Greenville and other municipalities offer curbside-recycling programs for residents inside town limits. Pitt County operates 14 collection and recycling centers and one solid-waste transfer station located on Allen Road. The county recycling office is housed there. Phone: 902-3350. Fax: 830-4690.

Nathan E. Pipkin Jr. is the director of solid waste and recycling. His telephone number is 902-3355. Paula Clark is the county's recycling coordinator. Her telephone number in 902-3353. Deputy Steve Cannon is the waste enforcement officer. He investigates complaints of illegal dumping and littering. His telephone numbers are 902-3354 and 413-5107.

The collection sites are open April-October from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday and Sunday 2-7:30 p.m.; November-March 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and Sunday 2-6 p.m.

The transfer station is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday and closed Sunday. The collection sites are closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and Easter. A $42 per ton fee is charged for non-residential waste.

The addresses for the collection sites have been updated, but the physical locations remain the same. Collection sites are:

• Ayden-Grifton, 5171 Weyerhaeuser Road, 746-9261
• Bethel, 3993 Creek Bank Road, 825-8681
• Bells Fork, 4554 County Home Road, 355-2296
• Falkland, 5661 N.C. 43 North, 830-5598
• Farmville, 3493 Wesley Church Road, 753-7240
• Fountain, 3879 U.S. 258 South, 749-3525
• Grimesland, 3558 Avon Road, 758-1372
• Pactolus, 525 Second St., 830-5232
• Port Terminal, 911 Port Terminal Road, 758-0884
• Shelmerdine, 8270 N.C. 43 South, 746-3821
• Stantonsburg Road, 3701 Stantonsburg Road, 830-3864
• Stokes, 2453 N.C. 903 North, 752-6991
• Wellcome, 673 Briley Road, 830-3876
• Winterville, 4818 Reedy Branch Road, 355-3718
• Greenville, Public Works Department on Beatty Street, 329-4522