Sometimes we have to wonder just what we get for our tax dollars on the local level. Things that comes to mind are law enforcement, public education and roads. But there's another great service that your tax dollars pay for that may be as good as any. That's the three convenience centers in Loudon County. 100% free for all Loudon County residents. The convenient centers are managed by Chris Parks and he does an outstanding job managing the centers and getting the tax payers the best bang for the buck. 

There's one in Lenoir City, Loudon and Greenback. The amount of trash and recyclables that go through these three facilities is unbelievable. The whole concept for the convenience centers is to provide a place for residents to dispose of any kind of waste they have, no charge, and to keep people from being tempted to throw trash and junk in places it shouldn't be.

The centers don't just take garbage, they take and recycle metals, appliances, electronics, paper, plastics, cardboard, motor oil, paint and more.

Last year, the three centers combined for a total of 6,059 tons of household garbage. That's over twelve million pounds of garbage. On the recycling side, the two big ones are cardboard and metal. Last year, they recycled 1,373,588 lbs of cardboard and 1,192,875 lbs. of metals. all recycling was a total of 3,411,946 lbs. That's that many tons of waste that didn't have to go into the landfill and the county actually gets money for most of the recyclables.

As I said before, the convenience centers, are a great deal for Loudon County residents. You can sure pay to have your garbage picked up at your house but you don't have to.

Loudon County has three recycling and convenience centers, located in Greenback, Lenoir City, and Loudon. Please help us reduce the cost of landfill expense and save landfill space by recycling!

Contact Information

Greenback Convenience Center
3840 Highway 95 South
Greenback, TN 37742
Phone: (865) 856-2010

Lenoir City Convenience Center
500 Halls Ferry Road
Lenoir City, TN 37771
Phone: (865) 988-7558

Loudon Convenience Center
300 Rock Quarry Road
Loudon, TN 37774
Phone: (865) 458-8536
 

The Loudon County Recycling and Convenience Centers accept the following materials:

     Cardboard

·        Aluminum cans

·        Appliances - all metals

·        Magazines

·        Newspaper

·        Office paper

·        Used motor oil and filters

·        Antifreeze

·        Computers, monitors, T.V.'s and electronics

·        All batteries

·        All plastics

·        Cell phones

·        Fluorescent light bulbs

·        Oil-based paint (NOTE: oil-based paint is ONLY accepted on Saturdays from 9AM until 2PM)

The centers do not accept these materials:

    Household chemicals

·        Yard waste

·        Hazardous waste

·        Commercial

·        Demolition

·        Dead animals

·        Wood