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Watauga County convenience centers and dump hours

Northwest North Carolina, on Eastern time

Convenience centers are what most people call the dump. This page covers 10 convenience centers and the Watauga County Transfer Station. Each one’s hours are posted below, with the rules that apply.

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Convenience centers

  • Watauga County’s 10 staffed convenience centers take only bagged household trash in the dumpsters, plus recycling: glass, flattened cardboard, plastics #1-7 with lids, and paper. Bulky items and anything that won’t fit in a standard trash bag go to the transfer station. Household batteries and compact fluorescent bulbs go in the bins at each attendant’s building.

Eight convenience centers with these hours

Watauga County residents. Bagged household trash and recycling only

Hours from Oct. 1 to April 30
Monday6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
ThursdayClosed
Friday6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
SundayClosed

May 1 to Sept. 30: Mon 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tue closed; Wed 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Thu closed; Fri 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sat 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sun closed.

  • Hours are in Eastern time.
  • The county says every convenience center opens the day after each holiday.
  • Watauga County’s Hours page says the convenience centers close an hour early, at 6 p.m., from October to April; its location and hours sheet says they start closing early when daylight saving time ends.
Call the county office: Watauga County Solid Waste and Recycling, 828-264-5305

Bethel Convenience Center

Watauga County residents. Bagged household trash and recycling only

Hours from Oct. 1 to April 30
Monday to Tuesday6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
WednesdayClosed
Thursday6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
FridayClosed
Saturday8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
SundayClosed

May 1 to Sept. 30: Mon–Tue 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wed closed; Thu 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Fri closed; Sat 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sun closed.

  • Hours are in Eastern time.
  • The county says every convenience center opens the day after each holiday.

4859 Bethel Road, Sugar Grove, NC

Get directionsCall the county office: Watauga County Solid Waste and Recycling, 828-264-5305

Landfill Convenience Center

Watauga County residents. Bagged household trash and recycling only

Hours from Oct. 1 to April 30
Monday to Friday6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

May 1 to Sept. 30: Mon–Fri 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sat 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sun 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

  • Hours are in Eastern time.
  • The county says every convenience center opens the day after each holiday.
  • Watauga County’s center list gives the Landfill convenience center’s address as 336 Landfill Road; its Hours page says 385 Landfill Rd.

336 Landfill Road, Boone, NC

Get directionsCall the county office: Watauga County Solid Waste and Recycling, 828-264-5305

Transfer stations

  • Everything brought to the transfer station on Landfill Road is weighed. Each Watauga household gets 2,000 pounds free a year, Monday through Saturday, with a driver’s license or state ID showing a Watauga address; past that, and for everyone else, trash, construction and demolition debris, yard waste, and inert debris are $62 a ton. Metal and appliances, tires, and mulch for residents are free. It doesn’t take liquids (paint included), large amounts of oil, insecticides, hazardous or toxic waste, or gas tanks.

Watauga County Transfer Station

Everything weighed. Watauga households get 2,000 pounds free a year

Hours
Monday to Friday8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday8 a.m. to noon
SundayClosed
  • Hours are in Eastern time.

336 Landfill Road, Boone, NC

Get directionsCall the center: 828-264-4885

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Questions? Watauga County Solid Waste and Recycling answers at 828-264-5305.

Not yet verified. Call ahead to confirm. Source checked Oct. 14, 2026.

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