SANITATION SERVICES IN DICKSON COUNTY Dickson County Solid Waste Department 100 Virgil Bellar Drive Dickson, TN 37055 446-0019
City/town sanitation departments City of Dickson City of Dickson Sanitation Department 441-9506
Convenience centers hours of operation Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday; 1-6 p.m. Closed Tuesday and Thursday and all major holidays
Tin cans – Bordeau Metals in White Bluff. Labels can stay on cans. Please rinse out food.
Recycling in Dickson County
Used tires – Take to the landfill on Eno Road in Dickson.
Locations and instructions for recycling specific items are listed below. For more recycling information, call 740-4924.
Phonebooks – There is an annual phonebook drive. Watch newspaper for notices.
Used oil – Advance Auto Parts, Auto Zone, Speed Lube, Tractor Supply, Walmart Tire and Lube Express and the landfill on Eno Road in Dickson.
White Bluff Cumberland Sanitation (931) 538-6043
Aluminum cans – All 10 convenience centers.
Plastic bags (grocery or market bags) – Return to stores where you received them.
Convenience center locations
Aluminum cans for charity – Devandry’s Recycling Center to donate to Habitat for Humanity or Humane Society.
Ink jet or laser tone cartridges – Dickson County Library (for Women Are Safe) and various office supply locations.
Corrugated cardboard – All convenience centers. Flatten boxes.
Electronics (computers, televisions, etc.) – The landfill on Eno Road in Dickson.
Newspaper – Convenience centers (except Vanleer and Bowker Road) and bins behind Dickson County Library.
Rechargeable batteries – Boxes at the Dickson County Library in Dickson and the Courthouse Annex in Charlotte. Put alkaline batteries in the trash.
Burns 1001 Maple Grove Rd. 441-1291 Charlotte 1001 Bowker Rd. 789-5546 105 Academy St. 789-5969 Cumberland Furnace 1001 Cinder Rd. 789-5588 Dickson 105 Worley Furnace Cemetery Rd. 446-7142 1000 West Grab Creek Rd. 446-1830 111 Sylvis Rd. 740-1283 177 Pond Circle Rd. 446-1615
Magazines – Convenience centers (except Vanleer and Bowker Road) and bins behind Dickson County Library. Catalogs, paper (shredded, colored, white, computer, office, etc.), envelopes and all greeting cards in magazine bins. Plastic bottles and containers – Charlotte and Sylvis Road convenience centers and a bin beside Dickson County Library. Flatten Plastic. Metals – Convenience Centers (except Sylvis Road and Eno Road).
Cell phones – Dickson County Sheriff’s Office or Women Are Safe (box at library) Used anti-freeze – Graham Ford on Highway 46 in Dickson Hazardous waste – Bring to hazardous waste collection event held annually for materials such as: oil-based paint, paint thinners, pesticides, household cleaners, antifreeze, swimming pool chemicals, wood preservatives, aerosol containers, car batteries and more. Watch for notices – usually in the fall.
Vanleer 1010 Old Bear Creek Rd. 763-2109 White Bluff 500 Industrial Dr. 797-9420
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