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Public Service Announcement Concerning Recycling in Thomas County, GA

In the interest of health and safety for our community, recycling operations are temporarily suspended, beginning Monday, April 6, 2020. The recycling center on Remington Avenue will close and all recycling containers will be removed from Thomas County solid waste drop-off locations. We appreciate the community’s support with this very difficult decision.
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​Recycling Locations in Thomasville & Thomas County


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​Self Drop-off Recycling Center
Located behind the Thomas County EMS Station in the 1300 Block of Remington Ave. directly across from the basketball courts at Remington Park.
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This location is accessible by using the park entrance at Ben Grace Drive or the Butler-Mason YMCA parking lot entrance.


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Items NOT ACCEPTED at this recycling location
Plastic Bags 
​Plastics #3 thru #7
Electronics

Furniture & Mattresses
White Goods

Household Garbage

Popcorn Packing & Styrofoam
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GLASS OF ANY KIND
 Batteries
Yard Debris
Car Parts / Tires
Household Appliances
Household Chemicals
Items with Food Waste
Hazardous Waste
Please pay attention to signage and only place items in the bins as indicated.
For all recyclables, be sure to empty bags that are used to transport materials into the container;

DO NOT PLACE BAGS INTO THE BINS.

THINK & ACT RESPONSIBLY!!!   DO NOT THROW FOOD OR OTHER CONTAMINANTS IN THE RECYCLING BINS.
THIS WILL CAUSE THE ENTIRE LOAD TO HAVE TO BE SENT TO THE LANDFILL RATHER THAN BE RECY
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Thomas County Consolidated Waste Collection Sites
Thomas County has eight (8) collection sites for disposing of household garbage, wood, scrap metal, yard trimmings, white goods, furniture and other miscellaneous waste. Four of the collection sites currently offer recycle bins for dropping off recyclable items. See below for which sites offer recycling and what is accepted at those sites.
  • Sunset Collection Site on Woodruff Farm Road - cardboard, plastic & paper products
  • Boston Collection Site on Legion Road off Hwy 84 - cardboard, plastic & paper products
  • Stewart Road Collection Site just off Hwy 84 on Stewart Road - Cardboard, plastic & paper products
  • Hwy 122/188 Collection Site - cardboard only.
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Thomas County Businesses with Public Recycling Bins
Publix - Thomasville
Just outside the front entrance to Publix is a set of recycling bins where you can recycle paper bags, plastic bags, foam trays & egg cartons.
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Grassroots Coffee - Thomasville
Grassroots Coffee has placed a recycling bin in their store where you can recycle your used coffee bags.
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Lowe's - Thomasville
Located just inside the main front entrance to Lowe's near the Service Desk is a recycling bin for plastic bags, rechargeable batteries & compact fluorescent light bulbs.
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Aluminum Can Donation Sites - Recycle your cans and help a good cause at the same time!
Donating aluminum cans to local charities helps provide additional resources that they might not could afford without help.  So next time you throw a party, have a corporate event or see a situation where lots of cans are being used, consider putting out a collection bin/bag and then drop them off to help out a good cause. 
Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation
Located adjacent to the Remington Avenue recycling center.
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Thomasville Thomas County Humane Society
Located at 180 Big Star Drive in Thomasville
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Thomasville Primitive Baptist Church
Located at 510 North Pinetree Blvd
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Do's & Don'ts of Recycling


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Cardboard:
  • Remove packing peanuts, Styrofoam, bubble wrap or protective air-filled packaging wrap from boxes and discard.
  • Remove as much tape as you can and discard.
  • Break down boxes before placing in bins.
  • Paperboard is accepted (Cereal box type material)
  • Cardboard toilet paper & paper towel rolls are accepted
  • Pizza boxes that do not have large grease stains (You can recycle the lid and trash the bottom)
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Plastic Containers:
  • Please ensure that recyclables are clean and free from food and other waste material.
  • For bottles, pour all liquid out and rinse well.
  • Removing caps is not necessary, however you may consider donating bottle caps to the "Bottle Caps to Benches" project being done by Thomas University.
  • Labels are ok
  • Compress container if you can
  • NO Plastic Bags (these can be recycled at most grocery stores)
  • Keep items loose, remember to dump items in the bin and reuse or throw away your plastic bags.
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Recyclables Sorting Facility

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The recycling Processing Center for Thomas County is located near 925 Davenport Drive in Thomasville.  Items are collected, sorted, compacted and baled at this location.  The items are then transported to various buyers.  More information on the recycling center along with photos will be added to the site in the near future. 


Did You Know...
  • It takes more than 500,000 trees to make the newspapers Americans read on one Sunday
  • If the pilgrims had used aluminum cans at the first Thanksgiving, the cans would still be around today. Aluminum takes 200-500 years to disintegrate.
  • Producing a recycled aluminum can takes only 5% of the weight and 50% of the energy required to make a new one.
  • A plastic cup can take 50 - 80 years to decompose.
  • When you recycle one aluminum can, you save enough energy to run a 100 watt light bulb for about three and a half hours.
  • Recycled Plastic can be used to make things like trash cans, park benches, playground equipment, decks and kayaks.
  • Recycling a three foot stack of newspapers saves one tree.
  • Paper products account for about 50% of all landfill space.
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    • Recycling FAQ's
    • Waste Hierarchy
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