Guilford County announced on Apr. 8 that it will hold its Spring Recycling Event for all county residents on Saturday, April 25, from 8 a.m. to noon at Eastern Guilford Middle School in Gibsonville. The event will also include a Medication Take-Back station by the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office and a Food Drive hosted by A Simple Gesture.
The recycling event is intended to help residents properly dispose of items banned from landfill disposal under North Carolina General Statute, such as appliances, electronics, and scrap tires. These materials are collected and sent to state-regulated recyclers for proper handling. The county also operates a Scrap Tire and White Goods Collection Facility year-round for these items.
At the event, residents can drive through and drop off accepted materials without leaving their vehicles. Items accepted include household appliances like refrigerators and washers (with no fuel), various electronics including computers and cell phones (but not batteries), up to 50 passenger tires or 10 heavy truck tires per vehicle, clean plastic bags, flattened cardboard boxes (but not foam packing peanuts), documents for secure shredding (up to five file boxes per vehicle), unwanted medications (excluding liquids), capped needles/sharps in containers, and non-perishable foods for donation—though glass jars will not be accepted.
Household hazardous waste such as batteries or fuels will not be accepted at this event but can be taken to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center in Greensboro during regular business hours.
Academic readiness statistics provide context about the local community: Of senior students taking the science portion of the ACT in Guilford County school districts during the 2022-23 school year, about 22% were considered ready for college according to data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. For juniors taking science that year, about 21% met college readiness benchmarks according to the same source. In reading, approximately 31% of seniors were considered ready while about 28% of juniors reached that level as reported by state education officials. Math scores showed around 24% readiness among seniors and roughly 21% among juniors based on official figures.
The recycling event is free for all county residents; business waste will not be accepted. For more information about specific drop-off guidelines or questions regarding medications or food donations, contact details are provided within county communications.
