Jackson County Transfer Station Hours, Fees & Rules

Jackson County Transfer Station at a glance

Updated November 2026 from Jackson County Solid Waste information. Jackson County no longer runs its own landfill, so the transfer station on Landfill Drive is where bulky junk goes. Hours and fees can change, so call 706-367-5253 before you load the truck.

• Address: 100 Landfill Drive, Jefferson, GA 30549

• Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Sunday.

• Payment: Cash, check, debit or credit card. Credit cards carry a 3% fee. Businesses can apply for a charge account.

• Unloading: Loads must be tarped. You unload your own vehicle, and staff help when they can.

• Rest of 2026: Open 7:30 a.m. to noon on Veterans Day (November 11), the day after Thanksgiving (November 27) and Christmas Eve (December 24). Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Jackson County dump prices

• Scale loads: $75 per ton, prorated, with a $5 minimum. The county's own example: a 1,340-pound load costs $50.25.

• Bagged household garbage: $1 per bag, 32 gallons or smaller.

• Furniture, including couches and mattresses: $4 per item.

• Refrigerators, freezers and dishwashers: $4 per item.

• Tires: $7 per passenger tire and $12 per tractor-trailer tire, plus $1 for each tire still on a rim. Bigger farm and loader tires are $500 per ton.

• Special waste, like boats and campers: $100 per ton, prorated.

• Paint: Latex is $1 a quart, $3 a gallon, $6 for 2 gallons and $15 for 5 gallons. Oil-based is $1 a pint, $1.50 a quart, $4 a gallon and $20 for 5 gallons. Spray paint is $1.50 a can.

Free if you keep it separate: scrap metal (aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, iron, steel and tin), flattened cardboard with nothing inside it, and up to 5 gallons of motor oil a day.

What the Jackson County Transfer Station won't take

• Hazardous waste and chemicals, including asbestos

• Liquids, gasoline, diesel and antifreeze

• Pressurized tanks such as propane and helium, even when empty

• Lithium-ion and nickel-cadmium batteries

• Biomedical waste and sharps

• Animals

• Burned household garbage and burn-barrel ash (debris from a burned home is accepted)

• Power poles and telephone poles

The county does not post separate rates for construction debris or yard waste. Call 706-367-5253 before you haul a load of either.

Jackson County compactor sites

Jackson County has two compactor sites, and they take bagged household garbage only, at $1 a bag, cash or check. You unload your own bags. Everything else goes to the transfer station in Jefferson.

• New Kings Bridge Road: 843 New Kings Bridge Road, Athens, GA 30607 (on the Jackson County side). 706-510-8750.

• Yarbrough Ridgeway Road: 268 Yarbrough Ridgeway Road, Commerce, GA 30529. 706-614-2585.

Both are open Tuesday through Friday, 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. They are closed Sunday, Monday and every county holiday, including the half days when the transfer station is open.

Recycling days for chemicals, paint and electronics

Keep Jackson County Beautiful holds recycling events twice a year, usually in April and September. They take electronics and old appliances, paint and solvents, antifreeze and motor oil, pesticides and pool chemicals, fluorescent bulbs, batteries, fire extinguishers and propane cylinders. The fall 2026 event was September 19, so the next one should be in the spring. Check the county's Recycling Events page for the date.

Trash pickup in Jackson County

Jackson County does not run curbside pickup. Garbage is pay-as-you-throw: you use the transfer station and compactor sites or hire a private hauler. The county's 2026 recycling fact sheet lists Red Oak Sanitation, Republic Services, Waste Management, Waste Pro, and White Oak Sanitation as haulers working in the county. Some cities contract their own service:

• Jefferson: Red Oak Sanitation is the city's trash and recycling provider, with weekly cart pickup. Call 678-455-7819.

• Commerce: The city collects garbage and recycling on Mondays, with carts out by 6 a.m. Since July 1, 2026, the rate is $21.57 a month per roll-away cart. Commerce Public Works also picks up brush and limbs for residential customers.

• Hoschton: White Oak Sanitation collects for the city. Garbage is $19.50 a month and recycling is $5.50 more. One bulk item a month, like a piece of furniture or a mattress, goes free, but not refrigerators, freezers or construction debris.

• Nicholson: City trash service runs through Waste Pro. Call City Hall at 706-757-3408 for current rates.

Braselton crosses county lines, so check which county your address is in before you drive to a dump.

What a dump run really costs

For one pickup load, the Jackson County transfer station is cheap. At $75 a ton, a 1,000-pound load is $37.50, plus $4 for each couch or mattress. The math changes when the job is bigger. A garage or house cleanout is several trips, several hours of loading and unloading, and a weekend gone, and the compactor sites only take bagged trash.

That is the work we do. We load everything ourselves, sort out what can be donated, and haul the rest away. A single item starts at $125 and a full trailer load starts around $550. See our pricing or text photos to 678-224-1606 for a free quote. We serve Jefferson, Hoschton, Braselton and nearby towns.

Live in a neighboring county?

Every county runs its dump differently, and most only take their own residents. See our Hall County dump guide, Hall County compactor sites, Forsyth County recycling centers guide, or Dawson County transfer station guide.

Jackson County dump questions

Does Jackson County have a landfill? No. Jackson County no longer runs its own landfill. Bulky junk goes to the county transfer station at 100 Landfill Drive in Jefferson, and the waste is trucked from there to a landfill in Banks County.

How much does it cost to dump at the Jackson County transfer station? Scale loads are $75 per ton, prorated, with a $5 minimum. Furniture and mattresses are $4 each, refrigerators and dishwashers are $4 each, bagged trash is $1 a bag, and passenger tires are $7 each.

Can I take furniture to a Jackson County compactor site? No. Since June 2022 the two compactor sites only take bagged household garbage. Furniture, mattresses, appliances and tires go to the transfer station in Jefferson.

Is the Jackson County transfer station open on Saturday? Yes, from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. On weekdays it is open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is closed on Sunday.

Can I drop off paint in Jackson County? Yes. The transfer station takes paint for a per-container fee: latex runs from $1 for a quart to $15 for a 5-gallon bucket, and oil-based runs from $1 for a pint to $20 for a 5-gallon bucket.

Where do propane tanks and household chemicals go in Jackson County? Not the transfer station, which refuses pressurized tanks and chemicals. Keep Jackson County Beautiful holds recycling events, usually in April and September, that take propane cylinders, pesticides, solvents, pool chemicals and other household hazardous waste.

Sources: Jackson County Solid Waste, Disposal Fees, Hours and Holiday Schedule, Items Not Accepted, Recycling Events, and the cities of Jefferson, Commerce and Hoschton, checked November 2026.