RECYCLING
LOCATIONS
Think
Globally - Act Locally !!
Dublin and Laurens
County are fortunate to have many locations where materials are accepted for
recycling. Please email us if you know of additional sites and we'll add
them here. If you would like to recycle something that is not shown here,
please give Patsy a call at 272-5162, or
Laurens County Solid Waste
Management Authority
at
676-3963.
Manned
Recycling / Convenience Centers are
located throughout Laurens County. The center hours are clearly posted at
each center. All are closed on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
CLICK
HERE FOR A LIST OF CONVENIENCE CENTER LOCATIONS
Curbside
Single-Stream Recycling : The
City of
Dublin
has begun a residential customer
single stream curbside recycling program. Recyclables are picked up every other
Friday and the service is free of charge. You
don’t even have to separate the recyclable items!
CLICK
HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CURBSIDE SINGLE-STREAM RECYCLING
Aluminum
CansShamrock
Fire Station - proceeds go to burn victims.
Dudley
Community Center
BatteriesAuto batteries
are collected by most Retail Stores
in exchange when you purchase a new battery. Ask where you purchase
household batteries if they have a collection program.
Buy
Back Programs
(call for current prices and to learn which materials are accepted)
East Dublin
Recyclers : 381 Soperton Ave, East Dublin, GA. Call
296-0800.
Macon
Iron & Paper : 950 Lower Poplar Road, Macon, GA.
Call 478-745-9817.
www.thescrapmarket.com
L. F. Horne Scrap Metals : 103 Akerman Street, Dublin, GA.
Call 272-1308.
Scrap Man
: P.O. Box 16417, Dublin, GA. Call
290-2399.
Shred-Cycle, Inc
: 1134 Buckeye Road, East Dublin,
GA. Call 272-0595.
US 1 Recycling, Inc.
: 1259
Hwy 199 S., East Dublin, GA. Call
272-2048.
Christmas
TreesEach year after
Christmas, KDLB,
along with state and local sponsors, collects Christmas trees which are
ground into mulch for city and county parks. Watch for announcements
concerning dates and locations.
Clothing
and Clean RagsThe Salvation
Army, 1617 Telfair Street at the corner
of Kellam road, or deposit in collection boxes at Parker Dairy Road. Call
272-2869 for pickup of large items, such as
furniture.
Goodwill
Industries:
Look for collection boxes around the county. One is located at Kroger,
another at the K-Mart parking lot.
Corrugated
ContainerboardResidential
quantities of corrugated containers may
be taken to Laurens
County Collection Centers (click for locations).
Commercial
quantities may be recycled by calling the Laurens
County Solid Waste Management Authority at 676-3963.
T&T
Recycling, 1134 Buckeye Road accepts
clean, commercial quantities.
Call 272-0595.
Motor
Oil
Leprechaun
Car Wash, 1513 Rice Avenue. Call
275-1236.
Old
NewspaperLaurens
County Collections Centers (click for
locations)
MR Service
Center Locations - Collection boxes are
located in convenient locations throughout Laurens County. in addition to
the Collection Center locations they have boxes at the rear of 1st United
Methodist Church under the portico and the downtown Post Office . The ONP from
these and the collection centers goes to the Center for Developmentally Disabled
Citizens of Laurens County. Call the
MR Service Center at 275-5130 for the location nearest you.
Dudley
Community Center
Plastic
Containers The "Green Team"
is collecting No. 1 and No. 2 plastic containers for recycling through the
schools in Dublin and Laurens county. Call Patsy for details.
Plastic
Shopping Bags
Accepted at
most Grocery and Discount stores,
Wal-Mart, Kroger or Winn Dixie, for example.Private
Residential Garbage Haulers
Evans Disposal Service :
(274-9470) : http://www.evansdisposal.com/
Sullivan Environmental Services : (800-611-9693) :
Telephone
Books
Laurens
County Collection Centers
(click for locations) accept telephone books along with old
newspaper.
Waste
Grease
Griffin
Industries recycles offal, bone, and fat
at it's rendering plant located at 508 E. Highway 80, East Dublin. Call
272-7340.
Yard
Waste
City of
Dublin - collects yard waste and converts
it into mulch which is available to the public in unlimited quantities
at no charge. Loading is free every other Saturday. Call 277-5040
for more details.
Composting
- The use of yard waste in composing is recommended by the UGA Extension
Service. Give them a call at 272-2277
for information.
Many area
schools also have active recycling programs. Ask at the school office.