NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

March 11, 2010
Vol. 40, No. 70                                     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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

DNREC’s Polly Drummond Yard Waste Site will close for maintenance March 16 – 18; Re-opening March 19

DNREC’s Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site will temporarily close for maintenance activities Tuesday, March 16 through Thursday, March 18 and will reopen at 8:30 a.m. Friday, March 19.

The site is located in the Pike Creek area on Polly Drummond Hill Road, about a ½ mile north of the Kirkwood Highway.

New Castle County residents wishing to drop off yard waste when the Polly Drummond site is closed can take yard waste to one of several alternatives, including DNREC’s other two drop off sites and businesses in New Castle County that provide yard waste services.

DNREC’s Community Yard Waste Demonstration Sites:

Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Closed Tuesday, March 16 through Thursday, March 18; Re-opening Friday, March 19 at 8:30 a.m.
Regular 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.

DART Mid-County Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Regular 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
Regular Hours: 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.

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 these sites.

DNREC’s three yard waste sites do not charge a fee to drop off yard wastes.

Businesses in New Castle County That Offer Yard Waste Services:

The following businesses may charge a fee for services. For more information, please contact each business.

Robert Gallo Mulch & Tree Service, Inc.  
74 Christiana Road; New Castle, DE 19720
 (302)325-2257; 800-BY-MULCH
 
Copeland’s Mulch Depot   
2 Honeysuckle Drive (Routes 4 & 7); Stanton, DE 19804
(302)633-9536; www.copelandsmulchdepot.com

DSWA Cherry Island Landfill   
12th Street and Hay Road; Wilmington, DE 19809
1-800-404-7080; www.dswa.com

First State Green Recycling   
5 Christiana Ave.; Wilmington, DE 19801
(302)757-5091

Holland Mulch
135 Hay Road; Edgemoor, DE 19809
302-765-3100; www.hollandmulch.com
 
More information can be found online at www.dnrec.delaware.gov/yardwaste, or by calling 302-739-9403.