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Lumpkin County Transfer Station & Recycling Center
Transfer StationOpenVerified Lumpkin County, Georgia
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- Hours
- Mon-Fri 8:00 AM-4:30 PM (last weigh-in 4:15 PM); Sat 8:00 AM-3:00 PM (last weigh-in 2:45 PM); closed Sun.
- Fees
- Bagged garbage: small bag (15 lb and under) $1.00, large bag (20 lb and over) $2.00. By weight $60.00 per ton, $15.00 minimum (500 lb or less); $5.00 extra per bulk item (mattress, furniture, etc.).
- Accepts
- Household garbage and bulk items; free recycling of cardboard, mixed paper, #1 and #2 plastics, scrap metal, aluminum and glass (sorted).
- Rules
- Cross the scale house and speak to the attendant; bagged household garbage is paid at the scale house and dropped at the recycling area. Not accepted: paint, yard debris, hazardous material, tires and batteries (recycling area).
- Payment
- Cash and local checks only.
- Phone
- (706) 864-6338
- Address
- 490 Barlow Road, Dahlonega, GA 30533
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, Furniture and couches.
Listed as not accepted or restricted: Tires, 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?
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
- Lumpkin County
- Website
- https://www.lumpkincounty.gov/722/Solid-Waste-and-Recycling
- Operator
- Lumpkin 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.