4 rules for unincorporated Columbia County, Georgia.
Verified from official government sources
Columbia County runs no county-wide curbside garbage service. Unincorporated residents in Evans, Martinez, and the rural areas must contract a licensed private hauler or self-haul. The cities of Grovetown and Harlem run their own city collection.
Columbia County, GA, Code of Ordinances § 70-8(c)
Any person who owns, uses or occupies any land or building in the unincorporated areas of the county shall be responsible for contracting with a properly licensed commercial hauler, or otherwise providing for the collection of such waste and litter, and disposal of such waste and litter at a properly permitted and licensed solid waste disposal facility, on a regular and frequent basis.
Because private haulers collect in Columbia County, day-to-day cart placement follows your hauler's instructions. County code requires that containers never overflow or stay unclosed, and most Evans and Martinez HOAs add their own cart-screening rules.
Columbia County, GA, Code of Ordinances § 70-4(a)(2)
any litter or waste placed into such receptacle or container must not be allowed to accumulate to the point of overflowing the container or receptacle, or to a point where the container or receptacle cannot be closed.
Columbia County offers no county-wide bulk curbside pickup. Large items like appliances and furniture go through your private hauler or are self-hauled. County code bars stuffing appliances, mattresses, and tires into regular trash receptacles.
Columbia County, GA, Code of Ordinances § 70-7(f)
No person shall deposit large noncompatible articles in waste or litter containers or receptacles, including, but not limited to, stoves, refrigerators, other appliances, bed springs, mattresses, scrap tires, air conditioning units or similar items.
Recycling is voluntary in Columbia County; no ordinance requires households to recycle. Residents drop recyclables free at the county recycling center in Grovetown. The one legal mandate is keeping yard trimmings out of regular trash.
Columbia County, GA, Code of Ordinances § 70-5(b)
Yard trimmings shall not be placed in or mixed with solid waste. Yard trimmings include, but are not limited to, grass clippings, leaves, pine straw, shrubbery and limbs.
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