Bring One for the Chipper

Save the Date for the Annual Christmas Tree and Electronics Recycling Event

People were decking the halls and stringing the lights as soon as the turkey leftovers were put away this year! If you are decorating for Christmas and plan to use a live tree, make sure you have a plan for after the holiday! Save the date for Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful’s Annual Bring One for the Chipper Event. Over the years, this event has recycled hundreds of live Christmas trees and multiple tons of electronics.

Recycle your live, natural, undecorated Christmas tree after the holiday season and your used electronic devices at The Home Depot on 875 Shugart road on Saturday, January 8, 2022. From 9:00 am to 12:00 pm volunteers will be on site to collect your natural trees and electronics for recycling.

We will also be collecting flattened cardboard boxes as we did last year for the first time! If you have big cardboard boxes that won’t fit in your curbside bin, flatten them out and bring them along!

There is NO charge for trees and most electronics. The only fee is a $10.00 fee for CRT, or Cathode Ray Tube, television sets and computer monitors. Typical CRT TVs have four to eight pounds of lead in them requiring them to have extra-special handling when they are being recycled and results in a higher cost.

Please remove all ornaments and the base from your trees. Electronics will be sent to a third-party recycler. Volunteers will not be removing any data from your devices before sending them onto recycling. Please make sure you wipe the data from laptops, phones, etc. before dropping off.

Participant have their pick of seed packets while supplies last and will remain in their car to help the event remain safe in 2020.

Thank you to the following event sponsors and organizers: Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful, Whitfield County Public Works, Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority, and The Home Depot.

For more information or if you want to volunteer at the event call 706-278-5001, or visit Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful online: http://www.keepdaltonwhitfieldbeautiful.org

Volunteers from Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful and the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority help a resident unload their tree for recycling.

Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful Announces Six Business Beautification Recipients

Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful is pleased to announce the recipients of their first Business Beautification Micro-Grants for 2021.

Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful established their beautification grants in honor of National Planting Day which is celebrated through the end of November. Businesses across Whitfield County and the City of Dalton were invited to apply for funding to implement a project related to beautifying the community. Each project aims to improve the visual aspects of the facility or adjoining streetscape. Beautification grants range from a minimum of $100 to a maximum of $500.

Past beautification grants from Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful have been used to create native plant gardens and wildlife sanctuaries.

This year the following business and projects were awarded a grant from Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful.

1.      108 North Pentz Building - Their project to place four planters along the sidewalk of the building

2.      Artistic Civic Theatre - This project will be focused on paving the parking lot, replanting shrubs, and fixing awnings

3.      Raspberry Row - They will be replacing the bench in the front of the shop on the sidewalk with a new one made by a local craftsman

4.      Whitfield-Murray Historical Society - This organization (pictured) will be focusing on painting the exterior doors and windows.

5.      Boys and Girls Club of Chattooga, Gordon, Murray, and Whitfield Counties - Club Refresh will focus on beautifying the front entrance of the club from the drive to the front doors.

6.      Looper Speech and Hearing Center - This group will be beautifying their outdoor seating area and sign with planters, and perennials.

Projects will be completed by March 1, 2022 and each recipient will submit a project summary by March 18, 2022 to showcase their work. Visit Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful’s website www.KeepDaltonWhitfieldBeautiful.org or follow them on Facebook to get updates on the progress of these projects.  

National Planting Day is celebrated annually by Keep America Beautiful in the fall as an opportunity to encourage volunteers to plant native species restoring ecological balance to the environment while creating greener, more beautiful communities. Learn more about this event at www.kab.org.Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful is pleased to announce the recipients of their first Business Beautification Micro-Grants for 2021. Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful established their beautification grants in honor of National Planting Day which is celebrated through the end of November. Businesses across Whitfield County and the City of Dalton were invited to apply for funding to implement a project related to beautifying the community. Each project aims to improve the visual aspects of the facility or adjoining streetscape. Beautification grants range from a minimum of $100 to a maximum of $500.

Landfill, Convenience Centers Announce Holiday Hours

Facilities closed in observance of Christmas Eve, Day, and New Year’s Day

 (Dalton, GA, December 6, 2021) 

The Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority has announced the holiday hours of operation for its four facilities in Whitfield County. Locations include the Old Dixie Hwy. Landfill & Convenience Center, McGaughey Chapel Convenience Center in Cohutta, Westside Convenience Center in Rocky Face, and the M.L. King Convenience Center in Dalton. 

All locations will be closed on Friday, December 24th and Saturday, December 25th in observance of Christmas and re-open on Monday, December 27th regular hours. Locations will be closed on Saturday, January 1, 2022 in observance of New Year’s Day, and re-open on Monday, January 3, 2022 regular hours.

For more information call 706-277-2545 or visit www.DWSWA.org.

Holiday Schedule - Christmas, New Year’s

·  Friday, December 24, 2021 – CLOSED

·  Saturday, December 25, 2021 – CLOSED

·  Monday, December 27, 2021 - OPEN

·  Saturday, January 1, 2022 – CLOSED

·  Monday, January 3, 2022 – OPEN

Landfill, Convenience Centers To Be Closed Thursday, November 25

Facilities closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day

The Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority has announced the holiday hours of operation for it’s four facilities in Whitfield County. Locations include the Old Dixie Landfill & Convenience Center, McGaughey Chapel Convenience Center in Cohutta, Westside Convenience Center in Rocky Face, and the M.L. King Convenience Center in Dalton. 

All locations will be closing early and will be open from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm on Wednesday, November 24 including the McGaughey Chapel location that is normally closed on Wednesdays. All four sites will be closed on Thursday, November 25 in observance of Thanksgiving Day. All locations will reopen on Friday, November 26 from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm and resume normal hours.

For more information visit www.DWSWA.org or call 706-277-2545.

Thanksgiving Day Holiday Schedule:

• Wednesday, November 24, 2021 – All Locations OPEN - EARLY CLOSING: 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM (McGaughey Chapel Normally Closed)

• Thursday, November 25, 2021 – All Locations CLOSED – Thanksgiving Day

• Friday, November 26, 2021 – All Locations OPEN – 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Resume Normal Schedule)

America Recycles Day Billboard Contest Announced for Fall 2021

Competing middle schools will receive free art supplies for their classrooms and one student will have their artwork displayed on two billboards in Whitfield County.

The Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority is pleased to announce the 12th Annual America Recycles Day Billboard Contest for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders attending public or private schools participating in the Target Recycling at School program in Whitfield County. This year, students can participate whether they are attending classes virtually or in person.

Students are invited to design a billboard in keeping with the spirit of America Recycles Day, which is celebrated yearly on November 15. The top design out of the three grade levels will be displayed during the month of November on two billboards in Whitfield County.

 The artwork is easy to design at home because students only need one piece of 8.5” by 11” white paper and coloring tools. This way, parents of middle school students staying at home this semester can have them compete as well.

Schools in Whitfield County eligible to participate include Eastbrook Middle, New Hope Middle, North Whitfield Middle, Valley Point Middle, Westside Middle, Dalton Middle, Northstar School, Crossroads Academy, Christian Heritage School, and Learning Tree School.

During the 2020 contest, Eastbrook Middle School 7th grader, Bricia Manzanares, won first place overall. Her design includes the phrase, “Recycle with Recycling Ben” which was one of the themes of the contest. The artwork bright with a portrait of Dalton Recycling Center’s Recycling Ben. It uses simple, but thoughtful details to encourage us to recycle paper, cardboard, and water bottles to help our planet.

Themes for this year are, “I Recycle. Do You” and “I recycle with Recycling Ben!” First, second, and third place prizes will be given in each of the school’s entrants. The grand prize is chosen from each of the first-place winners. All schools that compete will receive free school art supplies.

The Contest Guide with two versions of the official entry form can be downloaded at www.DWSWA.org. The deadline for entries is October 11, 2021. There is no entry fee, however, an official entry form needs to be included with the artwork. Winners will be announced on October 18. 

For more information contact Amy Hartline, Recycling and Education Program Coordinator, at 706-278-5001 or e-mail: ahartline@dwswa.org. To learn more about America Recycles Day visit www.americarecyclesday.org.