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Hours, sticker price, who can use it, item fees, hazardous waste options, and holiday notes for Dougherty County Landfill.
Last verified from official sources: 2026-11-11
Who can use it
The official Solid Waste Management page describes the landfill as responsible for receiving, processing, and disposing of all solid waste generated in Dougherty County. Dougherty County residents with proper ID may dispose of up to 500 pounds once per day at no charge, according to the official tipping-fee schedule effective December 2, 2025. That 500-pound allowance is not cumulative and excludes tires and farm animals. Rental-property and commercial loads are charged the gate rate. Confirm current rules at the scale house.
Hours
- Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
- Gates close 15 minutes before closing each day.
- Once a month the landfill closes from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. for employee safety meetings. The official page does not name the weekday.
- Special or restricted waste, including asbestos, is accepted Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., weather permitting, with 24-hour advance notice and facility approval.
Sticker or permit
Required: No (see notes)
Price:
Where to buy:
Notes: All loads must be fully covered or secured for transport. All commercial loads must be tarped entering and exiting the landfill. If you weigh in at the scale house, you must weigh out at the scale house. A new landfill scale-house number listed on the official page is (229) 302-3226, in addition to the department number (229) 420-1050.
Per-item fees
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| MSW household garbage, and inert, yard waste, or construction and demolition | $40.97 per ton, on the official tipping-fee PDF effective December 2, 2025 |
| Dougherty County resident self-haul, up to 500 pounds once per day (not cumulative; excludes tires and farm animals) | No charge with proper ID |
| Residential self-haul over 500 pounds | $40.97 prorated in 20-pound increments |
| Liquids | $73.72 per ton |
| Asbestos | $45.26 per ton |
| Tires 1-10 (car, truck, lawnmower, ATV), off the rim | The official PDF lists these tires and also shows a $5.00 per tire figure and $275 per ton. Because those lines sit close to the residential-animals rows in the fetched PDF, confirm the exact tire price on the official schedule before you go. |
| Off-road or specialty tires | $15.00 per tire |
| Farm tractor tires | $55.00 per tire |
| Commercial haulers | 1-ton minimum at $40.97 per ton. The landfill does not take tires from businesses, regardless of business size. Rental property and commercial loads are disposed of at the $40.97 per ton gate rate. |
Common disposals
Pulled from the same official sources as the fee table. Confirm with the town if anything conflicts.
- Mattress / box spring: Not separately listed. The page says the landfill accepts most non-hazardous material, with the listed exceptions.
- TVs / electronics: Not separately listed on the official Solid Waste Management page or the fetched tipping-fee schedule.
- Tires: Tires must be off the rim. Tires with rims are not accepted. The official PDF lists tires 1-10 (car, truck, lawnmower, ATV), a $5.00 per tire figure, $275 per ton, $15 off-road or specialty, and $55 farm tractor. Confirm the 1-10 tire price on the official PDF because of tight table layout. No tires from businesses.
- Appliances: Not separately listed on the official Solid Waste Management page or the fetched tipping-fee schedule.
- Yard waste / brush: $40.97 per ton on the official schedule, grouped with inert and construction and demolition. Resident 500-pound daily no-charge allowance may apply if the load qualifies; confirm at the scale house.
- Household hazardous waste: No hazardous waste. Herbicides, pesticides, gasolines, oils, and batteries are listed among materials not accepted.
Hazardous waste
No hazardous waste is accepted, and no biomedical waste or disposal of hazardous or toxic material is accepted. The official page says the landfill accepts most non-hazardous material with the exception of herbicides, pesticides, gasolines, oils, batteries, and tires with rims on them. Restricted non-hazardous waste requires written approval before acceptance.
Holiday closures
The official Solid Waste Management page says the landfill is closed most public holidays, but there are some exceptions. That page did not list a dated holiday calendar. Check with the landfill before a holiday.
Holiday schedule last verified 2026-11-11 from official sources .
Other notes
- Alcoholic beverages and firearms are not permitted. Scavenging is not allowed; once material crosses the scales it becomes property of the Dougherty County Landfill. Children must remain in vehicles at all times. The official page says customers dispose of their loads at their own risk and the landfill is not responsible for injuries or damage.
- The official tipping-fee PDF also has a line for MSW residential animals (horse, cow, deer, pigs) near a $40.97 prorated-in-20-pound-increments figure. Confirm that animal-disposal line on the official PDF. The landfill reserves the right to refuse any load.
- Director listed on the official page: Seth Lassitter, slassitter@dougherty.ga.us. Official fee schedule: https://www.dougherty.ga.us/files/assets/county/v/1/solid-waste/documents/tipping-fees-2.pdf.
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Sources
Every fee and hour above was taken from these official pages or PDFs on 2026-11-11. If something conflicts, trust the town.