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Daniel Island News April 17, 2019: Rethinking Recycling: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

RePower South reports 60 to 65 percent of Berkeley County’s waste will be reused. Single-stream recycling is here. No more sorting into brightly-colored bins that are then lugged out onto the curb. Just about everything goes into your main trash can – and it won’t cost Berkeley County residents any extra money. If anything, citizens… Read More »

The Daniel Island News March 20, 2019: New Berkeley County Recycling and Recovery Facility Opening Soon by Elizabeth Bush

Berkeley County residents will soon have a new, free recycling option thanks to the county’s partnership with RePower South. The newly constructed RePower South facility, located at the Berkeley County landfill, will take 100 percent of the residential and commercial waste delivered to the site and process it into recycled commodities, as well as a… Read More »

ABC News 4 March 1, 2019: $60 million Berkeley County recycling center nearing completion by Brodie Hart

The Berkeley County Recycling Center is nearing completion. “Berkeley County will become one of the highest recyclers in the country,” said Brian Gilhuly, CEO of RePower South. “A lot of people do not recycle now because it is very costly.” Right now, Berkeley County residents had two options for recycling: pay $40 a month to… Read More »