Each single-family household or small business in unincorporated Richland County gets one county roll cart. It must be at the curb of the nearest public road by 7:00 a.m. on collection day and pulled back in once emptied or by 7:30 p.m.
Under Richland County Code Sec. 12-20 (Garbage), the county provides one roll cart per single-family residential household/small business in the unincorporated area for weekly garbage collection. The cart must be placed at the curbside of the nearest public road by the stated morning deadline and removed after collection so it does not remain at the street. Household garbage is collected from the county-issued cart only; excess or improperly containerized waste may be left uncollected. Residents inside the cities of Columbia, Forest Acres, or Blythewood follow their municipal cart and collection rules instead.
Carts left out past the removal deadline or garbage stored so it becomes a nuisance can draw code-enforcement notice; unresolved piles can be cited as illegal dumping under Chapter 12, with general-penalty fines up to $500.
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