For Residents/Individuals
Residential Resources
Residential Drop-off Recycling Program
Clinton County provides residents with places to drop-off various recyclable materials. Click HERE to discover what items are accepted and to find the closest recycling drop-off location to your home.
Wilmington Curbside Recycling
The City of Wilmington offers curbside recycling to its residents as part of its weekly waste collection service. If you live in Wilmington, click HERE to learn more about this program and how you can participate.
Waste Removal Services
New to the area and need to sign up for waste collection services? The first thing you will want to do is to contact your local government (city, village, or township) to see if they contract for this service on your behalf at a discounted rate. If they don't, then you may select you own waste removal provider. Click HERE for a list of known local waste haulers.
How Do I Get Rid of That?
From plastic bags to cardboard to scrap tires--there's a way to properly dispose of nearly any item you may have. Click HERE for a comprehensive list of resources.
Special Collection Events
At various times throughout the year, the SWMD will host recycling events for items such as scrap tires, electronics, paint, and household hazardous wastes. The best way to be notified of these events is to sign up for Text Alerts on your mobile phone. Simply text the word RECYCLE to phone number 69310, and never miss another event.
Composting
Compost is organic material that can be added to soil to help plants grow. Food scraps and yard waste together currently make up more than 28 percent of what we throw away and should be composted instead. Making compost keeps these materials out of landfills where they take up space and release methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Composting is easy and can be fun. There are many resources online that can help you get started--click HERE for the EPAs tips for composting at home.
Having a special event and want to recycle beverage bottles and cans?
Clinton County Solid Waste Management District loans out FREE bottle-shaped disposal containers designed to collect empty bottles and cans. When the event is over, the container can be emptied at any Clinton County drop-off recycling location and returned to CCSWMD. Download a PDF reservation form to request these fun and unique containers for your next event.
Free Litter Kits Available
Do you love your community? Want to show it? Conducting a clean-up of a local park, school campus, or bike trail is a great way to show your community pride. The Clinton County Solid Waste Management District would like to help. The SWMD has free litter cleanup kits available to groups interested in helping to remove litter and other debris from public grounds in communities around Clinton County. Each kit consists of bags, gloves, safety vests, and pick-up tools. Reserve your FREE Litter Clean-up Kit today!