Volunteer Spotlight! The Cowan Law Firm

Picking up trash along a city street and then handling a business dispute? All in a day’s work at The Cowan Law Firm. Last year, the Cowan Law Firm joined up with us through our Adopt-a-Mile program. They committed to cleaning up litter and keeping an entire mile of Dalton clean throughout the year.

Each quarter they pick up supplies like trash bags, grabbers, and gloves and take to Thornton Avenue to pick up litter dropped by passersby. After a full year, the Cowan Law Firm has removed hundreds of pounds of litter from our community.

Not only are they creating a better Dalton, but they are also creating a better world. The entire city of Dalton is a watershed which means that each piece of litter not picked up makes its way into the ocean. 80% of marine litter including marine plastics is from land-based sources, just like Dalton. Because of people like the volunteers at Cowan Law Firm, we’re able to cut down on our litter sources!

Check out a snippet of their blog below;

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Love it! Don’t Trash it!

We have two things for you today: a story of success and a nod of appreciation.

The Cowan Law Firm began their day picking up litter through the Adopt-A-Mile program championed by Keep Dalton Whitfield Beautiful. As participants of this program, Rob, Brian, and Scott have committed to removing litter from both sides of Thornton Avenue between Tyler St. and Hamilton Medical Center quarterly each year.

We Heart Dalton ❤

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To finish reading their blog post about their experience adopting a mile, click here.

Landfill, Convenience Centers Closed on Memorial Day

Landfill, Convenience Centers Closed on Memorial Day

Facilities closed in observance of Memorial Day

(Dalton, GA, May 20, 2020) –  Four Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority facilities will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2020 in observance of Memorial Day. Locations include the Old Dixie Landfill & Convenience Center, McGaughey Chapel Convenience Center, Westside Convenience Center, and the M.L. King Convenience Center. 

All locations will be open on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.  For more information visit www.DWSWA.org or call 706-277-2545.

Memorial Day Holiday Schedule:

• Saturday, May 23, 2020 - All Locations Open - Normal Hours (7:00 am – 3:00 pm)

• Monday, May 25, 2020 – All Locations Closed

• Tuesday,  May 26, 2020 – All Locations Open (7:00 am – 6:00 pm) (Westside Normally Closed)

• Wednesday, May 27, 2020 – Resume Normal Hours (7:00 am – 6:00 pm) (McGaughey Chapel Closed)

Tire-Drop Off and HHW Resuming in May

(May 4, 2020) - The Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority will resume tire recycling drop-off for residents on May 5, 2020. Tires can be dropped off only at the Old Dixie Convenience Center (4189 Old Dixie Hwy. Dalton, GA) at this time. Commercial haulers may schedule tire drop-offs by contacting Seth Lassitter at 706-277-2545 or slassitter@dwswa.org.

• Tires (up to 22 inches) = $2 per tire

• Tires on rim (up to 22 inches) = $3 per tire

  • NO GOLF CART, ATV, LAWN MOWER, ETC. TIRES ON THE RIM WILL BE ACCEPTED.

• Tractor trailer tires = $7.50 per tire

• Tractor trailer tires on rim = $25 per tire

• Only accepted at Old Dixie: Bulk Tires = $141.65 per ton

ALL COMMERCIAL LOADS OF TIRES MUST BE PRE-APPROVED PRIOR TO DELIVERY. PRE-APPROVED COMMERCIAL LOADS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED AT THE OLD DIXIE LOCATION.

In addition, we will resume our monthly Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection day on May 16, 2020 from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 4189 Old Dixie Hwy. HHW is for Whitfield County residents only. The HHW facility is open to residents of Whitfield County the third Saturday of every month and accepts leftover household products such as pesticides, old gasoline, batteries, paints and pool chemicals, to name a few.  Employees, that are HAZWOPER certified, inventory collected materials that are then recycled or, if no market exists, disposed of utilizing a licensed hazardous waste incinerator. For more information please call 706-277-2545.

Delayed Openings April 13, 2020

DELAYED OPENINGS APRIL 13, 2020
DWSWA convenience centers will be having delayed openings this morning. Call ahead at 706-277-2545 to check each center's opening this morning. We will open as soon as possible. Thank you.

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 Blvd. Convenience Center in Dalton.

Hundreds of Christmas Trees Recycled in Dalton and Whitfield

Hundreds of Christmas Trees Recycled in Dalton and Whitfield

Dalton and Whitfield County residents started 2020 off right by recycling natural Christmas trees and electronics. Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful’s Annual Bring One for the Chipper Event was held on January 4th, 2020 at Home Depot on 875 Shugart Road and though the weather started off cold and rainy at the event it did not deter residents from doing the right thing.  

Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful volunteers, Whitfield County Public Works, and Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority (DWSWA) employees were on site to collect natural trees and electronics for recycling. After recycling, participants were able to grab a free seedling or vegetable seed packets.

Exactly 100 trees were recycled at the event and 3,243 pounds of electronics were recycled at the event. After the event, Dalton Public Works and DWSWA continued to collect trees for recycling for free and collected an extra 201 trees for recycling.

The mulch from these trees will be used for beautification across the county throughout the year.

Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful wants to thank all of the residents that participated in the event and took the extra time to recycle.

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, visit Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful online: http://www.keepdaltonwhitfieldbeautiful.org