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Ryan Steingruber

Director

706-635-7696 info line

Randy Chadwick
Supervisor
[email protected]

We accept exact change only at our convenience centers.

Find Your Nearest Solid Waste & Recycling Convenience Center

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Solid Waste & Recycling

Gilmer County Single Stream Recycling

Three Convenience Centers offer a Compactor for Recycled Items

Cartecay: 4154 Highway 52 East
Coosawattee: 1736 Highway 382 West
Tower Road: 456 Tower Road

There is NO CHARGE for recycling. NO GLASS is accepted.
The following items are accepted:

  1. Newspaper and inserts, craft paper, paper grocery and shopping bags, tissue box paper towel and toilet paper cores, cereal boxes, shoe boxes, magazines, catalogs envelopes, calendars, phone books, paperback books, computer paper, junk mail, greeting cards, beverage and cigarette cartons.

    Recycling a stack of newspaper just three feet high saves one tree.

  2. Corrugated cardboard boxes, pizza boxes cleaned of any food residue.

    Recycling one ton of cardboard saves 46 gallons of oil.

  3. Steel cans and lids cleaned of any food residue.

    Recycling seven steel cans save enough energy to power a 60 watt bulb for 26 hours.

  4. Aluminum cans, baking tins, food containers cleaned of any food residue.

    Recycling one aluminum saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning or four hours.

  5. Plastics with the following numbers:
    #3 through #7,
    milk jugs #2,
    soda and water bottles #1,
    plastic detergent bottles #2.

    Five two-liter bottles produces enough polyester for a square yard of carpet.

Gilmer County Georgia Convenience Centers

Tower Road Convenience Center
Accepts all household garbage & recyclables. We do not accept bulk items and construction or demolition waste.

456 Tower Road
Ellijay, Georgia 30540
706-635-7696
Monday – Saturday
8am-4:30pm
Sunday
1pm-6pm


Gilmer County Tower Road Landfill Scale House
Accepts bulk items, construction and demolition waste.

456 Tower Road
Ellijay, Georgia 30540
706-635-7696
Monday – Saturday
8am-4:30pm
Sunday
closed


Cartecay Convenience Center
Accepts all household garbage & recyclables. We do not accept bulk items and construction or demolition waste.

4154 Highway 52 East
Ellijay, Georgia 30536
706-276-7796
Monday – Saturday
8am-5:30pm
Sunday
closed


Coosawattee Convenience Center
Accepts all household garbage & recyclables. We do not accept bulk items and construction or demolition waste.

1738 Highway 382 West
Ellijay, Georgia 30540
706-276-1876
Monday – Saturday
8am-5:30pm
Sunday
closed


Tails Creek Convenience Center
Accepts all household garbage only. We do not accept bulk items and construction or demolition waste.

8611 Tails Creek
Ellijay, Georgia 30540
706-276-7793
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday
8am-5:30pm


Whitepath Convenience Center
Accepts all household garbage only. We do not accept bulk items and construction or demolition waste.

197 Whitepath Road
Ellijay, Georgia 30540
706-273-7101
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday
8am-5:30pm


Whitestone Convenience Center
Accepts all household garbage only. We do not accept bulk items and construction or demolition waste.

674 N. Whitestone Road
Ellijay, Georgia 30540
706-273-7102
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday
8am-5:30pm


Yukon Convenience Center
Accepts all household garbage only. We do not accept bulk items and construction or demolition waste.

5752 Yukon Road
Ellijay, Georgia 30536
706-276-7795
Monday – Saturday
8am-5:30pm
Sunday
closed

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