FAQs • Oconee County, GA • CivicEngage

What are Pay as You Throw bags?: The Oconee County Public Works Department through its Sanitation Division offers a very economical way for Oconee Citizens to haul their trash and recyclables at one time to any of the five Solid Waste & Recycling Collection sites throughout the county. Just place all your non-recyclable items into a Pay as You Throw bag (available locally at a nominal fee) and put them in the appropriate bin at the collection site of your choice. The Pay as You Throw bags are currently blue but the color will be changing to maroon later this year.

Pay as You Throw bags can be purchased at the following Oconee County locations:
All county waste collection sites
- AJ’s at Highway 78 & Mars Hill Road
- All Oconee County Golden Pantries
- Bells Food Store at Butler’s Crossing
- Bogart Pantry on Highway 29
- Kroger’s on Epps Bridge Road
- Oconee Fast Mart on Hog Mountain Road
- Publix at Butler’S Crossing
- T’s Corner at Highway 78 & Highway 53

Pay as You Throw Bag Prices:
- 32 Gallon, $3.00
- 20 Gallon, $2.00

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Recyclable Items

Plastic food trays, bottles, jugs, cups and wide mouth containers
Rigid plastics like toys, buckets, bins, etc.
Empty aerosol cans with lids removed
Milk and juice cartons and boxes
Aluminum cans, foil and trays
Metal food cans, rinsed
Glass bottles and jars with lids removed
Cereal and food boxes, flattened
Cardboard and pizza boxes, flattened
Magazines, phone books, catalogs and paperback books
Mixed paper, paper bags, junk mail and newspapers

Note: Oconee County collection sites collect recyclables in a dual stream system with glass, plastics, steel and aluminum cans co-mingled and paper and cardboard products co-mingled. All items for recycling must be clean with any handles removed.

Not Accepted for Recycling

For information on what do with these hard to recycle items, click here.

Batteries or Light Bulbs
Ceramics
Food
Dishes and Glassware
Hardcover Books
Napkins or Paper Towels
Antifreeze Containers (cooking oil may be recycled at all Oconee County Sites and motor oil may be recycled at Butler's Crossing and Hwy 441 locations)
Paper Plates and Cups
Plastic Bags
Plastic Cutlery
Pots and Pans
Shredded Paper
Styrofoam
Wire Hangers

If you have questions regarding recycling other items, please call 706-310-3560 or email kocbc@oconee.ga.us.

2. How much does it cost to recycle?: Recycling is free at the Oconee County Collection Sites. You do not need a pay as you throw bag to recycle!

3. What are Pay as You Throw bags?: The Oconee County Public Works Department through its Sanitation Division offers a very economical way for Oconee Citizens to haul their trash and recyclables at one time to any of the five Solid Waste & Recycling Collection sites throughout the county. Just place all your non-recyclable items into a Pay as You Throw bag (available locally at a nominal fee) and put them in the appropriate bin at the collection site of your choice. The Pay as You Throw bags are currently blue but the color will be changing to maroon later this year.

Pay as You Throw bags can be purchased at the following Oconee County locations:
All county waste collection sites
- AJ’s at Highway 78 & Mars Hill Road
- All Oconee County Golden Pantries
- Bells Food Store at Butler’s Crossing
- Bogart Pantry on Highway 29
- Kroger’s on Epps Bridge Road
- Oconee Fast Mart on Hog Mountain Road
- Publix at Butler’S Crossing
- T’s Corner at Highway 78 & Highway 53

Pay as You Throw Bag Prices:
- 32 Gallon, $3.00
- 20 Gallon, $2.00

4. Who are the members of the Keep Oconee County Beautiful Commission (KOCBC)?: Members of the commission are Oconee County citizens like you who are appointed by the Oconee County Board of Commissioners to three year terms, people who are interested in keeping our beautiful county clean and in promoting environmentally sound practices to make it even better.

Current Members:
- Christian Cotton
- Ken Morneault
- Mark Hess
- Melissa Steele
- Molly Schaefer
- Steve Wortham

In addition to the commission members, KOCBC offers auxiliary membership that does not require appointment by the BOC, just a willingness to participate in the KOCBC meetings and projects. Please call 706-769-5120 if you interested in becoming a part of this active, friendly, and environmentally minded group.

5. What is the Adopt a Mile program?: The Keep Oconee County Beautiful Commission facilitates a local program that pairs up individuals and groups with one mile sections of county roads for regular cleanups.