We want to ensure all of our recycling can be accepted please check that only the below items are being placed in all recycling bins. Remember if in doubt, throw it out!
Items that can be placed in Big Canoe bins:
Aluminum foil or pie plates (clean only): Big Canoe Recycling bin
Aluminum beverage cans: can only bin at trash facility
Books: If they are not in good shape take the cover off and recycle the pages
Cans: Steel/tin (vegetable, fruit, beans, etc.) Leave label on and place in Big Canoe scrap metal bin OR remove label if possible, rinse out and place in Big Canoe recycling bin.
Clean Cardboard: remove any non-cardboard packing material/ NO pizza boxes, soiled, wax or plastic coated of any kind that includes orange juice or milk cartons.
Corrugated Cardboard: Flatten or cut larger boxes into smaller pieces and put in the Big Canoe cardboard bin.
Moving boxes: Post for free on the Big Canoe Residents Online Exchange or place in cardboard bin after flattening or reducing size
Ceiling fans: Remove, if possible, the non-metal parts of the fan and discard in bulk trash. The metal part remaining can go in the Big Canoe scrap metal bin.
Christmas tree lights: Big Canoe Scrap Metal Bin
Egg Cartons: Cardboard type only in the Big Canoe Cardboard bin
Electronics: Computer towers, circuit boards, and cords can go in the Big Canoe Scrap Metal Bin
Magazines: Big Canoe recycling bin
Metal: Grills, appliances, bicycles, metal pipes, yard stakes, racks, window screens, and white wire closet shelving can all go in the Big Canoe Scrap Metal bin (If an item is part metal, such as a foldable chair or patio umbrella, remove the cloth part, if possible, and discard. Throw remainder in the Big Canoe scrap metal dumpster.
Paper Bags: Big Canoe recycling bin
Paperboard (Kleenex or cereal boxes): Big Canoe Cardboard bin
Paper Envelopes with or without Window: If possible, remove the window part and place in Big Canoe recycling bin or just place the entire envelope in the recycling bin
Plain Paper: computer paper, phone books, ad inserts, and newspaper can go in the Big Canoe recycling bin
Plastic Containers: Only #1 PET: Soda bottles, waters bottles, etc. and #2 HDPE: Milk jugs, detergent bottles, spray bottles, etc. can go in the Big Canoe recycling bin
Below is a full list of where to recycle and dispose of all waste, as well as contact information for local facilities.
Updated June 1, 2021
The lists below are not intended to be comprehensive, but are instead intended to show the recycling, disposal, and donation sites most convenient to Big Canoe. If you are in doubt about a particular item, please call the facility to check on the item in question. Links are listed below. If you have other nearby locations to suggest, please contact trashtogo@gmail.com. The lists are
updated quarterly.
Aerosol and Spray Cans (Empty): Big Canoe Trash bin NOT recyclable
Aluminum foil or pie plates (clean only): Big Canoe Recycling bin or Dawson County Recycling. If they are DIRTY place in Big Canoe trash bin or Cove Road as they consider it trash.
American flags: Outside bin at Pickens Community thrift store or bin in Big Canoe postal facility
Batteries
Automotive: O’Reilly Auto Parts in Jasper
Alkaline household batteries (AAA, AA, C, D, 9-VOLT): Dawson County Recycling, trash, or Batteries Plus Bulbs (https://www.batteriesplus.com/t/recycling for complete list, there may be fees)
Computer: Pickens County Recycling
Lithium: CHaRM or Batteries Plus Bulbs
Rechargeable batteries, both power tool and household items (large size only): Home Depot, Lowes, or Batteries Plus Bulbs
Specialty: (Watches, hearing aid, etc.) Batteries Plus Bulbs
Books: Thrift Stores or Chapel at times during the year. If they are not in good shape, take hard cover off and recycle the pages.
Bubble Wrap: Small bubbles preferred for wrapping paintings. Text Kathy Wood 918-706-6072
Bulk Trash: The last Saturday of the month in January, April, July, and October and is located behind the trash facility in the maintenance parking lot. Nominal fee charged. Bulk trash is not for household garbage but broken furniture, lumber, TV’s , mattresses, and other items that do not fall into the household trash category for the regular garbage dumpsters in the trash facility. If an item may be able to have another life, post on the Online Exchange for free. Someone may be able to use it and it will save the effort of taking it to bulk trash day.
Cans
Aluminum beverage cans such as beer and soda: Separate “cans only” bin at the trash facility
Steel/tin (vegetable, fruit, beans, etc.): Leave label on and place in Big Canoe scrap metal bin OR remove label if possible, rinse out and place in Big Canoe recycling bin.
Cardboard: Remove any non-cardboard packing materials. Clean cardboard only. NO pizza boxes, soiled, wax or plastic coated of any kind that includes orange juice or milk cartons.
Corrugated Cardboard: Flatten or cut larger boxes into smaller pieces and put in the Big Canoe cardboard bin.
Paperboard (Kleenex or cereal boxes): Big Canoe Cardboard bin
Moving boxes: Post for free on the Big Canoe Residents Online Exchange https://www.facebook.com/groups/248392878993591 or place in cardboard bin after flattening or reducing size
Ceiling fans: Remove, if possible, the non-metal parts of the fan and discard in bulk trash. The metal part remaining can go in the Big Canoe scrap metal bin.
Clothing, Fabrics, curtains, tablecloths, and sheets (even if you think they are trash worthy): Thrift Stores. Pickens Community Thrift Store will recycle the fabrics to another source if they are not sellable.
Christmas Trees
Natural: No tinsel. North Marina after the holidays. They are sunk in the lake for fish habitat.
Artificial: Bulk Trash if no longer in good shape. Thrift stores or post on the exchange if in working condition.
Christmas tree lights: Big Canoe Scrap Metal Bin
Egg cartons: Foam type only to Publix in bins in front of stores; Cardboard type to Big Canoe cardboard bin; Plastic to trash if no recycle number
Electronics (Computer towers, circuit boards, cords): Big Canoe Scrap Metal Bin
Best Buy and Staples also offer a lot of options for your electronics
Best Buy: https://www.recyclingcenternear.me/best-buy-recycling/
Staples: https://www.recyclingcenternear.me/staples-recycling/
Eyeglasses: Jasper Eye Associates donates to the Lions Club. https://visionsource-jaspereye.com/
Furniture (Gently used): Thrift Store. If it is a little more than gently used, place on the Big Canoe Residents Exchange for free (https://www.facebook.com/groups/248392878993591) before taking it to bulk trash or Pickens or Dawson County Recycling as someone may want to repurpose it.
Gas cans (used): Hazardous waste
Glass
Glass bottles and jars: Cove Road Recycling or Dawson County Recycling (NO drinking glasses, ceramics, china, pyrex dishes, pottery, light bulbs, or window glass in Cove Road Recycling.)
Drinking glasses, ceramics, china, pyrex dishes, or pottery: If not broken, take to thrift store.
Glass: Glass artist, Lisa Schnellinger, collects various types of glass, listed below. 770-905-5107
– Intact tabletops; shower doors and shelves, in any condition; up to 38” x 70”; Broken glass tabletops and shelves, of any size; Intact picture frame glass; Lead crystal in any condition, including broken; Unframed window glass
Greeting Cards: Joyce Raley collects new and used greeting cards to recycle into bookmarks, tiny boxes, etc. Email Joyce and let her know when you will drop the cards in her alpha box. Joyce.R.Raley@gmail.com
Hazardous waste: Unfortunately, currently there is no place to take your hazardous waste except to CHaRM in Atlanta where they safely dispose for a small fee. Keep it is a safe place until it can be safely disposed.
Household cleaning products: If a cleaning product is water based, it can be poured into the sink with lots of water. Check the website or label of product to determine if it is water based.
Do not mix ammonia and bleach products! (Water based paint cannot go down the drain. See Paint for disposal guidelines.)
Household Chemicals: If it has any of these words: flammable, combustible, petroleum distillates, corrosive, acetone, xylene or methoylene chloride: hazardous waste and needs to be disposed of
properly, not down the drain or in the ground.
Ink cartridges: Near alpha boxes at postal facility or Pickens County Recycling
Kerosene cans: Hazardous waste
Light bulbs: Batteries Plus Bulbs: https://www.batteriesplus.com/t/recycling for complete list. May be fees.
CFL (Curly bulbs): Home Depot; Lowes; Batteries Plus Bulbs
Incandescent: Wrap in paper bag or newspaper to prevent someone getting hurt by the sharp glass or puncturing the garbage bag. Then place in BC trash bins.
Fluorescent bulbs, specialty bulbs: Batteries Plus Bulbs.
Magazines: Big Canoe recycling bin
Mattresses:
Clean, not stained or torn: Ric Rack.
Stained, torn: Big Canoe Bulk Trash, Pickens County Recycling (fee), or Dawson County Recycling
Medical Equipment: Big Canoe Chapel or Pickens Community Thrift Store
Medicine Bottles: Remove pills from bottle and put in baggie and take to marked container in the lobby of the Pickens County Sheriffs office. 2985 Camp Road. Recycle plastic bottle if #1 or #2. Discard cap. CVS-Jasper also takes empty pill bottles.
Metal (Grills, appliances, bicycles, metal pipes, yard stakes, racks, window screens, white wire closet shelving): BC Scrap Metal bin, If an item is part metal, such as a foldable chair or patio umbrella, remove the cloth part, if possible and discard. Throw remainder in the Big Canoe scrap metal dumpster.
Mirrors: Big Canoe bulk trash
Motor Oil: Dawson County Recycling, Pickens County Recycling or O’Reilly Auto Parts, Jasper
Moving Boxes: Post for free on the Big Canoe Residents Online Exchange https://www.facebook.com/groups/248392878993591
Oil Filters (metal used): O’Reilly Auto Parts, Jasper
Packing Paper: Post for free on the Big Canoe Residents Online Exchange https://www.facebook.com/groups/248392878993591
Packing Peanuts: UPS–Jasper; Big Canoe trash bin
Paint
Latex paint and craft paint are both water-based paints. Add equal amount of kitty litter, stir,
and let dry. Leave lids off and place in Big Canoe trash bin once totally dry.
Dried out paint cans: Big Canoe trash bin
CHaRM recycles paint for a small fee
Atlanta Paint Disposal recycles paint for a small fee
– Water Soluble Clues Oil / Solvent / Alkyd Based Clues
– Soap and water clean up Clean up with Mineral Spirits/Paint Thinner
– Ingredient list includes water Ingredient list may include linseed oil
– Warning label does not mention anything about Fire. Warning Label- Flammable Combustible
– Factory packaged in a Metal or Plastic Container Factory Packaged in a Metal Container
Oil based paint: CHaRM or Atlanta Paint Disposal
Paper
Bags: Store your recyclables to bring to the Big Canoe recycle bin
Paper Envelopes (with or without window): If possible, remove the window part and place in Big Canoe recycling bin or just place the entire envelope in the recycling bin.
Plain Paper: computer paper, phone books, ad inserts, and newspaper can go in the Big Canoe recycling bin
Paper towels, tissue paper: Big Canoe trash bin
Phones: Drop in the donation box by the alpha boxes at the Postal Facility and include the charger. The SIM and SD card (if you have one) should be removed and the phone wiped by using
factory reset. Donated to charities such as seniors, soldiers, veterans, or abuse victims. Questions? kricka1022@icloud.com
Pictures/Printed photographs: Do not recycle but add to Big Canoe trash bin.
Plastic Containers: Only #1 PET: Soda bottles, waters bottles, etc. and #2 HDPE: Milk jugs, detergent bottles, spray bottles, etc. can go in the Big Canoe recycling bin.
Containers #3-#5 and #7: Dawson County recycling or Big Canoe trash bin
#1 PET: Soda bottles, waters bottles, etc…
#2 HDPE: Milk jugs, detergent bottles, spray bottles, etc…
#3 PVC: Loose-leaf binders and plastic pipes, etc…
#4 LDPE: Dry cleaning bags, produce bags, squeezable bottles, etc…
#5 PP: Medicine bottles, drinking straws, ketchup bottles, sour cream/butter tubs.
#6 PS: Compact disc jackets and plastic tableware, etc…
#7 Other: Reusable water bottles, certain kinds of food containers and Tupperware.
Containers (no numbers): Big Canoe trash bin
Dry cleaning bags: Publix; Dawson County Recycling
Grocery bags (clean and dry plastic retail store bags): Publix, Walmart, Kroger, Ingles, IGA or garbage bin
Soft plastics #2 and #4 (kind that can be scrunched into a ball): Publix or Dawson County Recycling
Overwrap (such as on a 12 pack of toilet paper): Publix
Saran type: Big Canoe trash bin
Shredded paper: Pickens County Recycling. They bale it and sell Sporting Goods: Pickens Community Thrift Store, Youth organizations
Styrofoam:
Foam cups (empty, clean and dry): Publix or Big Canoe trash bin
Foam egg cartons (empty, clean and dry): Publix or Big Canoe trash bin
Foam take out containers (empty, clean and dry): Publix or Big Canoe trash bin
Large pieces: CHaRM or Big Canoe trash bin
Televisions (usually for a fee): CHaRM in Atlanta or Pickens Recycling
Tires (fee charged): Pickens County Recycling, or Dawson County Recycling
Toiletries: Thrift stores, CARES, or shelters
Towels-used/new: BCAR (Big Canoe Animal Rescue)
Transmission Fluid: O’Reilly Auto Parts, Jasper
Wood pallets: Text Kathy Wood-918-706-6072
RECYCLING & DISPOSAL SITES
NOTE: Each location limits the type of items it will accept; check with them first.
Atlanta Paint Disposal: https://www.atlantapaintdisposal.com/ 404-333-8763
Batteries Plus Bulbs: https://www.batteriesplus.com/t/recycling Dawsonville 770-232-9292
Best Buy: https://www.recyclingcenternear.me/best-buy-recycling/
CHARM (Center for Hard to Recycle Materials): https://livethrive.org/charm/ 404-600-6386
Cove Road Recycling: https://pickenscountyga.gov/recycling-waste/ 770-893-2644
Dawson County Recycling and Waste: https://www.dawsoncounty.org/publicworks/page/dawson-county-solid-waste-and-recycling 706-344-3645 No residency restrictions
Home Depot: Jasper 706-301-5615
Lowes: Ellijay 706 – 515-1800
O’Reilly Auto Parts: https://locations.oreillyauto.com/ga/jasper/autoparts-1765.html 706-301-9056
Pickens County Recycling: https://pickenscountyga.gov/recycling-waste/. 706-253-8871 No residency restrictions
Publix: https://blog.publix.com/publix/how-to-recycle-at-publix/
Staples: https://www.recyclingcenternear.me/staples-recycling/
UPS: https://locations.theupsstore.com/ga/jasper/744-noah-dr 706-253-4238
Where can I recycle other stuff?
Earth911.com, 1800Recycling.com, or doing a basic Google search should find you the right spot.
THRIFT STORES
If desired, check the websites or call to make sure they will take your items.
Goodwill Dawsonville: https://goodwillng.org/locations/dawsonville-donation-center-30534/ 404-420-9900
No Longer Bound: https://nolongerbound.com/ Dawsonville They will not accept pressboard furniture, only wood.
Pickens Community Thrift Store: https://www.pickenscommunitythriftstore.org/donations/ 706-253-7770 Offers pick up service.
Ric Rack Thrift Store, Dawsonville: http://ric-rack.org/ 706-265-1371 Offers pick up service
St. Vincent de Paul Society-Dawsonville: 991 Kilough Church Rd, Dawsonville, GA 30534 706- 265-2106
St. Vincent de Paul Society-Jasper: 1908 Waleska Highway 108, Jasper, GA 30143 706-692-7604
CHARITABLE DONATION LOCATIONS
The needs at these locations change often. Please contact them for their current wish list items. Some needs are art and office supplies, furniture, clothing, cleaning supplies, detergents, food, etc.
ANIMALS
– BCAR (Big Canoe Animal Shelter): http://www.bigcanoeanimalrescue.org/wishlist/ 706-268-1346 No kill shelter
CHILDREN
– ACES (Appalachian Children's Emergency Shelter): https://acesyouthhome.org/how-to-help/ 706-273-2225 Non-profit; provides services/ shelter to abused/ neglected youth
– Kare for Kids: http://www.kareforkids.org/donate.html 706-216-KARE Dawson county help for children
– Boys and Girls Club of North Georgia: https://bgcng.org/in-kind/ 706-253-2582 Serves the youth of Pickens, Gilmer and Fannin Counties to provide safe places where children can find
learning, recreation and companionship in the afternoons and evenings.
– Weekend Snack Program: https://www.facebook.com/Weekend-SNACK-Program-Feeding-Pickens-County-GA-Students-165155247381062/ 770-735-1434 Provides food for children in Pickens County
FAMILIES
– CARES: https://caresforpickens.com/ 706- 253-4777
Food Pantry and emergency financial assistance
– North Georgia Family Partners: 706-253-6488
– Joy House: https://thejoyhouse.org/make-a-donation/ 706-256-7569
Christ centered restorative care for struggling teens, families and individuals
MEN
Timothy House: https://www.timothyhouse.org/other-services/ 706-253-5840
A 9-24 month drug and alcohol rehab facility for adult men
WOMEN
Ruth House: https://ruth-houseministries.squarespace.com/contact/ 706-334-8888
Residential recovery for women of addiction
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