Woodstock's Greenstock Day Returns April 25 with Recycling, Shredding, and Free Donation Drop-Offs

The City of Woodstock will host its 2026 Greenstock Day Recycling and Paper Shredding Event on Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Woodstock City Church at 150 Ridgewalk Parkway. The annual event gives residents a convenient, responsible way to clear out items that have no place in a standard curbside bin, electronics, old documents, worn-out clothing, and more, without those materials ending up in a landfill.

Accepted items cover a wide range of household castoffs: electronics, cell phones, batteries, eyeglasses, gently used clothing, shoes, home goods, hearing aids, magazines, newspapers, cardboard, sporting goods, and compact fluorescent bulbs. Collected electronics will be broken down and processed for reuse, keeping hazardous materials out of local soil and waterways rather than leaching slowly through a landfill.

Several categories of donated items will go directly to people in need. Cell phones, eyeglasses, and hearing aids collected at the event will be forwarded to the Georgia Lions Lighthouse, a statewide nonprofit that provides vision and hearing services to Georgians who cannot afford care on their own. For residents cleaning out a junk drawer or a medicine cabinet, it's a straightforward way to turn clutter into something useful for a neighbor.

Most drop-offs are free, but a handful of bulky electronics carry a small cash-only disposal fee: TVs cost $25, projection TVs cost $40, CRT monitors cost $10, and LCD monitors cost $5. One item to note before loading the car, long tubular fluorescent bulbs are not accepted at this event. Compact fluorescent bulbs are welcome, but must arrive in a sealed, clear plastic bag.

Paper shredding is handled on-site by A1 Shredding & Recycling, with a limit of 10 boxes per vehicle. For residents sitting on years of old tax returns, financial statements, or medical paperwork, it's a practical alternative to hauling documents across town or feeding them one by one through a home shredder. Household hazardous waste falls outside the scope of Greenstock Day, but residents who need to dispose of those materials can do so by appointment at a separate city event scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026.

The timing of Greenstock Day is worth noting: it falls on the same weekend as the City Wide Yard Sale, giving residents a natural two-step strategy, sell what still has value, then recycle or donate whatever doesn't move. Residents who want to participate in the yard sale can submit their address online through April 20, browse listings from other sellers, and pull up an interactive map of sale locations at woodstockparksandrec.com.

Together, the two events reflect a deliberate city effort to keep usable goods circulating locally before they reach the landfill, less a single recycling drive than a community-scale approach to waste reduction. Residents with questions about accepted items or event logistics can visit woodstockga.gov.