Cardboard Recycling in Lewes, DE

Break down corrugated cardboard and put it in your City of Lewes recycling cart, collected weekly by the city.

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Checked October 26, 2026 · Call before you go · How we check

4 ways to get rid of a cardboard in Lewes

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CurbCycle PickupPickup from your home · LewesNo haulingWe recycle it for youFrom $80.00
How it works
Book online, set out your cardboard and we’ll pick it up and recycle it for you. You see your price before you book and pay only after pickup.
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DSWA Rt. 5 Transfer Station (Harbeson)State program · Sussex CountyDelaware residentsFree
How it works
Delaware Solid Waste Authority transfer station at 29997 John P. Healy Drive, Harbeson, DE 19951 (unincorporated Sussex County; the Census geocoder did not match the address). Open Mon–Sat 7 a.m.–3 p.m. Takes household trash by weight, white goods (refrigerants removed by DSWA) and up to 4 passenger tires per load; free recycling drop-off for cardboard and household batteries.
Cost & rules
- Free for Delaware residents at the recycling drop-off; place recyclables loose.
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DSWA Jones Crossroads Landfill & Southern Recycling CenterState program · Sussex CountyDelaware residentsFree
How it works
Delaware Solid Waste Authority landfill and Southern Recycling Center at 28560 Landfill Lane, Georgetown, DE 19947 (Census: unincorporated Sussex County, outside Georgetown town limits). Landfill open Mon–Sat 7 a.m.–5 p.m. (trash by weight, white goods, tires); recycling center Mon–Sat 8:30–3:30, household hazardous waste every Monday 10–2, latex paint the last Monday of each month; household batteries at the drop-off. Free for Delaware residents: electronics (computers, TVs, monitors, microwaves and more) during all open hours, single-stream recycling including cardboard, household hazardous waste (including oil-based paint and auto batteries) one day a week, and latex paint once a month.
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City of Lewes curbside recyclingCity service · LewesLewes residentsCost not listed
How it works
The City of Lewes collects single-stream recycling weekly from each single-family property in a city-assigned cart. Accepted: cans, boxboard and corrugated cardboard (broken down), paper, plastics #1, 2, 4, 5 and 7, glass bottles and jars. Computers, monitors and TVs are not accepted in the cart.
Cost & rules
- Before you go: Break down boxes.
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Before you go

Check whether you have corrugated boxes, coated packaging or mixed materials.
Remove foam, plastic and other packing inserts.
Flatten boxes and check quantity limits for your program.

More about cardboard

Delaware rules

Under Delaware's universal recycling law (7 Del. C. § 6053), everyone providing trash collection in Delaware must also provide single-stream curbside recycling to their single-family residential customers. Source: Delaware Code Title 7, Chapter 60, Subchapter III: Solid Waste Recycling (opens in new tab)
DNREC: under the Universal Recycling Law, every hauler that collects residential trash must include recycling collection. Source: DNREC: Delaware Recycles (opens in new tab)

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Yard waste may not go out with household trash or into Delaware landfills. Source: DNREC: Delaware Recycles (opens in new tab)
DSWA was created by the General Assembly in 1975 but is not a state agency and receives no tax dollars. Source: DSWA: Frequently Asked Questions (opens in new tab)

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Checked October 26, 2026

Delaware Code Title 7, Chapter 60, Subchapter III: Solid Waste Recycling (opens in new tab) · State of Delaware (Delaware Code Online)
- Under Delaware's universal recycling law (7 Del. C. § 6053), everyone providing trash collection in Delaware must also provide single-stream curbside recycling to their single-family residential customers. Checked October 26, 2026.
DNREC: Delaware Recycles (opens in new tab) · Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
- DNREC: under the Universal Recycling Law, every hauler that collects residential trash must include recycling collection. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Yard waste may not go out with household trash or into Delaware landfills. Checked October 26, 2026.
DSWA: Frequently Asked Questions (opens in new tab) · Delaware Solid Waste Authority
- DSWA was created by the General Assembly in 1975 but is not a state agency and receives no tax dollars. Checked October 26, 2026.
DSWA: Transfer Stations (opens in new tab) · Delaware Solid Waste Authority
- DSWA transfer stations accept only Delaware waste; contractors may not bring C&D debris. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Transfer station recycling drop-offs take single-stream recycling including cardboard. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Recycling at DSWA drop-off centers is free for Delaware residents. Checked October 26, 2026.
DSWA: Recycling Centers (opens in new tab) · Delaware Solid Waste Authority
- All DSWA recycling-center services are free for Delaware residents; only Delaware material is accepted. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Recycling centers take paper and cardboard in single-stream recycling. Checked October 26, 2026.
City of Lewes: Recycling (opens in new tab) · City of Lewes
- Broken-down corrugated cardboard goes in the city recycling cart, collected weekly by the City of Lewes. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Curbside recycling is collected weekly by the City of Lewes. Checked October 26, 2026.

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