Cooking, Cars, & their Connection

Here in the South we love our fried foods. We also love our cars. But how can they possibly be connected? Fried foods get a bad rap nowadays, but one of the positive benefits from frying -in addition to the wonderful taste we all can't get enough of - is fueling our vehicles. Honest! Now, don't try pouring your french fry oil into your car's gas tank, but you CAN do the next best thing: pour it into our used cooking oil container at the Recycling Center for further refinement into diesel fuel. Used cooking oil is an often overlooked source of recycling and reuse, and saves money, too, by not having to pay to dispose of it through your trash. It's a win-win  and a no-brainer!

Labor Day Closing

 We will be closed Saturday, August 31 and Monday, September 2 in honor of Labor Day. We will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, September 3.

Our next regular volunteer meeting will be at the Recycling Center on Wednesday, September 4 at noon. Bring your lunch and come join the fun!

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Can you believe it?? Labor Day, the traditional "end of summer" blowout is upon us! Where did the summer go? It seems like time is moving faster and faster. Perhaps because here in Georgia we've had the wettest summer on record and so many activities have been 'drowned out'.
      Speaking of rain, DID YOU KNOW?

• The Chattahoochee River supplies 70% of metro Atlanta with its drinking water?
• The Flint River begins in a drainage ditch at the base of Hartsfield International Airport?
• Alabama, Florida and Georgia have been waging a 'water war' over how to share water from  the Chattahoochee River since 1992?
• The Chattoochee River is the southernmost habitat for trout?

All true. Also true: Keep Walton Beautiful and Recycling Center will be closed Saturday, August 31 and Monday September 2 in honor of Labor Day. Have a safe and fun holiday weekend!

Hello?? Hello??

Notice to Walton County citizens - We have been experiencing sporadic phone outages at the Center, and understand many people have tried to contact us unsuccessfully. The County is aware of the problem and is working on it, so we hope to have the problem resolved soon. In the meantime, the best way to contact us by phone is 770-267-1421 x 4. We apologize for the inconvenience and are trying our best to correct the problem. Thank you for your patience!



July 4th

The Recycling Center will be closed Thursday, July 4 in honor of Independence Day.
We will re-open with normal business hours Friday, July 5
Have a wonderful  4th!

We Came, We Saw, We Shredded!



Document Destruction Day 2013 was a huge success!

We want to thank everyone involved involved in this very beneficial progrm. Huge thanks to

The Lindsay Group for their efforts. Mr. Jim Neu, Walter Killings and Jerome Taylor were awesome in in helping to organize, carry out and assist citizens with shredding - are you ready??  - 8200 POUNDS!!  That is 4 times the amount from last year's event . Our sponsors,  Carmichael Drugs, BB&T, Walton C & D Landfill and Caruthers Mill contributed their time and efforts as well -and a big Kudos goes to them. Most of all, we want to thank YOU - the concerned citizens of Walton County for your interest and efforts in recycling and striving for a clean and beautiful Walton County. Keep it up, Walton!

Document Destruction Day is Near!

Our Document Destruction Day 2013 is almost upon us! This Saturday, June 8, don't forget to join us at our annual Documenet Destruction Day shredding event. We will be located at Carmichael Drugs parking lot from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon. There is a limit of 2 bankers size boxes per vehicle allowed at no charge. There will be a $5.00 charge per box for each box over two.

Join us in safely and confidentially disposing of your unwanted documents.