The City of Douglas and Transwaste are offering a residential Junk Drop-Off Day in October to help citizens get rid of the excess trash. The upcoming date will be Saturday, November 19, 2016 at the City Pole Yard located at Pearl Avenue from 8:00am-12Noon.
Each month, on residential Community Junk Drop-Off Days, a dumpster will be placed the City Pole Yard located on Pearl Avenue to offer residents a way to dispose of large, non-hazardous items and electronic items at no cost. No one will be available to help unload items. The City is not responsible for any damages that occur during unloading. NO CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL/DEBRIS or business/commercial dumping will be allowed. This is RESIDENTIAL drop-off collection only. Those dropping off items are asked to provide proof of residency – NO landlords or commercial businesses may drop off. Residents can drop off a full body pickup load or two utility trailers. MAX drop off is 2 loads.
Citizens who attempt to dump materials deemed as construction material or commercial will not be allowed and will be asked to leave. Construction/debris items should be taken to the Coffee County Landfill located at 1219 Landfill Road off of Hwy 206 W. Saturday times at the landfill are 8am – 12noon. The charge for dumping items at the landfill is $52.10 per ton.
“We are having issues with persons showing up at the drop off sites with construction materials and/or commercial materials and they expect City workers to unload these items,” says City Manager Terrell Jacobs. “To help deter this from happening, persons who bring items deemed as construction/commercial debris will not be allowed and citizens are only allowed to dump a maximum of two loads. Also, I want to stress that no City employee will be allowed to unload items – workers who are present on these days are to operate City machinery and supervise junk collections.”
Acceptable brown and white good items include furniture, washing machines, refrigerators, dryers, stoves, microwaves, television, and other items. Please drain all chemicals from appliances. This does not apply to construction materials/debris, hazardous chemicals such as paints/solvents, household cleaners, pesticides/herbicides, motor oil, antifreeze, batteries, or tires. Proof of residency is required to drop off items at the designated location. This is for households in the City of Douglas.
The next residential Junk Drop-Off Day will be on Saturday, December 17, 2016, 8am -12Noon, at the City Pole Yard. For more information, please call (912)384-3302 or dial 311.
