Trash & Recycling in Bartow County, GA (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Bartow County, Georgia.
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Pickup Rules & Schedules
Bartow County runs no municipal curbside pickup in the unincorporated area; private and commercial haulers who collect commercial, industrial, institutional or municipal waste must hold an annual county permit to dump at the Bartow County Landfill. Residents hauling their own household waste in a personal vehicle need no permit.
Waste Collector Permit Rules, Bartow County
Some RestrictionsBartow County Code § 62-61(b)-(c)
(b)All collectors of commercial, industrial, institutional or municipal waste using any type of vehicle must secure a permit in order to dispose of waste at the Bartow County Landfill. Only those collectors of waste that have been issued a permit under this Article may dispose of waste at the Bartow County Landfill. A person may dispose of household waste from his or her own residence at any Ba...
Illegal Dumping
Bartow County Code § 62-182 punishes improper or unpermitted dumping at county solid waste facilities with escalating suspensions of a hauler's permit and dumping privileges, from a first warning up to permanent revocation for repeated violations within three years, on top of magistrate court citations.
Illegal Dumping Penalties, Bartow County Landfill
Significant RestrictionsBartow County Code § 62-182
Except as provided in section 62-183, improper or unpermitted dumping may result in the following actions taken against both the driver and the owner of the vehicle: (1)A citation of warning of permit suspension and/or dumping privileges for the first violation;(2)A citation to magistrate court and not more than a 30-day suspension of permit and/or dumping privileges for a second violation with...
Yard Waste Collection
Unincorporated Bartow County residents may not put yard trimmings, leaves, brush, grass clippings and prunings out for regular landfill pickup. Bartow County Code § 62-151(9) confines yard trimmings to the county's inert landfill only, and § 62-33 defines exactly what counts as yard trimmings under that rule.
Yard Trimmings Disposal Rule, Bartow County
Some RestrictionsBartow County Code §§ 62-33, 62-151(9)
Yard trimmings means leaves, brush, grass, clippings, shrub and tree prunings, discarded Christmas trees, nursery and greenhouse vegetative residuals, and vegetative matter resulting from landscaping development and maintenance other than mining and agricultural and silvicultural operations. ... Yard trimmings generated within the county may be disposed of only in the county inert landfill.
Dumpster Rules
In unincorporated Bartow County, any hauler collecting commercial, industrial, institutional or municipal waste, including roll-off box operators, must hold an annual county landfill permit before dumping at the Bartow County Landfill. Permits cost $25 per vehicle plus $5 per roll-off box, run the calendar year, and must be renewed each December. Household residents using personal noncommercial vehicles are exempt.
Bartow County Commercial Waste Hauler Permits
Some RestrictionsBartow County Code § 62-61
All collectors of commercial, industrial, institutional or municipal waste using any type of vehicle must secure a permit in order to dispose of waste at the Bartow County Landfill. Only those collectors of waste that have been issued a permit under this Article may dispose of waste at the Bartow County Landfill. ... (c)Annual permits shall cost $25.00 per vehicle and $5.00 per roll-off box. Ea...
Recycling Rules
Bartow County Code § 62-181 requires anyone dropping off waste at a county solid waste collection center to be a resident disposing of household garbage only, and to put recyclable materials in the appropriately designated containers, not mixed in with general trash, with attendants authorized to check residency and enforce the rules.
Bartow County Recycling Container Rule
Some RestrictionsBartow County Code § 62-181(a)-(g)
(a)Only household garbage generated by an individual resident of the county may be disposed of at a collection center.(b)No commercially collected solid waste may be disposed of at a collection center.(c)Recyclable materials must be disposed of in the appropriately designated containers only.(d)No waste may be left at the center, except during operating hours.(e)No scavenging is allowed at a co...
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