The Athens Pride Car is a free service to residents of Athens. The pride car is intended for use the disposal of large items such as appliances, furniture, and brush. It is delivered on the scheduled day to the resident and is picked up on a later day (see chart below), and transported to the landfill and emptied.

To schedule a pride car, call Public Works at (423) 744-2749 or email publicworks@cityofathenstn.com.

In your message, whether delivered by phone or email, please leave your name, address, and phone number.

There are some items that cannot be put in the pride car. Such as, but not limited to:

• Limbs over three (3) inches in diameter
• Hot Ashes
• Food Waste, animal waste or human waste
• Automobile Parts = batteries, transformers, automobile fuel tanks, tires or any large automobile parts
• Combustible Items = gas, oil, paint, lacquer thinner, pesticides, or empty paint/thinner cans, Lp gas tanks
• Building Materials = boards, shingles, lumber, concrete, blocks, rocks, bricks, asbestos, insulation, sheet rock
• Dirt, gravel, or fill materials
• Appliances with compressor still intact (compressor's must be professionally removed prior to pick up)
• Loose leaves
• Household garbage of any kind

	Drop Off	Pick Up		If the pick-up day falls on a holiday, it will be picked up the following working day.
	Monday	Tuesday
	Wednesday	Friday
	Friday	Monday