Recycling

Those residents wishing to recycline may utilize the bins located at White House Middle School on Meadows Road and Woodall Elementary on Eden Way.

 


The City of White House Recycling Program!
The City of White House, in conjunction with QRS Recycling, has a commercial single stream recycling program. With this form of recycling, city residents can put all varieties of recyclables in one container with NO SORTING!

Here is a basic list of what can go in the recycling dumpsters:
• Cardboard
• Paper / newspaper / soft-covered books / telephone directories / magazines / junk mail
• 1-7 Plastics (no plastic film or bubble wrap)
• Aluminum Cans
• Tin Cans
 

Items which are unacceptable:
 • Glass
• Hazardous chemicals
• Herbicide
• Insecticide
• Motor oil
• Paper towel
• Styrofoam
• Toilet paper
• Materials contaminated with food (e.g., pizza boxes*, fast food containers, etc.)

The three drop-off sites are located at:
• The Billy S. Hobbs Municipal Center, via the Highway 31W entrance.
• The White House Police Department, 303 N. Palmers Chapel Road
• The White House Fire Department, 416 Highway 76.
• Walmart, 222 Wilkinson Lane.

Please be considerate and put only the listed recyclables in the containers, and please keep the area free of trash and debris. Thank you.

*Find out more about recycling pizza boxes:
http://www.livescience.com/environment/090302-pizza-box-recycling.html
 

 

 

 

 

 


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Gallatin Recycling Locations

Sumner County Resource Authority
Rappahannock Wire Road
Monday - Friday: 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Accepts: Aluminum cans, tin cans, magazines, newspapers.
For more information, please call the Sumner County Resource Authority at (615) 452-1114.

 

641 Long Hollow Pike
Accepts: Glass bottles, plastic, cardboard, newspaper, tin and aluminum.  Bins are located behind the Public Works Office, 641 Long Hollow Pike.

 

239 Hancock Street
Accepts: Newspapers, magazines, steel and aluminum cans.  Bins are next to the Gallatin Public Utilities Office, 239 Hancock Street.

 

 

 


Join the FreeCycle Movement that's spreading around the world.  There are over 2,500 FreeCycle groups around the planet -- one right here in White House!  Over 1,000,000 people belong to a group.  The goal of FreeCycling is to reduce the amount of useable stuff that winds up being thrown away, filling up our landfills, and using up our natural resources.  Members post items online that they no longer want: a table, a power tool, a bed, a toy, clothes, a computer, whatever.  Another member spots something he/she wants, contacts the current owner, and receives the item for free.  No money changes hands.   Simple and elegant, and less unnecessary waste!  To join the online White House FreeCycle group, please click here.