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Alachua County convenience centers and dump hours

North Central Florida, on Eastern time

Convenience centers are what most people call the dump. This page covers five convenience centers, the Leveda Brown Environmental Park & Transfer Station, and the Alachua County Hazardous Waste Collection Center. Each one’s hours are posted below, with the rules that apply.

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Before you go

  • Alachua County collects garbage, recycling, and yard waste in its curbside service areas (Office of Waste Collection, 352-374-5213), with free curbside pickup of bulky items; GFL Environmental (844-351-0622) picks up large appliances on request. Homes outside those areas can subscribe with a franchised hauler: GFL Environmental, Waste Pro, Republic Services, or Florida Express Environmental.

Convenience centers

  • The rural collection centers are for Alachua County households: one visit a day to one center, with up to a level truck bed of bagged garbage, yard waste, and other accepted items. Commercial waste isn’t allowed; people from outside the county can ask the attendant about an out-of-county use permit. Gently used items can be left in or taken free from each center’s reuse area, 15 minutes a day.
  • Through Dec. 31, 2026, the five rural collection centers take food waste for composting.

Alachua/High Springs Rural Collection Center

Alachua County households; one truck-bed load a day

Hours
Monday to Tuesday7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday to Thursday12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Friday to Saturday7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
SundayClosed
  • Hours are in Eastern time.
  • Alachua County’s rural collection center page opens the Alachua/High Springs center on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m., as a pilot; the county’s hazardous waste brochure lists every rural center as closed Wednesday and Thursday.

16929 NW US Highway 441, High Springs, FL 32643

Get directionsCall the center: 386-454-2563

Four convenience centers with these hours

Alachua County households; one truck-bed load a day

Hours
Monday to Tuesday7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday to ThursdayClosed
Friday to Saturday7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
SundayClosed
  • Hours are in Eastern time.

Transfer stations

  • The Environmental Park charges $65 a ton for solid waste and for appliances and metal without refrigerant, $25 for each appliance with refrigerant, and $140 a ton for tires ($3 a car or light truck tire and $4 a truck tire of 17 inches or more in loads of fewer than 3 or mixed loads; $275 a ton for off-road and farm tires). Sort recyclables, metal, tires, yard waste, and hazardous waste from the garbage, and cover your load.

Leveda Brown Environmental Park & Transfer Station

Residents and businesses; fee by the ton

Hours
Monday to Friday7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday7 a.m. to noon
SundayClosed
  • Hours are in Eastern time.
  • Alachua County’s Environmental Park page gives the park’s ZIP code as 32608 in its introduction and 32609 in its contact listing.

5115 NE 63rd Ave., Gainesville, FL 32609

Get directionsCall the center: 352-374-5213

Hazardous waste drop-offs

Alachua County Hazardous Waste Collection Center

Free for households in Alachua and neighboring counties; businesses pay

Hours
Monday to Friday7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday8 a.m. to noon
SundayClosed
  • Hours are in Eastern time.
  • Closed on holidays. The county doesn’t list which ones.

5125 NE 63rd Ave., Gainesville, FL 32609

Get directionsCall the center: 352-334-0440

What to do with…

Questions? Alachua County Solid Waste and Resource Recovery answers at 352-338-3233.

Not yet verified. Call ahead to confirm. Source checked Oct. 19, 2026.

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