Pickens County Georgia

Recycling

We are here to serve the Pickens County community and the North Georgia Region.

News and Updates


Happy Thanksgiving from the Pickens County GA Recycling Center

We will be closed on
Thursday and Friday, November 28-29th for Thanksgiving

We will re-open on
Saturday, November 30th, at 8:00 am


We will be closed on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday,
December 24-26th for Christmas

We will re-open on
Friday, December 27th, at 8:00 am


Independence Day

We will be closed on
Tuesday, December 31st and Wednesday, January 1st for New Year’s

We will re-open on
Thursday, January 2nd, at 8:00 am


No Pizza Poxes

Please don’t bring pizza boxes for recycling.

We cannot recycle them because of the contamination from grease and cheese.


Our Services

We accept plastic #1 & #2, mixed paper (junk mail, newspapers, magazines), cardboard, steel, aluminum, & other metal, tires, electronics, and glass.

The recycling center at Appalachian Court offers shredding services for free. Drop of small amounts daily, or make an appointment for large quantities.

Bring your bagged household trash to the recycling center.

Help Reduce the Trash Headed to the Landfill. Recycle!

Our state of the art recycling center is rapidly becoming the regional recycling leader.

In 2023, we all worked together to divert an astounding amount of trash from the landfill by recycling:

  • 920,000 pounds cardboard
  • 240,000 pounds mixed paper
  • 350,000 pounds metal
  • 15,340 pounds aluminum
  • 150,000 pounds plastic

This EQUALS 1.7 million pounds of recyclable materials NOT going to the landfill PLUS…

  • 69 1-gallon paint cans
  • 896 tires (not including tires from our April Great American Cleanup amnesty)
  • 15 pickups of 300-gallon oil drums
  • FULL clothing/shoe bins picked up twice a week
  • 40,000 pounds of shredded paper

Amazing! Thank you for helping!

About Us

The Pickens Recycling Center is here to help!

Our goal is to reduce the waste we send to the landfill, and we have become the regional leader in this mission. We recycle a range of plastics, metals, glass, paper, cardboard, tires, and more.

Pickens County Recycling Center

QUESTIONS?

Contact us to learn more about recycling in Pickens County