South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

The S.C. Solid Waste Policy and Management Act of 1991 (Act) outlines specific reporting requirements including annual reporting by counties on the amount of municipal solid waste recycled within their jurisdictions and full-cost disclosure reporting by each county and municipality on the costs of operating its solid waste management program.

This data is compiled and published each year in the "S.C. Solid Waste Management Annual Report." In addition, this report also should include recycling efforts of municipalities, businesses, industries, schools, non-profits and agencies located within the county, even though these entities are not required to report.

To meet the reporting requirements, counties enter their recycling data into Re-TRAC Connect, a Web-based data management system, provided by DHEC. A failure to enter data into Re-TRAC Connect will be considered a non-report (and the county may be ineligible for grant funding from DHEC).

There has been an upgrade to the original Re-TRAC program. Given that, in order to report, you must re-register at the new Web site. Click on "Changes and Additions for the Fiscal Year" above for more information.

While cities are NOT required to reporting recycling data, they are required to report full-cost data if they provide solid waste services. For the first time, the on-line reporting program is available to cities to collect full-cost and recycling data. Click here to learn more.