Keep Dawson County Beautiful

Keep Dawson County Beautiful
445 Martin Road
Dawsonville, GA 30534
706-344-3646 x224
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Buffie Hamil – Executive Director

About Keep Dawson County Beautiful

Keep Dawson County Beautiful is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and Keep Georgia Beautiful. Founded in 2003, KDCB is comprised of a 9 member board of directors representing Dawson County and its citizens and businesses.

Our Vision: To become a community of best practice where individuals take personal responsibility for improving our environment.

Our Mission: Encourage citizens to take greater responsibility in the beautification of Dawson County.

Our Focus: Keep Dawson County Beautiful focuses on bringing meaningful change to our environment through quality of life services including litter prevention, solid waste planning and coordination, environmental education, beautification and conservation.

Be Part of Keep Dawson County Beautiful

"A Leaf on Every Door"

Now accepting applications for 2012 corporate and individual memberships. Click here to download an application and choose a leaf. Each membership opportunity provides the member with unique and fulfilling opportunities to serve the community and improve the quality of life of the citizens and businesses in Dawson County.

2012 Corporate Sponsors

Etowah Water and Sewer Authority

2012 Keep Dawson County Beautiful Board of Directors

Karen Armstrong, Chair
Michele Hester, Vice-Chair
Pam Bradfield
Suanne Buck
Judy Cahill
Dave Hinderliter
Kristie Keylon
Norman Samples
Thayer Spencer
Eydie Stegall

Program Descriptions

Adopt a Mile is a community engagement program developed by KDCB and Dawson County Community Development and Public Works to clean up and remove litter and signs from county roadways.

America Recycles Day is a community engagement and education event held in November to increase recycling and the purchase of recycled content products.

Christmas Tree Recycling is a once a year community engagement event that provides convenient collection sites for the recovery and reuse of Christmas trees. Trees are then deposited at a central location and volunteer teams assist with the tree mulching effort.

Classroom Presentations are educational programs that serve as demonstrations of KDCB-prepared lesson plans about environmental issues.

Drop-Off Recycling Center provides convenient collection sites for newspaper, mixed paper, aluminum cans, magazines, plastics, and cardboard. Click here for more information.

Electronics Recyle Program is a once a year opportunity to bring your electronics to be recycled in an effective and safe manner. Electronics are made with valuable, reusable materials. PLEASE RECYCLE your electronics so that steel, glass, plastic and precious metals can be RECOVERED, RECYCLED and REUSED. This event generally takes place on Earth Day Saturday in April. Click here for 2012 event information and details.

Enforcement Programs provide staff support and coordination of the Code Enforcement division of the Dawson County Community Development department and the Dawson County Sheriff’s Department for environmental enforcement. Code Enforcement is a clearinghouse for citizen complaints regarding litter, graffiti, illegal dumping, improper trash storage, etc. Code Enforcement tracks complaint status, identifies hot spots for increased intervention and conducts trend analysis. KDCB members act as extensions of Code Enforcement by keeping a watchful eye out for potential problems.

Great American Clean Up is the nation's largest community improvement program, taking place annually from March 1 through May 31, involving an estimated 2.8 million volunteers and attendees.

The Litter Index measures and helps to direct litter prevention programs. It is an accountability tool required by Keep America Beautiful.

Recycle Dawson is a program to educate citizens and businesses about the importance of recycling, how to properly prepare recyclables and where collection sites are located. Information is provided on our webpage, at events, and by telephone.

The Storm Drain Stenciling Program is a community engagement and education program to reduce non-point source pollution. Volunteers stencil an anti-dumping message on storm drains and distribute educational materials to subdivision residents.

Toolkits are portable, interactive models and tailored lesson plans to educate individuals about recycling, litter and graffiti prevention, resource conservation, pollution sources and best management practices for watershed, wetlands, coastal zones, hazardous materials and modern landfill systems.

Recycling Sources

Dawson County Recycling Center
946 Burt Creek Road,
Dawsonville, GA 30534
706-344-3645

Mixed paper, aluminum and metal cans, corrugated cardboard, plastics #1 & #2

Dawson County Recycling Center Brochure

Old Atlanta Recycling
2535 Ivy Street East
Cumming, GA 30041
Telephone 770-205-6912

Steel (tin) cans, aluminum cans, foil, pie pans, plastics #1 & #2, cardboard, newspapers, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, junk mail, office and school papers

Cartridge World
911 Marketplace Blvd. Ste. G
Dawsonville, GA 30041
770-888-8220

Ink and toner cartridges. Drop off available at Board of Commissioners office

Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC
1 East Porter Street
P.O. Box 1026
Cartersville, GA 30120
678-721-0022

Laptop batteries, power tool batteries, any type of rechargeable batteries, batteries from electronic devices, cell phones and cell phone batteries. Drop off available at Board of Commissioners office

Slack Auto Parts
6802 Hwy 53 E.
Dawsonville, GA 30534
706-216-5222

Motor Oil

Advanced Disposal Services Atlanta
8880 Old Federal Road
Ball Ground, GA 30107
770-887-6063

Call for information on obtaining containers.

Home Depot
Dawsonville #174
801 Hwy 400 South
Dawsonville, GA 30534
706-531-0046

Consumer compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs

Abba House
6800 Dahlonega Hwy.
Cumming, GA 30028
678-208-2000

Paper