’s other two sites – the Brandywine Hundred site located north of Wilmington or the Polly Drummond Hill Road site near Newark.

DNREC’s Community Yard Waste Demonstration Sites Business Hours:

DART Mid-County Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Closed: Monday, Feb. 16 through Thursday, Feb. 26
Reopens: 8:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 27
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 Hwy, Bear.)

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.

Polly Drummond Hill Road Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Closed:  Wednesday, Feb. 4 through Wednesday, Feb. 11; Reopens 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 12
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.

DNREC’s three community yard waste demonstration sites were developed as one of many yard waste management options to help New Castle County residents comply with the yard waste ban. 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.