Garner Dump Hours

Garner Dump Hours: Find the Right Time to Dispose of Your Waste

Are you a Garner resident looking for the most convenient time to dispose of your household waste? Look no further! This comprehensive guide provides detailed information on Garner dump hours, acceptable and unacceptable items, and site rules to ensure a smooth and hassle-free experience.

Garner Dump Hours

The Garner Convenience Center is located at 1101 Timber Drive, Garner, NC 27529. Its hours of operation are as follows:

• Monday – Friday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Saturday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Sunday: Closed

Please note that the Garner Convenience Center is closed on the following holidays:

• New Year’s Day
• Easter Sunday
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day

Acceptable Items

The Garner Convenience Center accepts a wide range of household waste items, including:

• Cardboard (clean, flattened, all packing material removed)
• Clothing and shoes (clean, dry, and reusable)
• Electronics (on weekends only)
• Food waste (Sites 2, 4, 7, & 8 only)
• Garbage (household waste and bulky items under 8 feet long/wide)
• Household construction debris from homeowners only (Sites 1, 2, 4, 7, 10 & 11 only)
• Mattresses (limit 2 mattresses and 2 box springs per day per person)
• Mixed recycling (metal food & drink cans, glass bottles & jars, mixed paper, food and beverage cartons, plastic bottles, tubs, jugs & jars)
• Oyster shells
• Scrap metal (power equipment must be drained of gas & oil)

Unacceptable Items

The Garner Convenience Center does not accept the following items:

• Appliances/white goods, such as a/c units, washers/dryers, stoves, refrigerators, and water heaters
• Automotive, such as antifreeze, motor oil, oil filters
• Batteries
• Boat hulls and any other over-sized items that do not fit in Convenience Center containers
• Burning or smoldering material
• Chemicals, such as acids, bases, solvents, lacquers, paint thinners, paints, fertilizers, pesticides, poisons, corrosives
• Commercial, industrial, institutional waste, waste from businesses
• Concrete, bricks, pavers
• Contractor waste
• Cooking Oil
• Dead animals
• Drums, such as burn barrels containing debris are not accepted. Drums that are empty and punctured are accepted for disposal at Convenience Centers
• Electronics, any corded electronic device
• Flammables, such as gas, fuel, oil, kerosene
• Fluorescent light bulbs
• Hazardous waste, such as chemicals, batteries, oil-based paints, fire extinguishers, mercury thermometers
• Hot tubs and any other over-sized items that do not fit in Convenience Center containers
• Infectious waste, medical waste
• Liquid waste, companies capable of properly disposing of this waste can be found in online/phone book under “Hazardous Materials and Waste Contractors.” If the product is not hazardous, please refer to the manufacturer’s directions for proper disposal suggestions
• Motor oil
• Paint
• Propane tanks
• Radioactive waste, such as smoke detectors
• Railroad ties
• Sewage plant sludge
• Tires
• Yard waste, such as grass clippings, branches, pruning’s, weeds, logs

Site Rules

To ensure the safety and efficiency of the Garner Convenience Center, please follow these site rules:

• Construction waste is only accepted from Wake County homeowners only. Construction debris is NOT accepted from renters, haulers, or contractors/businesses (unless Wake County homeowner is present at the time of disposal).
• Wake County residents using a box truck, dual-axle, or enclosed trailer to dispose of their trash at Convenience Centers will require a trash pass. Click here to apply: https://www.wake.gov/departments-government/waste-recycling/facilities/trash-pass
• Waste from income properties is not accepted at Convenience Centers.
• No exchange of materials allowed on site.
• All open-body vehicles transporting waste must be secured to prevent blown and spilled debris.
• No person may loiter or rummage about the facility or remove articles from any containers. Violators will be prosecuted.
• Children & pets must remain in vehicles at all times.

Additional Information

For more information on the Garner Convenience Center, please visit the Town of Garner website: https://www.garnernc.gov/departments/public-works/hazardous-waste-disposal