Tyrrell County And the Town of Columbia

Solid Waste and Recycling Programs


Tyrrell County Curbside Services

Tyrrell County provides curbside service for trash and recyclables throughout the county and in the Town of Columbia.

Tyrrell County requires all curbside customers to use a GDS rollout container and recycling bin. If you need a GDS rollout container, please contact the Tyrrell County Tax Office to request a container at 796-4964.

All waste must be placed in these containers for pickup. Routine overage by a customer may require the customer to obtain additional containers resulting in additional solid waste fees.

County and Town residents should call GDS to have major appliances or large furnishings picked up at the curb.

GDS (800) 806-9142

Tyrrell County LCID Site

Located on Smith Lane off Hwy. 94 south of Columbia

Open Wednesday 1PM-5PM
Friday and Saturday 8AM-5PM

Closed Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday


For LCID site information please contact Pat Perdue at (252) 796-1371 ext. 2625.

Town of Columbia Services

Town of Columbia: (252) 796-2781

Waste Collection is on Monday for most of the town, and on Thursday for the newer sections of town.

The town will pick up yard waste from town residents at the curb on Wednesdays, Thursday afternoons and Fridays.

Recycling pickup is on the same day as trash pickup. See recycling information below.

Town residents may use the County LCID site as needed.

Disposal Information

Commercial waste should go to the East Carolina Landfill (ECE) in Bertie County or to the Dare County Transfer Station on Cub Road between Mann’s Harbor and Stumpy Point. Please make arrangements directly with ECE Landfill for special waste disposal such as asbestos.

Dare County Transfer Station (252) 473-2059

East Carolina Landfill (800) 862-8396

More Questions and Educational Programs

Albemarle Regional Solid Waste Management Authority

For further questions or to schedule an educational program please call us at (252) 338-4458 or send an email to ablindt@arhs-nc.org

Special Waste Programs

Bring all of these materials to the LCID site, or call GDS for curbside pickup of appliances and furnishings. The site is open Wednesday from 1 PM-5 PM, and Friday and Saturday from 8 AM-5 PM.

  • Yard waste, limbs up to 6” diameter (LCID)
  • Stumps weighing less than 200 lbs. (LCID)
  • Scrap metals and appliances (curb and LCID)
  • Scrap Tires (LCID)
  • Electronics and TV's (LCID)
  • Thermostats containing Mercury (LCID)

Electronics and TVs are accepted at the LCID site on Smith Lane in the electronics building. Ask the site attendant for information about the program.

Recycle These Electronics

TVs & Monitors (all types), Computers and all peripherals, Keyboards, mice, CDs, Laptops, Game systems ,Surge protectors, cables, VCRs, DVD players, Radios, Cameras, Printers, Fax & copy machines Phones, cell phones, Rechargeable batteries, Typewriters, Calculators Testing equipment, Banking and medical equipment, and more…

Tires should be left at the dealer where the new tires are purchased. Tires are also accepted at LCID site in small quantities, usually at no charge if they were recently generated in N. C. Please call the county for information if you have large quantities of old stored tires of if you know where large numbers of tires are located.

Please Put These Into Your Recycling Bin

Recyclables are collected curbside on the same day that your household's trash is picked up.

  • All plastic bottles and jugs
  • Cardboard
  • Aluminum and steel cans
  • Newspaper, magazines, catalogs
  • Mail, office paper
  • Paperboard (cereal, 12-pack boxes)
  • Paper bags, phone books
  • Glass bottles and jars

Please rinse cans and bottles and remove the lids from glass containers. Please no shredded paper. No plastic bags, tubs, cups, toys, plates, buckets or Styrofoam. Thanks for Recycling!

The Recycle Guys

"Recycling saves our community money!"