New Year, New Opportunities! CEP is excited to announce the application for our 2026 Scholarship is now open! The application can be accessed via the following link: www.bit.ly/CEPScholarship2026 Please see the application page for eligibility requirements and more information.

If you're clearing out your shop, shed, garage, attic, or crawl space to welcome in the New Year, make sure you pay attention to our Spring Household Hazardous Waste Collection Dates! Pamlico County Household Hazardous Waste Collection: 3/21/26 Craven County Household Hazardous Waste Collection: 3/28/26 Carteret County Household Hazardous Waste Collection: 4/25/26 You must reside in one of our three partner counties to utilize this event, but residents are not limited to their specific county's event. For example, if you live in Craven, you may also utilize the event in Pamlico or Carteret.

🎅Recycling Rules, Santa Approved! Stay on the nice list as the holiday season comes to a close. Check out this graphic for information on what you can recycle in our area, and how!

Holiday Hours: Thanksgiving Day: All Sites Closed Christmas Eve: All Sites Closing at 12pm Christmas Day: All Sites Closed New Year's Day: All Sites Closed

Great things are happening in Pamlico County!

The Tuscarora Landfill, Newport Transfer Station, and Grantsboro Transfer Station will be open on Veterans Day (11/11/25). The Administrative Offices will be closed and will resume normal business hours on 11/12/25.

We always get questions about what we can do about ADVs in our area! Check out this post by North Carolina Coastal Federation for how to report ADVs so the appropriate team can take care of it.

Our dear friend! Zac, we are so appreciative to partner with you and Pamlico Community College!

Another great video thanks to our friends at Five-Star Bins, LLC! Thank you SO much!

Our friends over at E&J Automotive Inc. got some great video of our Truck or Treat on Saturday! Thanks for always supporting this event!

1,300+ people, 750+ hotdogs, 500+ pumpkins, and 28 community members and organizations! Another wonderful evening at our 3rd Annual Truck or Treat Event! If you have pictures you would like to share, please drop them in the comments below. If you have a moment to fill out a survey, we would appreciate any feedback to make next year's event even better! https://forms.gle/rTCh7e5URJcseUz7A Big thank you to all of our wonderful community members who worked together to pull this off. We tried to tag, but we had so many FB won't let us! NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores Pamlico Community College Face 2 Face Painting by Katie The Painting Pixies: Face painting & Hair Tinsel North Carolina Coastal Federation US Army Recruiting North Carolina - New Bern Craven County Clean Sweep Creative Chaos Sensory Play Hillandale Honey Aurora Fossil Museum Pelican's Snoballs Jacksonville NC Carpenter Logging E&J Automotive Inc. Byrd's Towing Hammocks Beach State Park North Carolina State Parks and Recreation U.S. Forest Service - National Forests in North Carolina Craven County Soil Water Jasper #9 VFD Rescue #30 Cove City Vol. Fire Department Cove City EMS Five-Star Bins, LLC Wilco Landworks Craven County Sheriff's Office Fornes Fabrication Craven County Farm Bureau Craven-Pamlico Regional Library Sterling Miller and his Mega Truck

CEP facilities will be closing early on Saturday, 10/25/25, to prepare for our community 3rd Annual TRUCK or Treat @ the Tuscarora Landfill. Tuscarora Landfill: 2:30pm Newport Transfer Station and Pamlico Transfer Station: 3:30pm