Pitt County operates 14 county collections sites. These sites are available to the public to dispose of household garbage and a number of recyclable items. We encourage the public to bring all their recyclables to these locations to be recycled.
County Collection Site Hours:
April – October
Monday - Saturday 7:30a - 7:30p
Sunday 2:00p - 7:30p
November – March
Monday – Saturday 7:30a - 6:00p
Sunday 2:00p - 6:00p
Closed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and Easter
County Collection Site Locations (252 area code)
| Ayden-Grifton | 5171 Weyerhaeuser Rd | 746.9261 |
| Bethel | 3993 Creek Bank Rd | 825.8681 |
| Bells Fork | 4554 County Home Rd | 355.2296 |
| Falkland | 5661 NC 43 North | 830.5598 |
| Farmville | 3457 Wesley Church Rd | 753.7240 |
| Fountain | 3879 US 258 | 749.3525 |
| Grimesland | 3558 Avon Rd | 758.1372 |
| Pactolus | 525 Second St | 830.5232 |
| Port Terminal | 911 Port Terminal | 758.0884 |
| Shelmerdine | 8270 NC 43 South | 746.3821 |
| Stantonsburg | 3701 Stantonsburg Road | 830.3864 |
| Stokes | 2453 NC 903 North | 752.6991 |
| Wellcome | 673 Briley Road | 830.3876 |
| Winterville | 4818 Reedy Branch Rd | 355.3718 |
Accepted Materials
Container Products:
- Aluminum cans
- Glass bottles and jars (clear, brown and green)
- Plastic bottles #1 and #2
- Steel/Tin cans
Paper Products:
- Corrugated Cardboard
- Paperboard
- Newspaper/Magazines
Yard Waste:
- Leaves
- Limbs (six inches in diameter and no longer than six feet long)
- Bushes/shrubs
- Pine straw
- Grass clippings
- NO LARGE ROOTS OR STUMPS
Automotive Products:
- Lead Acid batteries
- Motor Oil
Other Products:
- White Goods/Metal
- All appliances
- Metal items
- Oyster Shells (Accepted only at the Bells Fork and the Port Terminal Sites)
- Eyeglasses (Prescription glasses only)
- Boxes to collect clothing and shoes for recycling
- Cooking oil (Accepted at Bells Fork site only)
Electronic Recycling Sites
Port Terminal, Bells Fork, Bethel, Ayden-Grifton, and Winterville
Items Not Accepted at Collections Site
- Construction and Demolition materials
- Tires
- Stumps/roots
- Household hazardous waste
- Infectious waste
- Dead animals
