Rockdale County Recycling Center — Local services in Conyers

Glad that Rockdale County recycles. They do not have curbside service so you need to bring your recyclables here. The staff at the blue bldg. entrance window are friendly, efficient and professional. I waited maybe 8 min. to get in, I was 3rd in line. The line was about 18+ vehicles long at the entrance and west down 20 when I left so I’m going to guess it was probably 35+ min. wait to get it. The first time I was here the staff person took my bucket and sorted the recyclables himself, this time I had to sort the stuff myself as the person standing there pointed in the direction of the bin I needed to put things in. I applaud the residents for being patient enough to wait to drop off their items at the...

If you go on their website it clearly states the center is open until 6:00 today. Even on the their gate it's clearly posted that the center is open until 6:00 today. However the employee told me that management instructed them to close at 3:00 because of an emergency accounting meeting. I just spent the last hour driving around Conyers & Covington trying to find a facility where I could legally dumb the several bags of trash & recyclables I had in the back of my vehicle. It was inconvenient & time consuming. This is not the 1st or 2nd time the center has been closed when their website started...

Even though 50 cents a bag to dump house hold trash is resonable, in all surrounding counties it's free too residents. As a matter of fact, there is an article online that says as of July 1st 2020, house hold trash disposal is FREE. I put it in all caps because that is how it is in the article. Don't see any articles that were more recent to change that. What happened and why are other counties able to provide this...