McGaughey Chapel Convenience Center and Recycling Drop-off Site
Cohutta, GA
Facility details
- Address
- 819 McGaughey Chapel Rd
Cohutta, GA 30710 - Phone
- (706) 694-8744
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- dwswa.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Whitfield County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- McGaughey Chapel Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.5 mi · Cohutta, GA
- SBJ Recycling Recycling 5.0 mi · Dalton, GA
- Whitfield Co Firestar Inc Bomedical Waste Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.7 mi · Tunnel Hill, GA
- Green Vulture Recycling 9.5 mi · Dalton, GA
- Self Recycling-Dalton Recycling 9.8 mi · Dalton, GA
- Self Recycling Recycling 9.8 mi · Dalton, GA
- M&M Recycle Recycling 10.1 mi · Dalton, GA
- ML King Convenience Center Transfer Station 10.2 mi · Dalton, GA
- PSC Metals Inc-Dalton Metals 10.2 mi · Dalton, GA
- PSC Metals, LLC Recycling 10.2 mi · Dalton, GA
Nearest landfill: Summit Landfill, Ooltewah — 13.2 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- M Tac Waste Inc1.7 mi · Cohutta, GA · 1 driver
- JDS Enterprises Inc8.0 mi · Tunnel Hill, GA · 1 driver
- Dumpster Service8.0 mi · Tunnel Hill, GA · 1 driver
- Red Clay Waste Solutions LLC8.0 mi · Tunnel Hill, GA · 1 driver
- Elite Portable Services LLC8.0 mi · Tunnel Hill, GA · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Cohutta, Varnell, Tunnel Hill, Apison, TN, Crandall, Dalton, Tennga, Eton, Collegedale, TN, Conasauga, TN, Cleveland, TN, Ringgold.
County context
One of 17 recycling centers in Whitfield County, GA.
26 waste haulers in Whitfield County, GA.
ZIP 30710 at a glance
- Population
- 7,360 (61 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 44
- Households
- Median income $78,819 · 38% earn six figures
- Housing
- 85% owner-occupied · median home value $256,983 · median rent $1,089
- Workforce
- 61% labor-force participation · 5.4% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Georgia solid-waste agency: Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD)