Richland County and Lexington County are teaming up to hold a free recycling event for residents in both counties to properly dispose of a variety of items – from household chemicals to furniture.

The event is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 at Irmo High School, 6671 St. Andrews Road. 

Residents can drop off electronics, scrap metal and household hazardous waste, and bring paper documents for shredding. In addition to these items, residents are encouraged to bring clothing, furniture and household items to be reused by Goodwill Industries – and thereby keeping them out of landfills. Also, any South Carolina resident or farmer may bring outdated, unusable or unwanted pesticides to be disposed of safely.

We thank everyone for their patience and understanding while we deal with the cleanup from the storm. For those that did not get their garbage and recycling picked up on Thursday (10/11), please put them out Friday morning. We will make every effort to pick it up as soon as possible.

The City planned to run sanitation on the normal schedule tomorrow (10/11/18).  Unfortunately, shortly before 5pm today (10/10/18) we were notified that the landfill is going to be closed on Thursday due to inclement weather. We do not have another viable option to dispose of the garbage. We are officially cancelling sanitation services for Thursday. Please help us get the word out to your neighbors and anyone who has service on Thursdays. We will make every effort to resume service once the landfill reopens.

Further, the City’s Municipal Court session, scheduled for the morning of 10/11/18, has been cancelled.

The Forest Acres Police Department will be serving as a drop-off location for supplies benefiting those most impacted by Hurricane Florence. We encourage everyone to donate what they can. Specifically, cleaning supplies, paper products, first aid items, and personal hygiene items.

Grateful that Hurricane Florence was gentler on Forest Acres and the greater Midlands than anticipated, the City remains mindful that others in the coastal areas of NC and SC are suffering a great deal.  We also wish to emphasize that, in the coming days, waterways in SC (including those in Forest Acres) will see the effects of heavy rains upstream.  Please remain vigilant and heed the warnings of officials.  Also, please report any issues to the City at (803) 782-9475 or (803) 782-9444.

All City operations will resume as normal on Monday, 9/17.

Also on Monday, the Sanitation Department will pick up along Friday’s Garbage/Recycling routes.

UPDATE: We have just received word that the landfill will be open until noon on Friday. This means that we can run the garbage and recycle route on the normal schedule. If your garbage and recycling are normally picked up on Friday, please put your garbage out as usual. If your garbage is not picked up for any reason, the City will pick it up on Monday or as soon as the weather allows.

The City of Forest Acres administrative offices will be closed in observance of Labor Day on September 3rd. Our sanitation workers will also be enjoying a much needed day off.

The sanitation schedule for next week will be as follows:

• Garbage and Recycling normally picked up on Monday will be picked up on Tuesday.
• Garbage and Recycling normally picked up on Tuesday will be picked up on Wednesday.

The rest of the week will operate on a normal schedule. Yard debris will be picked up throughout the week as the workload and schedule permit. Please call City Hall at 782-9475 if you have any questions.

Mayor Frank Brunson and City Council members Ginger Dukes, Beau Powell, Curt Rye and Shell Suber had the honor of participating in the ribbon cutting for the new Lowes Foods on July 18, 2018.

The City of Forest Acres will observe the Independence Day holiday on Wednesday, July 4, 2018.  All city offices will be closed. 

The Sanitation Department will also be closed; however, no garbage or recycling routes for the week of July 2 will be affected by the closure.  All garbage and recycling routes will be run as normal (M, T, Th, F).

The City will recognize the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 28.  The garbage and recycling pick-up schedule will change, as follows:

• Monday's route will be run on Tuesday, May 29;
• Tuesday's route will be run on Wednesday, May 30; and
• Thursday and Friday routes will remain unchanged.