Columbus County dump hours

South Central North Carolina, on Eastern time

This page covers the Columbus County Transfer Station and six recycling centers. Each one’s hours are posted below, with the rules that apply.

Transfer stations

Household garbage, and everything the recycling centers can’t take

Hours
Monday to Friday	7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday to Sunday	Closed

113 Landfill Road, Whiteville, NC 28472

Columbus County’s staffed recycling centers don’t take household garbage (food waste, diapers, paper towels, and the like); it goes to the transfer station in Whiteville. The centers are for county residents only, with no commercial waste, no U-Haul or box truck loads, and no construction debris. Bring help for heavy items: attendants don’t unload.Columbus County’s Solid Waste page counts seven recycling centers, and its map shows one at Evergreen, but its address list (revised Dec. 12, 2025) names only six, without Evergreen.
The recycling centers take mixed recycling (clean newspaper, cans, foil, plastic bottles and jugs, cardboard, and cartons), scrap metal, furniture and other bulky items (tables and entertainment centers taken apart; no cabinets), and clean pesticide containers. Lumber is limited to 10 boards no longer than 5 feet. Plastic bags, Styrofoam, pallets, liquids other than motor oil, batteries, and burn barrels or ashes aren’t taken.

Columbus County residents only. Recycling and bulky items; no household garbage

Nov. 1 to March 31: Mon 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tue closed; Wed–Sat 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Sun closed.

Columbus County residents only. Recycling and bulky items; no household garbage

Nov. 1 to March 31: Mon–Tue 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Wed closed; Thu–Sat 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Sun closed.

Not yet verified. Call ahead to confirm. Source checked Oct. 14, 2026.

All 5 sources for Columbus County

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