Lakemont Convenience Center

Hawkins County rules

• Only solid waste generated in Hawkins County is accepted. No business waste, liquids other than motor oil and transmission fluid, hazardous or medical waste, animal carcasses, grass, or brush.
• Hawkins County residents can bring half a pickup load a day. Large loads, construction debris, brush, and other bulky material may be turned away and sent to the landfill.
• You unload your own vehicle. Leaving trash outside a locked gate breaks the state litter law and can bring a $500 fine and days of picking up litter along highways.
• Every location but Lakemont also takes recyclables, including car batteries, aluminum, plastic jugs and bottles, newspapers, magazines, cardboard, used motor oil, appliances, and most metals. Lakemont takes household trash only.
• Items the convenience centers don’t take can go to the Republic Landfill on Carter’s Valley Road. Call 423-357-6777.