NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
April 21, 2008
Vol. 38, No.169
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Jim Short, Division of Air and Waste Management, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch, 302-739-9403, William (Chip) McDaniel, Chief, Environmental Crimes Unit, 302-739-9401 or Melanie Rapp, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.
Yard Waste Drop-off Sites for Use by New Castle County Residents Only
Landscapers and Businesses Prohibited from Using Sites
DNREC’s Solid and Hazardous Waste Section wants to remind landscapers and other businesses that they are prohibited from disposing yard waste at the three community yardwaste demonstration sites in New Castle County. The sites were developed as one of many options to help New Castle County residents manage their own yard wastes
William (Chip) McDaniel, Chief of DNREC’s Environmental Crimes Unit, warns that Environmental Protection Officers are on the lookout for violators and will be citing those landscapers and businesses who dispose of yard waste at the sites. Penalties range from $100 to $500 in fines, plus a criminal record. To report yard waste disposal at one of the sites by a business or landscaper, call the 24-hour hotline in Delaware at 1-800-662-8802. Verizon wireless customers in Delaware can call, toll free: #DNR (367).
Yard waste at the sites is periodically ground into mulch that individuals can take for free. The mulch is available to New Castle County residents only.
DNREC’s three community yard waste demonstration sites have the following hours of operation.
Brandywine Hundred Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday only; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise posted.
The site is located northeast of Wilmington, on the north side of the Cauffiel Parkway. The Cauffiel Parkway is across Philadelphia Pike (Business Route 13) from the Bellevue Corporate Center. (Mapquest and Google label the Cauffiel Parkway incorrectly as Golden Acres Drive).
DART Mid-County Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Open Everyday; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise posted.
The site is located at 1423 S. DuPont Highway, Bear, just west of Delaware City, near the intersection of Routes 13 and 72.
Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
Open Everyday; 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.
More information can be found online at www.dnrec.delaware.gov/yardwaste or by calling 302-739-9403.
