facilities

The Delaware Recycling Center (DRC)

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This facility receives single-stream materials collected from DSWA Recycling Drop-off Centers and, the DSWA Curbside Recycling program. This facility will act as a transfer station for these materials until they are picked up and transferred to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). Once, transferred the materials will be sent to market.

The DRC includes the Administrative Office, Pigeon Point Transfer Station, the Oil Filter Recycling Building, and Electronic Goods Processing Building.

Location: 1101 Lambsons Lane, New Castle, DE 19720
Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Receiving Hours: Monday - Friday: 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Directions: Rt. 9 North, toward Wilmington. Turn right on Lambsons Lane, DRC is straight ahead.

OIL FILTER RECYCLING BUILDING

Oil filters and oil are additional products and by-products that are processed and recycled at the DRC in large quantities. The DSWA collects used oil filters from more than 480 repair shops, service stations and, DSWA Recycling Drop-off Centers statewide. They are brought to the DRC by DSWA recycling technicians and processed through an Oil Filter Kruncher, a machine that crushes the filters and extracts the oil from them. The Kruncher accepts 10 filters at a time and crunches them into a 6" x 6" x 12" brick, extracting the oil as the filters are compressed. The oil and oil filters are taken from this facility and marketed.

ELECTRONIC GOODS RECYCLING PROGRAM

The DRC accepts electronic goods from Delaware schools, residents and businesses Monday - Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Delaware schools and businesses need to call the CITIZENS' RESPONSE LINE to schedule an appointment to drop-off their electronic devices. This program provides Delawareans with an opportunity to recycle unwanted electronic equipment. For a detailed list of acceptable items click here or call our CITIZENS' RESPONSE LINE at 1-800-404-7080.

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program

For information on Household Hazardous Waste Collection click here.

Collection Event Schedule is Here.

PIGEON POINT LANDFILL

The DSWA operated Pigeon Point Landfill from January 1, 1981 until its closure in October of 1985. The landfill is at the site of a former dredge spoil disposal area. Landfill areas are underlain by a varying 10 to 15 foot thickness of the dredge spoil and 5 to 45 foot thickness of alluvial deposits, both of which consist mainly of fine silts exhibiting low permeability. The total thickness of the refuse deposits varies from 40 to 60 feet. When the landfill closed in 1985, it contained almost six million tons of waste that was disposed of between 1971 and 1985.

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