Recycling in Moore County! - updated 8.27.2024



This post is organized alphabetically by location. 
To quickly locate where to recycle a specific item/type look at the Need to Know section of each entry.

General Help: How Do I Dispose of......? in Moore County. 


Aberdeen Lions Club
PO Box 396 | Aberdeen
Aberdeen Lions Club |  910.944.2329 | Email
Need to know: Has an eye glasses recycling program. Contact them for more info. 


Best Buy
11088 US-15 #501 | Aberdeen 
Best Buy | 910.693.2745 | Contact
Hours: Monday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. 
Directions: Best Buy
Need to know: To locate an item on the accepted and not accepted lists use "CTRL F" to search. Acceptable items to recycle at Best Buy. Items not accepted to recycle at Best Buy.


Food Lion
All locations
Hours, location & contact info: Find your store
Need to know: "Accepts clean, dry bags and wrap with no food particles or contamination; retail or grocery bags, newspaper or dry cleaning bags, plastic case wrap (around water bottles, snacks, toilet paper, napkins, diapers, etc.). Bring to the store vestibule or foyer during store hours." 


Keep Moore County Beautiful 
703 Pinehurst Avenue | Carthage
Monday - Saturday 7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Need to know: Annual Household Hazardous Waste and Shredding Event on November 19th from 10 - 2 a.m. at Pinecrest High school.


Kohls
190 Brucewood Road | Southern Pines
Kohls | 910.246.0148 
Hours: Sunday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. | Friday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. 
Directions: Kohls
Need to know: Plastic bags


Lowes Home Improvement
10845 US 15, US-501 | Southern Pines
Lowes Home Improvement | 910.693.1010 
Hours: Monday - Saturday 6 a.m. - 10 p.m. | Sunday 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. 
Need to know: Plastic bags, cell phones, compact fluorescent lights and rechargeable batteries. For more detailed information click here


Moore County Waste & Recycling Sites
Moore County Solid Waste | 910.947.3637
Landfill Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Saturday 7 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Compactor Hours: Monday - Friday 7 a.m - 7 p.m. 
Office Hours: Monday - Saturday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. 
Need to know:  All locations accept aluminum cans, cardboard, glass, newspapers, magazines, mixed paper, plastic, white goods (washer, dryers, stoves, refrigerator, freezers - up to two) , other scrap metal, printers/copiers, cameras, DVD/VCR, computer equipment, gaming systems, telephone systems, stereo systems, cell phones, MP3 players, microwaves, softcover books, clothing (books and clothing are collected in the small blue bins). Holidays closings on New Years Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.


Need to know: A Collection site for oil and lead acid batteries (used for auto, boat, motorcycles, lawn mowers) is on site. 

Need to know: Household Hazardous waste collection occurs EVERY SATURDAY.  (Paint, spray paint cans, Florescent Bulbs, Weed Killer)



Need to know: Residents of Moore County can bring up to five (5) tires for free disposal at the Moore County Landfill. 



Staples
290 Turner Street | Aberdeen
Staples | 910.692.2781 | 
Hours: 
Directions: Tuesday - Friday 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. | Saturday 


Veteran Car Donations
Nationwide
Veteran Car Donations | 877.212.4969 
Need to know: North Carolina specific information can be found here


 

Items Not Accepted to Recycle at Staples

Alkaline batteries

Appliances

Floor-model printers and copiers

Kitchen electronics

Lamps or bulbs

Large servers

Large speakers

Non-rechargeable lithium batteries

Smoke detectors

Televisions

Items Accepted to Recycle at Staples

 Accessories/adapters/cables

All-in-one computers

Cable/satellite receivers

Calculators

Camcorders

CD/DVD/Blu-ray players

Coffee Brewers (less than 40 lb.)

Computer speakers

Connected home devices

Copiers

Cordless phones

Desktop computers

Digital cameras

Digital projectors

eReaders

Fax machines

Flash drives

Gaming consoles/handhelds

GPS devices

Hard drives

iPod®/MP3 players

Keyboards & mice

Laptops

Mobile phones

Modems

Monitors (including CRT, LED/LCD, plasma)

Printers/multifunction devices

Routers

Scanners

Shredders

Small servers

Stereo receivers

Tablets

UPS/battery backup devices

Video streaming devices (Apple TV®, Roku Player, etc.)

Webcams

Items not accepted to recycle at Best Buy

 - Acoustic/electric drums

- Air conditioners

- Air conditioners

- Air matresses

- Air purifiers

- Air purifiers

- Balance balls

- Benches and home gyms

- Blenders and juicers

- Blenders and juicers

- Books/T-shirts

- Bottle/can openers

- Bread makers

- Bread makers

- Buffet servers

- Cable rooftop dishes

- Camera cases

- Carrying cases

- Cases

- CD-ROMs, cartridges, etc

- CD/DVD jewel cases

- CD/DVD storage towers

- CDs/DVDs/Blu-ray/HD DVD

- Cleaning chemicals

- Coffee/espresso machines

- Coffee/Espresso machines

- Core trainers

- Deep fryers

- Deep fryers

- Dehumidifiers

- Dehumidifiers

- Disposals

- Dumbells, bars, medicine balls

- Electric bikes

- Electric grills and griddles

- Electric grills and griddles

- Electric toothbrushes

- Electric toothbrushes

- Electric woks

- Electric woks

- Elipticals

- Exercise bikes

- Flooring

- Food dehydrators

- Food dehydrators

- Food processors

- Food processors

- Gaming chairs

- Gaming guides

- Garage storage

- Guitars, basses, cases

- Hand percussion

- Heaters

- Heaters

- Hoses

- Ice cream makers

- Ice cream makers

- Irons

- Karaoke machines

- Keyboards/harmonicas

- Lighting/microphones

- Massagers

- Meat slicers and grinders

- Meat slicers and grinders

- Microwaves

- Mini fridges

- Mini fridges

- Mixers

- Mixers

- Outdoor furniture

- PA mixers/speakers

- PC games

- Plastic bags

- Popcorn makers

- Popcorn makers

- Portable DVD player bags

- Power washers

- Power washers

- Pressure cookers

- Pressure cookers

- Propane grills

- Propane grills

- Rice cookers

- Rice cookers

- Safes

- Scales

- Scooters

- Screens (inflatable)

- Screens (motorized)

- Screens (pull-down)

- Screens (wall mount)

- Sewing machines

- Shavers and trimmers

- Slow cookers and crock-pots

- Slow cookers and Crock-Pots

- Smoke detectors

- Software

- Speaker stands

- Steam cleaners

- Steam cleaners

- Steamers

- Steamers

- Sub boxes

- Tapes

- Thermostats

- Toaster/pizza ovens

- Toaster/pizza ovens

- Toasters/teapots

- Toasters/teapots

- Trash compactors

- Trash compactors

- Treadmills

- TV antennas greater than 3' long

- TV stands

- Vacuum sealers

- Vaping, nicotine or THC-containing devices

- Waffle makers

- Waffle makers

- Water bottles

- Water dispensers

- Wet/dry vacuums

- Wet/dry vacuums

- Wine coolers

- Wine coolers

Acceptable items to recycle at Best Buy

 - Alarm clocks

- All-in-one computers

- Amps and effects

- Audio mixers/DJ turntables

- Battery backups (UPS)

- Battery backups (UPS)

- Binoculars

- Brooms/stick vacuums

- Cables and connectors

- Cables and connectors

- Cables and connectors

- Cables and connectors

- Calculators

- Camcorders

- CB radios/scanners

- CD players/recorders

- CD/cassette players

- CD/DVD drives

- Chargers

- Chargers

- Computer speakers/controllers

- Controllers and keyboards

- Curling irons

- Decks

- Desktops

- Digital cameras

- Digital photo frames

- DirecTV set-top boxes/converters

- DVD/Blu-ray players

- E-readers

- E-readers

- Emergency response devices

- Fans

- Hair dryers

- Hair straighteners

- Hands-free headsets

- Hard drives

- Headphones

- Home audio networking

- Home recording interfaces

- HTIB/soundbars/speakers

- In-dash GPS

- In-dash/overhead DVD

- Ink and toner

- Ink/toner cartridges

- Internet TV set-top boxes/satellite receivers

- iPods/other MP3 players

- Landline phones

- Laptop batteries

- Laptops (limit of five per household per day)

- Lenses

- Memory

- Memory cards

- Mice and keyboards

- Mobile phones

- Modems/routers/hubs

- Monitor ($29.99)

- Monitoring systems

- MP3 speakers

- Netbooks

- Outdoor GPS

- Pedometers and heart monitors

- Personal recorders

- Portable DVD

- Portable gaming

- Portable GPS

- Portable LCD screens

- Portable media players

- Power inverters

- Printers/scanners/fax

- Projectors

- Radar detectors

- Receivers/boomboxes

- Recorders

- Remotes/surge protectors

- Robot vacuums

- Satellite radio

- Security systems

- Shredders

- SLR cameras

- Sound/video cards

- Speaker systems

- Speakers/amps

- Tablets

- TiVO

- TV ($29.99)

- TV antennas less than 3' long

- Two-way radios

- Upright/canister vacuums

- VCRs

- Video game consoles

- Wall mount

- Weather stations

- Web cams

- Wireless broadband

- Wiring harnesses and install kits

Recycling in Moore County! - updated 8.27.2024

This post is organized alphabetically by location.  To quickly locate where to recycle a specific item/type look at the Need to Know section...