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Dawson County dump hours

Northeast Georgia, on Eastern time

This page covers the Dawson County Transfer Station and the Dawson County Recycling Center. Each one’s hours are posted below, with the rules that apply.

What to do with tires, mattresses, paint, and more

Before you go

  • The transfer station and recycling center are for Dawson County residents only: bring ID, or you’ll be turned away. Cash only, and no commercial trash. Bag household garbage and unload it by hand into the bins; loads may be searched. For questions, call 706-344-3500, extension 50006.
  • Neither takes hazardous or liquid waste, refrigerators, freezers, or air conditioners with refrigerant, paint, yard waste or debris, propane tanks, or animals.

Transfer stations

  • Bagged household garbage is $1 a bag up to 55 gallons, 10 bags a visit.

Dawson County Transfer Station

Dawson County residents with ID; cash only

Hours
Monday to Saturday7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SundayClosed
  • Hours are in Eastern time.
  • Holiday closures aren’t posted. Call ahead near a holiday.

Recycling centers

  • Recycling is free: plastics #1 and #2, aluminum cans, flattened corrugated cardboard, motor oil, and car batteries, separated before you arrive.

Dawson County Recycling Center

Free recycling for Dawson County residents

Hours
MondayClosed
Tuesday to Saturday7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SundayClosed
  • Hours are in Eastern time.
  • Holiday closures aren’t posted. Call ahead near a holiday.

What to do with…

Questions? Dawson County Public Works answers at 706-344-3500.

Not yet verified. Call ahead to confirm. Source checked Oct. 21, 2026.

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