Aug.18, 2009
Vol. 39, No. 351                                                                                                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Rob Underwood, 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 DART yard waste site will close
for maintenance August 31 – September 9

DNREC’s DART Mid-County Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site will temporarily close for maintenance activities beginning Monday, Aug. 31 through Wednesday, Sept. 9 and will reopen at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 10.

The DART yard waste site is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of U.S. 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 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:

DART Mid-County Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Closed Monday, Aug. 31 – Wednesday, Sept. 9;  Reopens Thursday, Sept. 10 at 8:30 a.m.
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.)

Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
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.

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.