Dawson County Transfer Station and Recycling Center

Name: Dawson County Transfer Station and Recycling Center
Address: 946 Burt Creek Rd., Dawsonville, GA, 30534, US
Telephone: (706) 344-3500

Transfer StationOpenVerified Dawson County, Georgia

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Key factsVerified 2026-11-04

Hours: Mon-Sat 7:00 AM-5:00 PM; closed Sun.
Fees: Bagged refuse (up to 55 gallons) $1.00 per bag, 10-bag limit. Mattresses or box springs: king $15.00, queen $10.00, full $10.00, twin $5.00. Car/light truck tires $2.00 without wheel, $5.00 with wheel; semi-truck/tractor and small farm-equipment tires $15.00 each; wheel disposal $3.00 (passenger/light truck), $10.00 (semi), $20.00 (lock-ring), on top of tire fees; tires over 48 in. tall or 18 in. wide not accepted. Recycling free.
Accepts: Bagged household garbage; mattresses and box springs; tires; free pre-sorted recycling (#1 and #2 plastics, flattened corrugated cardboard, aluminum cans, motor oil, car batteries); electronics recycling.
Rules: Dawson County residents only; bring ID (all others turned away). Phone extension 50006. No commercial trash; household garbage must be bagged and unloaded by hand into bins; loads subject to search. Not accepted: hazardous or liquid waste, refrigerators/freezers/AC units with refrigerant, paint, yard waste or debris, propane tanks, animals or animal waste.
Payment: Cash only.
Phone: (706) 344-3500
Address: 946 Burt Creek Rd., Dawsonville, GA 30534

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Checked against the operator's official site on 2026-11-04: source 1

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What this site accepts

Mentioned as accepted: Mattresses, Tires, Electronics and TVs.

Listed as not accepted or restricted: Appliances (fridges, freezers, AC units), Paint, Yard waste and brush.

Based on the posted rules quoted above. Items not named here may still be accepted; call to confirm.

What will my load cost here?

Load Number of bagsWeight (lb) Material TiresMattressesAppliances

Weight assumptions

Household trash, loose: 275 lb per cubic yard (EPA lists 250–300 for uncompacted mixed residential waste).
Yard waste, loose: 250 lb per cubic yard (EPA: mixed yard waste, uncompacted).
Construction debris, mixed: 484 lb per cubic yard (EPA: C&D bulk).
Concrete, broken: 860 lb per cubic yard (EPA 2016 table; older EPA tables list loose scrap concrete as heavy as 1,855, so real loads may weigh much more).
Volumes are geometry, not data: a full-size pickup bed filled level with the sides is about 2 cubic yards (roughly 6.5 ft × 5 ft × 1.7 ft); a 6×10 ft utility trailer filled 2 ft deep is about 4.4 cubic yards; a 33-gallon trash bag is about 0.16 cubic yards.

Weight factors: U.S. EPA, Volume-to-Weight Conversion Factors (April 2016). Real loads vary a lot; the scale at the gate decides.

After a hurricane or storm: storm debris rules and drop-off sites in Georgia.

Facility details

Type: Transfer Station
Status: Open
County: Dawson County
Website: https://www.dawsoncountyga.gov/293/Solid-Waste-Recycling
Operator: Dawson County Public Works
Ownership: Public

Location source: official listing from the operator (source)
Hours, fees and accepted items verified 2026-11-04 from the operator's official website: [1]. Know the hours or fees, or see a mistake? Send a correction.