Recycling

SCE&G is always looking for new ways to save energy and protect the environment, especially in the area of recycling. Steel, copper, brass, coal ash, lamps, batteries, paper, woodchips, aluminum cans, toner cartridges, wood reels and pallets – you name it, SCE&G probably recycles it.

SCE&G recycles more than 75% of the coal ash it produces and has identified several innovative ways to use it. In addition to saving millions of cubic yards of landfill space, coal ash is now being used with a cement and sand mixture for road repairs, in cement and ready-mix concrete, as filler in paints and plastics, and as structural fills for highway embankments, ramps and bridges.

In addition, SCE&G burns used transformer and motor oil for energy recovery though our POWER (Power Originating With Energy Recovery) Program.

Another ongoing recycling effort involves computer and other "white" paper. Consider: it takes two tons of trees to make one ton of paper. By recycling just one ton of paper, we are able to save 17 trees; 7,000 gallons of fresh water; 4,200 kilowatt-hours of electricity; 60 pounds of air pollutants; and 81 cubic feet of land space.

SCE&G offers customers the opportunity to eliminate paper altogether with new Online Account Services. The online billing and payment service is an added convenience for our customers that helps reduce the amount of paper waste.



Want to recycle? 

Lots of things can be recycled, including:

• Aluminum Cans
  
• Batteries
  
• Bricks (and other building materials)
  
• Cardboard
  
• Chemicals
  
• Electronic Equipment
  
• Glass (especially bottles and jars)
  
• Lead
  
• Magazines
  
• Metal
  
• Newspaper
  
• Oil
  
• Paint
  
• Paper