Junk removal costs in Greenville

Outside the city limits, parts of Greenville County get their trash picked up by a district, not a town. The state legislature created the Greater Greenville Sanitation District in 1968 to collect from unincorporated parts of the county. If that's who empties your cart, their crews no longer grab big items on a regular run. You call the office the day before your collection day, and the pickup typically comes within three days.

A little prep makes the list. Take the doors off appliances. Pull apart a trampoline or a plastic play set. Drain the fluids from a lawn mower, take the tank off the grill, and cut old carpet or vinyl into 5-foot sections, rolled and tied. A full house cleanout or an eviction is a different job, and the district points you to a clean-out dumpster.

The county's own option is drive-it-yourself. Greenville County runs seven Residential Waste and Recycling Centers, open Tuesday through Saturday, and they're for county residents, so bring something that shows your address. Each takes up to three cubic yards per vehicle per day, household waste only, with no construction debris. Old shingles go to the Twin Chimneys Landfill instead.

Some things never go in the landfill at all. South Carolina's Solid Waste Policy and Management Act of 1991 bans electronics, appliances, tires, car batteries, motor oil and yard waste from it, so the centers collect those separately for recycling.