Durham County is changing its curbside collection schedule from a Wednesday only collection schedule to a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday collection schedule. That change is a result of the recent termination of Tidewater Fibre Corp (TFC) curbside recycling contract with the City of Durham. The company will continue to collect recycling for Durham County.

The new collection schedules will begin for Schedule “A” (North of the Eno River) on Monday, July 13th and for Schedule “B” (South of the Eno River) on Monday, July 20th, 2009.  If a Federal Holiday falls on a regular scheduled collection day, the collection will then be made on the following Saturday.

Residents who live North of the Eno River (Schedule A) who previously received collection on alternate Wednesdays, will now be assigned a different day for collection depending on where they live.  Maps are being prepared to reflect 4 quadrants of northern Durham county, one for each of the four days (Mon, Tue, Thu, Friday) that residents will use as a reference to determine their respective collection day.

Residents who live South of the Eno River (Schedule B) who previously received collection on alternate Wednesdays, will now be assigned a different day for collection depending on where they live.  Maps are being prepared to reflect 4 quadrants of southern Durham county, one for each of the four days (Mon, Tue, Thu, Friday) that residents will use as a reference to determine their respective collection day.

The last day for the current scheduled Wednesday collections will be July 1st for Schedule “A”, and July 8th for Schedule “B”.  Residents are asked to discard their current 2009 collection schedule for the remaining portions of the 2009 calendar year to avoid any confusion.  And replace the previous schedule with a “Revised 2009 New Schedule” which is being prepared for distribution through the US Mail to all property owners in the unincorporated areas of Durham County over the next two weeks.

In addition, maps and schedules are being printed and will be placed in the curbside recycling bins on the last Wednesday collection days on July 1st (Schedule A) and July 8th (Schedule B).   The revised collection schedules will also be posted on the Durham County Government website at http://www.co.durham.nc.us/; and the County General Services website at http://www.co.durham.nc.us/departments/gnsv/recycle/PickUp_Schedule.html.  

Copies of the maps and schedules will also be available at the TFC Office at 1017 South Hoover Road, Durham and the County General Services Office located at 310 S. Dillard St, Durham.

For more information residents are invited to call TFC recycling at (919) 957-8803 or the Durham County Department of General Services (560-0430) Monday through Friday 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM.