Recycling Locations in Thomasville & Thomas County
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.
This location is accessible by using the park entrance at Ben Grace Drive or the Butler-Mason YMCA parking lot entrance.
For more information you can visit the city's recycling page HERE
Hours of Operation:
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday,
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. on Saturdays, closed on Sundays
NOTE: The only items currently being accepted at this location are cardboard & metal (Steel, Tin, Aluminum, Iron, Brass, Copper)
Located behind the Thomas County EMS Station in the 1300 Block of Remington Ave. directly across from the basketball courts at Remington Park.
This location is accessible by using the park entrance at Ben Grace Drive or the Butler-Mason YMCA parking lot entrance.
For more information you can visit the city's recycling page HERE
Hours of Operation:
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday,
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. on Saturdays, closed on Sundays
NOTE: The only items currently being accepted at this location are cardboard & metal (Steel, Tin, Aluminum, Iron, Brass, Copper)
- Please ensure that the recyclables are clean and free from food and other waste material.
- Please flatten all cardboard boxes and remove staples, tape and other materials prior to placing them in the bins.
- For all recyclables, be sure to empty bags that are used to transport materials into the container; DO NOT place bags in the bins
- Paperboard (cereal boxes, wax coated boxes, etc., is not currently being accepted
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Items NOT ACCEPTED at this recycling location at this time
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Plastic Bags
Any Plastics Electronics Furniture & Mattresses White Goods Household Garbage Popcorn Packing & Styrofoam |
GLASS OF ANY KIND
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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 RECYCLED
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 RECYCLED
Thomas County Consolidated Waste Collection Sites
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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 provided by the City of Thomasville for the collection of cardboard recyclables only. Those sites are;
*scrap metal is recycled by the county |
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Thomas County Businesses with Publicly Accessible Recycling Bins
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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.
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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:
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Recyclables Sorting Facility
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.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Helpful Links on What to Do with Everyday Items
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.
- When you recycle one aluminum can, you save enough energy to run a 100 watt light bulb for about three and a half hours.
- Recycling a three foot stack of newspapers saves one tree.
- Paper products account for about 50% of all landfill space.