Oct. 21, 2008
Vol. 38, No. 485                                                                        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Bill Miller, Division of Air and Waste Management, Solid and Hazardous Waste Section, 302-739-9403, or Melanie Rapp, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.

Yard Waste Site near Newark Will Temporarily Close Oct. 28
Maintenance Activities Will Grind Yard Waste Into Mulch; Free Mulch Will Be Available

NEWARK, Del. – DNREC’s Polly Drummond Hill Yard Waste Demonstration Site will temporarily close for maintenance activities Tuesday, Oct. 28 through Tuesday, Nov. 4. The site is located in the Pike Creek area on Polly Drummond Hill Road, about a ½ mile north of the Kirkwood Highway near Newark.

The site is being closed for crews to grind yard waste into free, usable mulch that will be available for pick up by New Castle County residents when the site reopens at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5.

“Our Polly Drummond Hill site is filled to capacity with yard waste,” said Jim Short, environmental scientist with DNREC’s Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch. “We are pleased with the tremendous support from the community, but we must close the site for a few days to bring in equipment to grind yard waste into mulch. When the site reopens, we will have free mulch available on a first-come, first-served basis.”

New Castle County residents wishing to drop off yard waste while the Polly Drummond Hill site is closed can drop off yard waste at one of DNREC’s other yard waste sites – the Brandywine Hundred site located north of Wilmington or the DART Mid-County site near Bear.

DNREC’s Community Yard Waste Demonstration Sites business hours:

Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Closed Tuesday, Oct. 28 – Tuesday, Nov. 4. Reopening Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 8:30 a.m.
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.

DART Mid-County Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
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.)

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.