Dare County operated recycling centers and hours

Buxton- Behind RBC Centura Bank, Buxton Back Road. Hours 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to noon Sat. Accepts (no charges) No. 1 and 2 plastic, green, clear and brown glass, steel and aluminum cans, mixed paper and cardboard. Also used auto tires off rims, used motor oil, residential yard debris (branches for chipping up to eight inches in diameter). All commercial yard debris will be charged at a rate of 50 per ton for disposal.

Dare County Public Works Compound- 1018 Driftwood Dr., Manteo. Hours 8-5 weekdays, Sat. 8-5 Memorial Day to Labor Day and 8-noon off-season. Accepts (no charge) No. 1 and 2 plastic, green, clear and brown glass and aluminum cans, mixed paper and cardboard. Also, used automotive tires off rims, used motor oil, lead acid and automotive batteries and residential yard debris, branches up to eight inches in diameter, straw, pampas grass, leaves, etc. for composting. All commercial yard debris will be charged at a rate of 50 per ton and will have to be taken to the C&D landfill.

Dare County Transfer Station- 138 S. California Lane, Manteo. Hours 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, 7 a.m. to noon Sat. Accepts (no charge) white goods (appliances) and other recyclable metals.

Stumpy Point- Community center, Bayview Dr. Open daily, 24 hours, unattended.

 Rodanthe-Waves- Salvo- Chicamacomico Fire Station, N.C. Route 12, Rodanthe, open daily 24 hours.

Town-operated centers and hours

Kill Devil Hills- Public works complex on Colington Rd. (RPR 1217). Hours 8 a,m, ti 4 p.m., weekdays 8 a.m. toi 2 p.m. Sat. Call the town offices at 480-4080 for information on materials accepted.

Kitty Hawk – Use the Kill Devil Hills recycling facilities.

Nags Head – 2300 Lark Ave. Mobile units located permanently at the Nags Head town hall and South Nags Head Fire station. Nags Head mobile trailer, call 441-1122 for daily location and for further information. Hours: Residential only, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays. Units open 24 hours a day, unattended.

Southern Shores – No drop-off recycling, curbside pickup only Hours: Every Monday morning from the last day of May to the last Monday of Sept; first and third Mon. throughout the remainder of the year. Accepts: Call Southern Shores Town Hall, 261-2394 for further information.

  For more information call Dare County Public Works, 475-5800; Southern Shores, 261-2394; Kitty Hawk, 480-4080; Kill Devil Hills, 480-4080; Manteo, 473-1583; Nags Head, 441-1122.

  The Outer Banks has door-to-door trash recyclables collection from Pine Island to Ocean Hill for a small monthly fee.

 (From Nancy Proctor, www.obxcommonground.org and www.sunnydayguide.com)

  Dare County Shoreline Management Commission will meet Tuesday, July 20, 5:30 p.m., in the Kill Devil Hills town hall.

  Spencer Rogers, coastal engineer with N.C. Sea Grant, will present information on ”How the Beach Works” and ”Outer Banks Shoreline and Beachfill Expectations.”

  For more than 30 years, Spencer Rogers has helped private property owners, builders, designers and government agencies develop hurricane resistant construction methods, understand shoreline erosion alternatives and implement marine construction techniques. He serves on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington’s Center for Marine Science and as adjunct faculty in the department of engineering at N.C. State University.

  Roger has co-authored and edited the latest edition of the FEMA Coastal Construction Manual and co-authored ”’The Dune Book,” a guidebook on dune species, planning and best management practices along shorelines. His research has been published in numerous scholarly journals, including the ”Journal of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association,” and the ”Journal of Marine Education.” He also is a regular speaker at conferences about coastal engineering and hazards, including the annual ” Solutions to Coastal Disasters.” In 2006, Rogers was part of a select group of engineers and scientists on the FEMA Hurricane Katrina Mitigation Assessment Team to conduct a coastal damage evaluation in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.

  Rogers joined Sea Grant in 1978, having worked as a coastal engineer for the Bureau of Beaches and Shores in the Florida Department of Natural Resources during his early career. He holds a master’s in coastal and oceanographic engineering from the University of Florida and a bachelor’s in engineering from the University of Virginia.