Keep on Trucking: Solid Waste and Recycling to Host Touch-a-Truck Event and Facility Tours

Fire trucks parked outside of station

Mecklenburg County Solid Waste and Recycling will host its second annual Touch-a-Truck event on Saturday, Sept. 28, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Compost Central Disposal and Recycling Center.  

Entry is free. Kids, and kids at heart, can explore the heavy vehicles — trucks, a tank and even a helicopter — used by public service agencies, including Solid Waste and Recycling, the National Guard, and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.  

Tours of Compost Central will also be available. The center is located at 140 Valleydale Road in Charlotte. While touring the facility, residents can pick up brush mulch in bulk for free, and purchase compost and dyed mulch. Information about the County’s mulch and compost products is available at MeckMulchMadness.com.

Food vendors will be on-site. The event will take place rain or shine.