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Swain County Waste Management & Recycling Center
Convenience CenterOpenVerified Swain County, North Carolina
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- Hours
- Mon-Sat 7:00 AM-7:00 PM; Sun 1:00 PM-5:00 PM. Recycle center (appliances, scrap metal, tires) Mon-Fri 7:00 AM-4:30 PM.
- Fees
- Electronics $5 per item; special waste (building/construction materials) $80 per ton.
- Accepts
- Household trash (brown compactors), recyclables, motor oil and filters, car batteries, electronics ($5 per item); appliances, large scrap metal and used tires at the recycle center next door.
- Rules
- The Swain County landfill is closed until further notice; the convenience site and recycling center remain open.
- Phone
- (828) 488-4999
- Address
- 1422 Old US Hwy 19, Bryson City, NC 28713
Checked against the operator's official site on 2026-11-04: source 1, source 2
Is this info wrong or out of date?
What this site accepts
Mentioned as accepted: Tires, Appliances (fridges, freezers, AC units), Electronics and TVs, Concrete and construction debris.
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 North Carolina.
Facility details
- Type
- Convenience Center
- Status
- Open
- County
- Swain County
- Website
- https://www.swaincountync.gov/waste-management/
- Operator
- Swain County Waste Management
- 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], [2]. Know the hours or fees, or see a mistake? Send a correction.
Other facilities in Swain County
- Swain County LF
LandfillClosed Buckner Branch Road SR-1311, Bryson City, NC 28713