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Marion County convenience centers and dump hours

North Central Florida, on Eastern time

Convenience centers are what most people call the dump. This page covers 20 convenience centers and the Baseline Transfer Station. Each one’s hours are posted below, with the rules that apply.

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Convenience centers

  • Marion County has no county curbside pickup. Its 18 recycling centers are for unincorporated residents, who pay for them through the yearly solid waste assessment. People who live in the county’s cities or outside the county can buy a yearly Non-Assessed Permit in person at 5601 SE 66th St., Ocala: $215 for city residents, $268.75 from outside the county, starting each Oct. 1 and prorated after. Businesses can’t use the centers.
  • Bring proof of residency if asked, secure your load, and unload it yourself; up to 180 gallons of household garbage a day. The centers turn away commercial vehicles, including wrapped, branded, or commercially tagged ones, and don’t take ammunition, asbestos, brick, car parts other than tires, chain-link, concrete, construction debris, dirt, fireworks, masonry, medical waste, or pallets. Hog Valley and Lake George take household garbage and recycling only.

Baseline Recycling Center

Unincorporated residents on the assessment, or an annual permit

Hours
Monday to Thursday7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Hours are in Eastern time.

5601 SE 66th St., Ocala, FL 34480

Get directionsCall the county office: Marion County Solid Waste Department, 352-671-8465

Seventeen convenience centers with these hours

Unincorporated residents on the assessment, or an annual permit

Hours
Monday7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ThursdayClosed
Friday7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Hours are in Eastern time.
  • On Veterans Day the county lists only the Baseline Transfer Station and Baseline Recycling Center as open.
Call the county office: Marion County Solid Waste Department, 352-671-8465

Two convenience centers with these hours

Household garbage and recycling only; assessment or annual permit

Hours
Monday to TuesdayClosed
Wednesday8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday to FridayClosed
Saturday8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SundayClosed
  • Hours are in Eastern time.
  • On Veterans Day the county lists only the Baseline Transfer Station and Baseline Recycling Center as open.
Call the county office: Marion County Solid Waste Department, 352-671-8465

Transfer stations

  • City residents, businesses, and anyone with more than the recycling centers allow use the Baseline Transfer Station. Without a trailer, cars pay a flat $10 and trucks, vans, and SUVs $20 (not for tire loads); otherwise it’s by weight: $65 a ton for garbage, furniture, and construction debris, $48 for yard waste, and $60 for appliances and metal, $10 minimum. Solid Waste no longer takes asbestos, boats, concrete, contaminated soil, dirt, rocks, sod, power poles, RVs, mobile homes, or dead animals.

Baseline Transfer Station

City residents, businesses, and loads over the centers’ limits; fees

Hours
Monday to Saturday7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SundayClosed
  • Hours are in Eastern time.

5601 SE 66th St., Ocala, FL 34480

Get directionsCall the center: 352-671-8465

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