Cherokee County

County Recycling Coordinator: Gaylan Pennington
Location and Mailing Address: 1602 Overbrook Dr. Gaffney, SC 29341
Phone: (864) 487-2760
Fax: (864) 487-6231
Website: Cherokee County Recycling Center

Staffed County Recycling Center

1602 Overbrook Drive, Gaffney 29341 (Drive-thru service with attendants to unload materials)
    Hours of Operation:
    Monday - Friday,  7:30AM - 5PM
    Saturday, 8AM - 1PM
    CLOSED Sunday

CENTER COLLECTS:

• Aluminum cans and foil
• Batteries, lead-acid (car, truck, boat)
• Books
• Cardboard
• Household electronics (televisions, computers, computer monitors, printers and other electronic equipment; fee may apply)
• Glass (brown, green, clear)
• Mixed paper (newspaper and inserts, magazines, office paper)
• Oil/gasoline mixtures
• Paperboard (cereal boxes, shoe boxes)
• Plastic bottles and jugs (#1, #2; NO plastic bags)
• Steel cans
• Telephone books
• Tires
• Used motor oil, filters and bottles

County Landfill

192 Lemuel's Road, entrance to the landfill, Gaffney 29340
    Hours of Operation:
    Monday - Saturday, 7:30AM - 4:30PM
    CLOSED Sunday

LANDFILL COLLECTS:

• Aluminum cans and foil
• Appliances, large (refrigerators, washers, dryers)
• Household electronics (televisions, computers, computer monitors, printers and other electronic equipment; fee may apply)
• Mixed paper (newspaper and inserts, magazines, office paper)
• Plastic bottles (#1, #2; NO plastic bags)
• Scrap metal
• Steel cans
• Tires
• Used motor oil, filters and bottles

Note: Located just inside the gate of the landfill entrance are additional containers for tires. Call (864) 487-2760 or (864) 487-2537 for more information.

Unstaffed County Drop-Off Sites

1. Antioch Fire Department, 937 Antioch Road at Elm Street, Blacksburg 29702

2. Blacksburg Fire Department, 103 E. Cherokee Street, Blacksburg 29702

3. Broad River Electric, 811 Hamrick Street, Gaffney 29340

4. Buffalo Fire Department, 137 Blackwell Road, Blacksburg 29702

5. Buffalo Fire Department Sub-Station, 1136 North Mountain Street Blacksburg, SC 29702

6. Cherokee County Courthouse, 125 E. Floyd Baker Boulevard, Gaffney 29341

7. Cherokee Creek Fire Department, 410 Buck Shoals Road at Bonner Road, Gaffney 29341

8. Cherokee Creek Sub-Station, 509 Keg Mill town road, Chesnee SC 29323

9. Cherokee Falls/King's Creek/Cashions Crossroads (CKC) Fire Department, 984 Old Chester Road, Blacksburg 29702

10. Draytonville/McKown's Mtn./Wilkinsville (DMW) Fire Department, 538 McKown's Mountain Road, Gaffney 29340

11. Grassy Pond Fire Department,  168 School Rd., Gaffney 29341

12. Goucher/White Plains Fire Department, 579 Goucher School Rd., Gaffney 29340

13. Macedonia Fire Department (Sunny Slope Substation), 122 Co-Road S-11-131, Gaffney 29330

14. Peachtree Centre, 1434 North Limestone St., Gaffney 29340

    Hours for All Unstaffed Sites: 24 hours, 7 days a week

SITES COLLECT:

• Aluminum cans
• Cardboard
• Glass (brown, green, clear)
• Mixed paper (newspaper and inserts, magazines, office paper)
• Paperboard (cereal boxes, shoe boxes)
• Plastic bottles and jugs (#1, #2; NO plastic bags)
• Steel cans
• Used motor oil, filters and bottles (NOT ACCEPTED at Blacksburg Fire Dept., Cherokee Creek Fire Dept., Macedonia Fire Dept. Substation, Peachtree Centre, Cherokee County Courthouse, Broad River Electric)

Additional Used Motor Oil Collection Sites 

Blacksburg

• Town of Blacksburg Maintenance Shop, 200 Osee Street off US 29 (also accepts filters and bottles), 29702
• Blacksburg Public Works Complex, 105 S. Shelby Street, 29702

Gaffney

• Asbury Rehoboth Fire Department, 5837 Union Hwy., 29340
• Corinth Fire Department, 484 Corinth Rd., 29340
• Macedonia Fire Department (Main Station), 337 Macedonia Road, 29341
• Twin Rivers Fire Department, 855 Hickory Grove Rd., 29340

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Retailer-Operated Used Motor Oil Collection Sites 

• Advance Auto, 1402 W. Floyd Baker Boulevard, Gaffney 29341
• Auto Zone, 105 N. Logan Street, Gaffney 29341
• Walmart Tire and Lube Express Center, 165 Walton Drive, Gaffney 29341

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