Facility details
- Address
- 4175 Highway 98 E
Athens, GA 30601 - Phone
- (706) 546-6187
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- bearstreeservice.com
- Facility type
- Wood
- County
- Clarke County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
About this facility
A wood recycling facility takes clean wood waste and processes it into mulch, boiler fuel, animal bedding, compost feedstock or engineered-wood inputs. Contractors, tree services, pallet companies and haulers bring pallets, crates, lumber cut-offs, logs, brush and stumps, which are ground in a horizontal grinder or tub grinder and screened. Painted, treated or engineered wood is usually refused or handled separately because of contaminants. Tipping is typically charged by the ton or cubic yard, and many sites sell the finished mulch back to the public. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm whether treated lumber, stumps or mixed loads are accepted and what the current tipping fee is.
Typically accepted at a Wood Recycling Facility
- Pallets and crates
- Clean dimensional lumber
- Logs, brush and stumps
- Land-clearing debris
- Untreated plywood (site dependent)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
County context
One of 4 recycling centers in Clarke County, GA.
12 waste haulers in Clarke County, GA.
ZIP 30601 at a glance
- Population
- 25,899 (428 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 28
- Households
- Median income $39,219 · 17% earn six figures
- Housing
- 32% owner-occupied · median home value $194,999 · median rent $1,232
- Workforce
- 64% labor-force participation · 7.2% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Georgia solid-waste agency: Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD)