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Trash & Recycling in Georgia (2026)

319 rules on the books across Georgia, 50 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

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Pickup Rules & Schedules

Trash and recycling collection days, what time to put bins out, and rules about sorting materials for curbside pickup.

Jackson County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Jackson County requires anyone handling or hauling garbage to avoid creating a nuisance, littering…

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Alpharetta

Some Restrictions

Alpharetta issues every residential unit a 95-gallon plastic rollaway cart for garbage under section 38-10, and owners…

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Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Atlanta provides curbside trash and recycling collection for single-family and small multi-family residences (1–3…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Some Restrictions

Garbage in the Urban Services District's residential areas must be at the curb by 8:00 a.m. on collection day and…

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Barrow County

Some Restrictions

Barrow County Code § 78-41 sets the operating standards for anyone collecting and hauling litter or refuse in…

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Bartow County

Some Restrictions

Bartow County runs no municipal curbside pickup in the unincorporated area; private and commercial haulers who collect…

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Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, residential cans cannot be placed more than 150 feet from the curb or road edge…

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Bulloch County

Some Restrictions

Before Bulloch County crews will pick up your trash, Code § 8-57 requires garbage to be drained of liquid and wrapped…

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Carroll County

Some Restrictions

Carroll County restricts its dumpster, bin and green-box receptacles to household waste from county residents under…

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Catoosa County

Some Restrictions

Catoosa County runs no county-wide curbside trash pickup: private haulers who bring commercial, industrial…

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Chatham County

Some Restrictions

Chatham County requires unincorporated-area residents to prepare, separate and store curbside waste under specific…

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Clayton County

Some Restrictions

Clayton County requires refuse contractors to collect residential solid waste at least once a week, using metal or…

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Cobb County

Some Restrictions

Cobb County requires residential customers to bag and tie trash before setout, while recyclables must go loose into the…

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Columbia County

Some Restrictions

Columbia County runs no county-wide curbside garbage service. Unincorporated residents in Evans, Martinez, and the…

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Columbus

Some Restrictions

Columbus, Georgia sets exact curbside windows for trash carts: containers can go out starting 5:30 p.m. the evening…

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Coweta County

Some Restrictions

Coweta County runs no county curbside route. Unincorporated residents either subscribe to a county-licensed private…

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Effingham County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Effingham County, curbside trash pickup runs on exact windows: containers can't go out earlier than…

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Floyd County

Some Restrictions

Once you set out trash for collection in unincorporated Floyd County, only the owner or an authorized collection worker…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Forsyth County limits residential trash pickup to a set weekly window: licensed collectors may service residential…

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Fulton County

Some Restrictions

Owners in unincorporated Fulton County's garbage collection districts must use a closed can or container of the size…

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Glynn County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Glynn County's collection code, § 2-16-255, bars leaving refuse piled up on lots, streets or alleys as…

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Gwinnett County

Some Restrictions

Gwinnett requires residential solid waste to go out in a county-provided 95-gallon cart, with no overage except during…

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Hall County

Some Restrictions

At Hall County's solid waste compactor and container sites, household garbage must be bagged in sturdy, closed paper or…

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Marietta

Some Restrictions

Marietta lets residents set recycling bins curbside after 5:00 p.m. the night before pickup, but once material is…

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Paulding County

Some Restrictions

Paulding County has no curbside pickup ordinance; residents and haulers take waste to the county transfer station…

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Rockdale County

Some Restrictions

Rockdale County Code § 78-7 requires every owner, occupant, tenant and lessee of a commercial, institutional or…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Roswell's curbside collectors won't take vehicle batteries or hazardous waste, and setting them out for pickup is a…

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Smyrna

Some Restrictions

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, garbage cans, bags and boxes cannot go to the curb before 6:00 p.m. the evening before…

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South Fulton

Some Restrictions

South Fulton requires every home, business and property that generates solid waste to use the city's own collection…

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Spalding County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Spalding County, garbage and rubbish must be stored in a proper container until pickup; unauthorized…

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Stonecrest

Some Restrictions

In the City of Stonecrest, DeKalb County and its licensed haulers collect residential refuse twice each week and…

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Troup County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Troup County residents must store garbage properly for collection: Sec. 7.1(4) bans hazardous materials…

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Walker County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Walker County, anyone collecting solid waste must hold a Collector permit issued under County Code §…

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Walton County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Walton County residents must set refuse receptacles, rubbish and bundles at the roadside on their…

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Whitfield County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Whitfield County, only a collector holding a valid permit under Code § 7-85 may pick up your…

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Dougherty County

Light Restrictions

Licensed collectors under contract with unincorporated Dougherty County homeowners must pick up nominal amounts of…

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Bin Placement Rules

Where to position trash and recycling carts, when they may go to the curb and must come back, and the screening or enclosure rules for where bins live between pickups.

Acworth

Some Restrictions

Sec. 78-7 requires Acworth residents to roll their city-issued 95-gallon sanitation cart to the curb by 6:30 a.m. on…

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Alpharetta

Some Restrictions

In the City of Alpharetta, residential garbage containers cannot sit in a street or alley right-of-way and cannot be…

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Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Atlanta requires trash and recycling carts to sit between the sidewalk and curb, no more than ten feet out, and bars…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Some Restrictions

Augusta-Richmond County zoning rules require dumpster and recycling bin pads to sit on concrete, clear of parking…

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Barrow County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Barrow County, every tenant, lessee or occupant of a residence or establishment must provide enough…

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Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, residents cannot set refuse at the curb before 5:00 p.m. on the day before…

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Bulloch County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Bulloch County, every property owner or occupant whose building materials, business trash or…

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Carroll County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia, there is no curbside pickup; residents haul household garbage to county-run…

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Chatham County

Some Restrictions

In the City of Savannah, residential refuse carts should be placed at curbside by 7 a.m. on collection day and removed…

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Cherokee County

Some Restrictions

Cherokee County's Code of Ordinances requires every dwelling's garbage cans to be rat-proofed, insect-proofed…

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Clayton County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Clayton County, refuse containers stay behind the building line until the scheduled pickup day, when…

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Cobb County

Some Restrictions

Cobb County limits how long garbage carts can sit streetside: no earlier than 6 p.m. the evening before pickup, gone by…

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Columbia County

Some Restrictions

Trash placed in a Columbia County receptacle can't be allowed to overflow or block the lid from closing, and it must…

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Columbus

Some Restrictions

Columbus, Georgia limits residential garbage and recycling carts to curbside placement no earlier than 5:30 p.m. the…

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Coweta County

Some Restrictions

Coweta County requires occupants of single-family, condo, and multifamily homes not served by a common dumpster to set…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

Decatur, Georgia tells residents exactly where garbage carts must sit between pickups and exactly when they can hit the…

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DeKalb County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated DeKalb County, residents must move garbage carts off the curb into a storage spot closer to the house…

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Dougherty County

Some Restrictions

Every residence and business in unincorporated Dougherty County must supply enough waste containers to hold what it…

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Dunwoody

Some Restrictions

Dunwoody requires refuse and recycling containers to be hidden from public view. A solid wall or opaque fence at least…

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Effingham County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Effingham County, each residential unit is issued a single 90-gallon cart for weekly collection. Code…

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Floyd County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Floyd County residents can't stockpile refuse outside a home or building unless it's in proper…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Set carts at the curb per your private hauler's instructions. County code defines the curbside setout zone as no more…

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Glynn County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Glynn County, County Code § 2-16-254(b) sets the placement window for curbside refuse: containers go…

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Gwinnett County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Gwinnett residents may not roll garbage carts to the curb before 3:30 p.m. the day before pickup and…

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Henry County

Some Restrictions

Henry County requires unincorporated-area residents to set refuse at the curb no earlier than dusk the day before…

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Houston County

Some Restrictions

Houston County residents must place solid waste carts at the curbside pickup spot by 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled…

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Johns Creek

Some Restrictions

Johns Creek residents can't put waste and recycling carts out earlier than 24 hours before pickup and must pull them…

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Macon Bibb County

Some Restrictions

Macon-Bibb County tells residents exactly where to put solid waste carts for pickup under Code § 22-9: next to the…

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Marietta

Some Restrictions

Marietta requires garbage containers to be weatherproofed and animal-proofed when stored outside, kept at the rear of…

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Newton County

Some Restrictions

For unincorporated Newton County households on curbside pickup, section 42-65(e)(2) fixes a strict set-out window…

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Paulding County

Some Restrictions

With no county curbside program, Paulding's rules focus on keeping garbage containers clean and off the road edge…

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Rockdale County

Some Restrictions

Under the Unified Development Ordinance (Title 2 of the Code), commercial dumpsters in unincorporated Rockdale County…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Roswell, Georgia (Fulton County) requires household garbage and recycling carts at the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m…

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Sandy Springs

Some Restrictions

Sandy Springs bars trash and recycling containers from sitting in the public right-of-way and from blocking sidewalks…

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South Fulton

Some Restrictions

South Fulton limits where residential trash and recycling carts can sit under Sec. 6-2004.7: no more than two feet from…

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Spalding County

Some Restrictions

Spalding County requires garbage containers to be durable, tightly covered, rodent-proof and hold between 15 and 35…

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Stonecrest

Some Restrictions

In the City of Stonecrest, occupants not served by a commercial container must place garbage receptacles, tied bags and…

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Walton County

Some Restrictions

Section 46-41 tells unincorporated Walton County residents when and where to put out trash: receptacles go roadside no…

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Warner Robins

Some Restrictions

Warner Robins requires automated refuse carts curbside by 7 a.m. on collection day and off the street by 7 p.m., set no…

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Bulk Item Disposal

How to dispose of large items like furniture, appliances, and mattresses, including scheduled pickups and drop-off locations.

Acworth

Some Restrictions

Acworth collects large appliances and furniture under Sec. 78-9, but only after a resident calls ahead to schedule the…

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Alpharetta

Some Restrictions

The City of Alpharetta does not pick up furniture, appliances, swings and other inert trash on the regular garbage day…

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Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Atlanta provides bulk item pickup service for residential properties through the Department of Public Works. Residents…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Some Restrictions

Augusta-Richmond County collects brush, limbs and rough trash on a set weekday schedule, but only if the pile meets…

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Barrow County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Barrow County makes the property owner responsible for arranging and paying for removal of discarded…

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Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, heavy brush and branches are cut to no more than four feet and stacked at the curb…

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Bulloch County

Some Restrictions

Leaving dilapidated furniture, appliances, machinery or a junk vehicle outside and not enclosed in a building is…

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Chatham County

Some Restrictions

Chatham County residents can self-haul bulky items and dry trash to county disposal sites; under Code §21-316 a…

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Cherokee County

Some Restrictions

Cherokee County keeps yard trimmings, leaves, brush and prunings separate from household garbage: they cannot go into…

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Clayton County

Some Restrictions

Clayton County's regular collection excludes large appliances, furniture, tires, and other bulky items that a…

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Columbia County

Some Restrictions

Columbia County offers no county-wide bulk curbside pickup. Large items like appliances and furniture go through your…

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Columbus

Some Restrictions

Columbus, Georgia's solid waste code lets the Department of Public Works collect bulky junk that will not fit in a…

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Coweta County

Some Restrictions

Coweta County has no bulk curbside day. Large items like furniture, appliances, and mattresses cannot go in compactor…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

Furniture and worn-out appliances get their own curbside rules in Decatur, Georgia: large trash that won't fit in a bag…

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Effingham County

Some Restrictions

Large discarded items over three feet in any dimension or 50 pounds, from mattresses to refrigerators, only get…

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Floyd County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Floyd County residents get one free yard debris pickup per quarter under Floyd County Code § 2-7-66/67…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Forsyth County provides no curbside bulk pickup. Bulky waste like appliances and furniture goes through your private…

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Fulton County

Some Restrictions

Registered haulers in unincorporated Fulton County collect worn-out appliances and discarded furniture at curbside on…

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Glynn County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Glynn County, oversized yard debris must be bundled to no more than 36 by 24 by 24 inches and 40…

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Gwinnett County

Some Restrictions

Gwinnett County defines bulky waste as items over three feet or 50 pounds and has each residential service provider…

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Henry County

Some Restrictions

Henry County requires licensed haulers to collect worn-out appliances, furniture, and tires at least weekly, with an…

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Houston County

Some Restrictions

Houston County collects bulky waste, like furniture and white goods, once a week alongside regular garbage under…

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Johns Creek

Some Restrictions

Johns Creek's basic residential service includes bulky trash collection once a month, covering large items like…

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Macon Bibb County

Some Restrictions

Bricks, broken concrete, lumber, ashes, sand, gravel, automobile frames, and dead trees don't get picked up with the…

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Marietta

Some Restrictions

Marietta's public works department collects household garbage, recyclables and yard trimmings under 200 cubic feet…

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Paulding County

Some Restrictions

Paulding has no county bulk-pickup day. Residents haul large items to the county landfill; appliances with freon carry…

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Rockdale County

Some Restrictions

Rockdale County Code § 78-9 requires bulk trash from holidays, moving or cleanup to be bundled to no more than 50…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Large items like appliances, furniture, carpet and mattresses aren't part of routine Roswell garbage service: residents…

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Smyrna

Some Restrictions

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, the city collects large furniture and large appliances left at the street curb for a…

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South Fulton

Some Restrictions

South Fulton collects one cubic yard of bulk waste per residential account monthly at no charge; anything placed…

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Stonecrest

Some Restrictions

In the City of Stonecrest, tree branches and heavy brush that will not fit in a container must be cut to no more than…

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Warner Robins

Some Restrictions

Warner Robins collects one bulk trash pile per address per week, capped at a five-by-ten-foot pile, set out between the…

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Whitfield County

Some Restrictions

Large household items in unincorporated Whitfield County, think old washing machines, refrigerators, furniture, tree…

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Newton County

Light Restrictions

Newton County does not run a curbside bulk pickup program: under section 42-66(i), property owners must remove their…

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Recycling Requirements

Mandatory recycling rules including which materials must be separated, contamination penalties, and composting requirements.

Georgia: statewide

StatewideSome Restrictions

Georgia prohibits disposing of yard trimmings in municipal solid waste landfills. Grass, leaves, and limbs may only go…

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Acworth

Some Restrictions

Acworth does not run a residential curbside recycling route; instead Code § 54-92(b) regulates the city's designated…

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Alpharetta

Some Restrictions

Section 38-11 of the Alpharetta Code of Ordinances gives the city discretion, not a mandate, to provide recycling…

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Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Atlanta provides single-stream recycling collection for residential properties. The city's recycling program accepts…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Some Restrictions

Augusta-Richmond County's zoning ordinance requires multi-family and B-1 business developments to provide dumpsters and…

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Chatham County

Some Restrictions

Chatham County Code §21-408 establishes a recycling program at county drop-off centers and encourages all residents, in…

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Clayton County

Some Restrictions

Georgia law, incorporated in Clayton County Sec. 78-7(4), bans yard trimmings from municipal landfills. Grass, leaves…

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Cobb County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Cobb County requires every permitted residential collector to offer recyclable-materials pickup on a…

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Columbia County

Some Restrictions

Columbia County bars mixing yard trimmings, grass clippings, leaves, pine straw, shrubbery, and limbs, into regular…

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Columbus

Some Restrictions

Columbus, Georgia's commercial and institutional solid waste rate bundles a mandatory 95-gallon curbside recyclables…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

Apartment and condo properties in Decatur, Georgia with more than four units that aren't on city residential pickup…

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Fulton County

Some Restrictions

Registered haulers serving unincorporated Fulton County must provide curbside recycling collection, including a…

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Hall County

Some Restrictions

Hall County caps how much recyclable corrugated cardboard private disposal facilities may accept for burial: anything…

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Henry County

Some Restrictions

Henry County bars excluded items like batteries and tires from the regular waste stream and requires every residential…

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Johns Creek

Some Restrictions

Johns Creek requires registered haulers to collect recyclables weekly for every residence and business, using…

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Macon Bibb County

Some Restrictions

Macon-Bibb County runs a single-stream recycling program: every residential and commercial user of county solid waste…

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Marietta

Some Restrictions

Marietta's recycling containers must be protected from animals and litter, with newspaper sacks set out after 5:00 p.m…

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Rockdale County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Rockdale County has no curbside recycling pickup: residents recycle by hauling material to the county…

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Sandy Springs

Some Restrictions

Every residential waste hauler under contract with Sandy Springs must offer curbside recycling to single-family…

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Effingham County

Light Restrictions

Unincorporated Effingham County doesn't guarantee curbside recycling to every household; residential recovered…

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Gwinnett County

Light Restrictions

Recycling pickup in unincorporated Gwinnett County is opt-in: a resident must contact the area's residential service…

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Roswell

Light Restrictions

Roswell collects household recycling citywide and will give every occupied residence a curbside recycling container on…

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Smyrna

Light Restrictions

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, the city or its contractor provides weekly collection of recyclable materials. The city…

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South Fulton

Light Restrictions

South Fulton may provide recycling collection bins through its service provider, and residents who receive one must…

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Walton County

Light Restrictions

Walton County requires every licensed hauler to offer curbside recycling under Sec. 46-39(3), but participation is…

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Coweta County

Few Restrictions

Recycling is voluntary in Coweta County. Georgia has no residential recycling mandate. The county takes recyclables…

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Forsyth County

Few Restrictions

Recycling is voluntary in Forsyth County; there is no residential recycling mandate. Residents drop off recyclables…

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Holiday Pickup Schedule

How collection days shift around major holidays, where to verify the current schedule, and rules for putting bins out around shifted pickup dates.

Cobb County

Some Restrictions

Cobb County doesn't cancel trash pickup for holidays: it shifts it. Code of Ordinances § 102-70(2) requires every…

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Dougherty County

Some Restrictions

The county-operated Gaissert Road landfill runs 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00…

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Walton County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Walton County, licensed residential haulers must still pick up trash at least once during any week…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Light Restrictions

Augusta's Solid Waste Facility observes New Years Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and…

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Bulloch County

Light Restrictions

Bulloch County suspends garbage collection on New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day…

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DeKalb County

Light Restrictions

DeKalb County Sanitation skips pickup on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026 and moves Thursday customers to Friday. Christmas Day…

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Effingham County

Light Restrictions

Effingham County's contracted hauler collects residential trash between 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday…

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Macon Bibb County

Light Restrictions

Macon-Bibb County's code leaves holiday pickup delays to the director of solid waste (Sec. 22-25(h)), and the county…

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South Fulton

Light Restrictions

South Fulton's solid waste providers do not collect on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day, and Sec…

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Illegal Dumping

Penalties and enforcement for dumping trash, debris, or hazardous materials on private or public property without authorization.

Atlanta

Heavy Restrictions

Atlanta bans dumping garbage, trash or solid waste on any public or private property, with or without the owner's…

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Barrow County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping litter, hazardous waste or any other refuse on public or private property anywhere in unincorporated Barrow…

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Bulloch County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping litter or waste anywhere in unincorporated Bulloch County outside an approved landfill, transfer station or…

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Carroll County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping garbage, refuse, dead animals or other offensive matter on any road, private property without the owner's…

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Catoosa County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping, throwing or leaving litter on any public or private property or waters in unincorporated Catoosa County is a…

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Clayton County

Heavy Restrictions

Clayton County's Litter Control Code (Sec. 62-30.1) makes it unlawful to dump or leave litter on any public or private…

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Cobb County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping, throwing, or leaving litter on public or private property in unincorporated Cobb County is a misdemeanor under…

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Columbia County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping litter, waste, or scrap tires anywhere in unincorporated Columbia County is unlawful unless it goes to a…

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Columbus

Heavy Restrictions

Columbus, Georgia bans dumping solid waste, noxious materials, or offensive liquids on any land, street, or waterway…

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Coweta County

Heavy Restrictions

Coweta County bans dumping litter, abandoned furniture, or household trash on public or private property or in county…

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Fayette County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping litter on public or private property or waters in Fayette County is banned outright under Code § 16-137, with…

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Fulton County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping solid waste on public rights-of-way, parks, or facilities in unincorporated Fulton County violates the solid…

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Glynn County

Heavy Restrictions

Glynn County's Clean Community Ordinance bans dumping, discarding or dropping litter on any public or private property…

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Gordon County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping litter on public or private property or in waters in unincorporated Gordon County is a misdemeanor under Gordon…

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Henry County

Heavy Restrictions

Henry County bans dumping litter on any public or private property or in county waters unless it goes to a designated…

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Jackson County

Heavy Restrictions

In unincorporated Jackson County it is unlawful to dump, deposit, throw, or leave refuse on any road, street, or public…

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Macon Bibb County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping junk, trash, or yard waste on a Macon-Bibb County street, sidewalk, alley, or into the storm drainage system…

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Newton County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping, depositing or throwing solid waste on any road, street or public or private property in unincorporated Newton…

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Paulding County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping or leaving litter on any public or private property or in county waters is illegal under Paulding County's…

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Rockdale County

Heavy Restrictions

Illegal dumping anywhere in unincorporated Rockdale County, on a public road, right-of-way, waterway or someone else's…

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Sandy Springs

Heavy Restrictions

Sandy Springs bans dumping, throwing or leaving litter on any public or private property or waters in the city, and…

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Smyrna

Heavy Restrictions

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, it is unlawful to dump or leave litter on any public or private property, or to put…

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Stonecrest

Heavy Restrictions

In the City of Stonecrest, dumping garbage, refuse, litter, junk, appliances, or brush anywhere in the city outside an…

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Troup County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping, throwing or leaving litter on public or private property in unincorporated Troup County is unlawful under Sec…

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Walker County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping, depositing or throwing litter on public or private property or in any water within unincorporated Walker…

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Walton County

Heavy Restrictions

Walton County bans open dumping of solid waste on any property in the unincorporated area under Sec. 46-35(c). A…

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Bartow County

Significant Restrictions

Bartow County Code § 62-182 punishes improper or unpermitted dumping at county solid waste facilities with escalating…

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Brookhaven

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, Brookhaven Code § 22-4 makes it unlawful to dump garbage, refuse, litter, junk…

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Cherokee County

Significant Restrictions

Cherokee County makes it illegal to throw or deposit litter on any private property, whether you own it or not, under §…

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Decatur

Significant Restrictions

Dumping refuse, building material or discarded vehicle parts anywhere in Decatur, Georgia without city commission…

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DeKalb County

Significant Restrictions

Dumping, throwing or leaving litter on public or private property in unincorporated DeKalb is unlawful unless it's your…

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Gwinnett County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Gwinnett County makes it unlawful to dump or leave litter on public or private property or waters, with…

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South Fulton

Significant Restrictions

South Fulton bars dumping litter or waste on any public or private property or into the city's streams and stormwater…

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Spalding County

Significant Restrictions

Dumping litter on public or private property or waters in unincorporated Spalding County is unlawful under the county's…

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Acworth

Some Restrictions

Acworth Code § 54-92(a) bans intentionally dumping 'egregious litter' anywhere in the city without a permit, covering…

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Alpharetta

Some Restrictions

Dumping litter on public or private property in Alpharetta without authorization is unlawful, and a conviction brings a…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Some Restrictions

Augusta-Richmond County bans dumping or leaving litter on any public or private property without authorization, and…

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Chatham County

Some Restrictions

Chatham County Code §21-313 makes it unlawful to dump, deposit, or leave litter on any public or private property in…

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Dougherty County

Some Restrictions

Dumping, throwing, or leaving litter on any road, street, or public or private property in unincorporated Dougherty…

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Dunwoody

Some Restrictions

Dunwoody's litter-control ordinance bans dumping, depositing or throwing litter on any public or private property or…

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Effingham County

Some Restrictions

Sec. 42-4 of the county code bars dumping, depositing or throwing litter, including construction-site waste like…

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Floyd County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Floyd County requires all solid waste to go to a licensed disposal site, and bans dumping vehicle…

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Hall County

Some Restrictions

Dumping, depositing, throwing or leaving litter on any public or private property or waters in Hall County is unlawful…

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Houston County

Some Restrictions

It is unlawful in Houston County to dump or bury garbage, refuse, or rubbish anywhere in the solid waste district…

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Johns Creek

Some Restrictions

Dumping, throwing, or leaving litter on public or private property or waters in Johns Creek is punishable by a $200 to…

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Marietta

Some Restrictions

Marietta bans dumping waste into streets, streams or sewers, or placing trash on property or in a container different…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Dumping or littering on public or private property or waters in Roswell is unlawful, punishable by a fine of $200 to…

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Warner Robins

Some Restrictions

Warner Robins forbids letting any property in the city become 'a dumping place for rubbish of all kinds and…

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Whitfield County

Some Restrictions

Dumping litter on public or private property or waters in unincorporated Whitfield County is banned under Sec. 7.5-52…

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Yard Waste Collection

Rules for separating grass clippings, leaves, branches, and other yard waste from regular trash, including pickup days and bag/bin requirements.

Brookhaven

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, yard trimmings cannot go in or be mixed with municipal solid waste, and they cannot…

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Acworth

Some Restrictions

Acworth picks up yard waste and dry items once a week under Sec. 78-8, but only if clippings and limbs are bagged or…

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Alpharetta

Some Restrictions

Alpharetta requires every occupier of land to separate grass, leaves, pine straw, thatch, pine cones and hedge…

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Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Atlanta requires single-family residents to bag yard trimmings separately from trash in city-approved paper bags or…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Some Restrictions

Augusta-Richmond County requires grass, leaves, and shrubbery trimmings to be bagged, and brush and limbs bundled under…

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Bartow County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Bartow County residents may not put yard trimmings, leaves, brush, grass clippings and prunings out for…

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Bulloch County

Some Restrictions

Bulloch County does not pick up yard trash in a regular garbage receptacle: Code § 8-57(g) bars it from garbage…

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Chatham County

Some Restrictions

Chatham County runs a weekly curbside pickup for yard waste, leaves, pine straw, grass clippings and brush, plus a…

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Cherokee County

Some Restrictions

Cherokee County bans mixing yard trimmings, leaves, brush, grass clippings and Christmas trees into household trash or…

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Cobb County

Some Restrictions

Since September 1, 1996, Cobb County has banned mixing yard trimmings with municipal solid waste anywhere in…

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Columbus

Some Restrictions

Columbus, Georgia collects leaves, grass clippings, and yard trimmings on scheduled days, and requires cut branches and…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

The City of Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia keeps yard trimmings out of the regular trash stream and sets hard limits…

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DeKalb County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated DeKalb County residents must keep yard trimmings separate from household trash and set them out in an…

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Dougherty County

Some Restrictions

Dougherty County has barred yard trimmings from its Gaissert Road landfill since September 1, 1996, acting under the…

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Effingham County

Some Restrictions

Yard trimmings in unincorporated Effingham County must be kept separate from household trash and can't sit at the curb…

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Fayette County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Fayette County bans yard trimmings, leaves, brush, grass clippings and Christmas trees from the landfill…

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Floyd County

Some Restrictions

Floyd County residents adjacent to a county right-of-way get one free yard debris pickup per quarter, up to three cubic…

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Fulton County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Fulton County haulers must collect yard trimmings curbside at least every other week, but Fulton County…

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Gordon County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Gordon County, Gordon County Code § 15-102 makes it unlawful to place or mix yard trimmings with…

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Gwinnett County

Some Restrictions

Gwinnett caps optional yard trimmings collection at $10.00 a month per residential service unit, with a discount for a…

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Hall County

Some Restrictions

Hall County's solid waste code keeps yard trimmings out of the sanitary landfill and every county compactor site…

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Houston County

Some Restrictions

Houston County collects residential yard waste curbside once a week alongside garbage and bulky waste, but only if it's…

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Johns Creek

Some Restrictions

Johns Creek requires registered haulers to collect yard trimmings from every residential address at least once a week…

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Macon Bibb County

Some Restrictions

Macon-Bibb County picks up yard trimmings every two weeks, but the code sets strict limits on how you set it out…

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Marietta

Some Restrictions

Marietta requires yard trimmings and brush at curbside before 7:00 a.m. on collection day, cut to six-foot lengths with…

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Newton County

Some Restrictions

Newton County Code lets residents compost yard trimmings, leaves and branches on their own property, or requires the…

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Rockdale County

Some Restrictions

Rockdale County Code § 78-14(b) bars mixing yard trimmings with regular household trash and bans sending them to a…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Roswell requires yard waste bagged in 30- to 50-gallon Kraft paper sacks or similar containers, caps routine weekly…

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Smyrna

Some Restrictions

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, yard waste is collected weekly: limbs no more than six inches thick and five feet long…

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South Fulton

Some Restrictions

South Fulton residents may set yard debris curbside up to 72 hours before pickup, placed behind the curb line and at…

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Stonecrest

Some Restrictions

In the City of Stonecrest, Code Sec. 22-35 bars mixing yard trimmings with regular municipal solid waste and bans…

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Troup County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Troup County bans mixing yard trimmings with other solid waste. Sec. 7.2 makes it unlawful to place or…

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Warner Robins

Some Restrictions

Warner Robins picks up yard trimmings twice a month, one pile per address, capped at a five-by-ten-foot load. Cut limbs…

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Whitfield County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Whitfield County, yard trimmings such as leaves, brush, grass clippings and tree prunings cannot be…

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Dumpster Rules

Permits and placement rules for residential or construction dumpsters, including how long they can stay and ROW obstruction limits.

Atlanta

Significant Restrictions

Placing a roll-off dumpster on an Atlanta street or right-of-way requires a Department of Transportation permit, proof…

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Chatham County

Significant Restrictions

Chatham County requires multi-family, commercial, institutional and industrial properties to keep garbage in engineered…

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Forsyth County

Significant Restrictions

Forsyth County bans dumpsters in every residential district except for multifamily communities or short-term…

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Stonecrest

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Stonecrest, a business cannot install a stationary compactor or industrial waste container without…

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Acworth

Some Restrictions

Acworth requires commercial dumpsters to sit inside a three-sided solid enclosure with a matching opaque gate, placed…

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Alpharetta

Some Restrictions

In the City of Alpharetta, commercial and industrial customers get roll-off dumpsters and compactor service from the…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Some Restrictions

Augusta-Richmond County's B-1 business zone requires trash and recycling dumpsters on a concrete pad, clear of parking…

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Barrow County

Some Restrictions

Commercial dumpsters and roll-off receptacles in unincorporated Barrow County must sit on a concrete pad, be screened…

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Bartow County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Bartow County, any hauler collecting commercial, industrial, institutional or municipal waste…

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Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, dumpsters of 1.5 cubic yards or more must be screened by a masonry wall at least…

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Bulloch County

Some Restrictions

Every commercial establishment, qualifying multi-unit development and manufactured home community in unincorporated…

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Carroll County

Some Restrictions

Along Carroll County, Georgia's designated highway corridors, the Corridor Development Plan at Carroll County Code §…

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Cherokee County

Some Restrictions

Cherokee County requires every dumpster and drop box to carry a lid that stays closed except when in use, keeping…

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Clayton County

Some Restrictions

Clayton County's zoning ordinance requires every permanent dumpster or trash refuse area in the unincorporated county…

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Cobb County

Some Restrictions

Cobb County limits homeowners to one temporary dumpster, placed on a hardened surface, for up to 30 days per year in…

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Columbia County

Some Restrictions

Every dumpster or waste container in unincorporated Columbia County must stay sanitary and closed, under section 70-7…

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Columbus

Some Restrictions

Columbus, Georgia requires commercial and multifamily dumpsters to sit at least 25 feet from a residential zoning…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

In the City of Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia, every commercial establishment, condominium or multiple dwelling must…

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DeKalb County

Some Restrictions

Construction dumpsters and other onsite waste-disposal equipment can't sit in the street in unincorporated DeKalb…

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Dougherty County

Some Restrictions

Only the owner of a commercial dumpster in unincorporated Dougherty County may disturb it, remove its contents, or…

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Effingham County

Some Restrictions

Commercial and institutional generators of more than 100 pounds of waste weekly in unincorporated Effingham County…

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Fayette County

Some Restrictions

Nonresidential dumpster and refuse areas in unincorporated Fayette County must sit to the side or rear of the principal…

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Fulton County

Some Restrictions

Every lot in unincorporated Fulton County improved with anything other than a single-family home must show its refuse…

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Glynn County

Some Restrictions

Every commercial establishment in unincorporated Glynn County must keep an on-site bulk container for its trash under…

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Gordon County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, a dumpster needs a solid masonry wall or opaque fence 6 to 8 feet tall, an…

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Gwinnett County

Some Restrictions

Commercial dumpsters in unincorporated Gwinnett County must sit in a rear or side yard, never the front, at least 5…

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Hall County

Some Restrictions

Within Hall County's Gateway Corridor Overlay District, new commercial, office, institutional and industrial buildings…

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Jackson County

Some Restrictions

Commercial dumpsters and trash receptacles in unincorporated Jackson County must sit behind the principal building, out…

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Johns Creek

Some Restrictions

In Johns Creek's Town Center Overlay, trash and recycling dumpsters must sit to the side or rear of the building and be…

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Macon Bibb County

Some Restrictions

Commercial properties in Macon-Bibb County must store solid waste in county-furnished wheeled carts or in a dumpster…

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Marietta

Some Restrictions

Marietta bans parking a bulk container in a public right-of-way without a public works permit. Bulk containers must be…

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Rockdale County

Some Restrictions

Sec. 226-3 of the county's Unified Development Ordinance requires commercial dumpsters in unincorporated Rockdale…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Commercial dumpsters in Roswell must sit exactly where the environmental/public works director directs; a blocked or…

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Smyrna

Some Restrictions

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, every new residential or commercial dumpster must be screened on three sides by a fence…

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South Fulton

Some Restrictions

South Fulton requires every commercial and residential dumpster installed after the ordinance's effective date to be…

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Spalding County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Spalding County, any service, loading or refuse area sitting between a building and a public street…

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Troup County

Some Restrictions

Commercial and industrial developments in unincorporated Troup County must screen dumpsters from view. Sec. 9.16(2)…

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Walker County

Some Restrictions

Commercial roll-off dumpsters and construction containers left on a Walker County site for more than 30 days without…

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Walton County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Walton County, commercial dumpsters must sit on a concrete pad located to the rear of the building…

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Warner Robins

Some Restrictions

Warner Robins commercial dumpster customers must keep the container site free of litter and debris, and can share a…

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Whitfield County

Some Restrictions

Commercial dumpsters and roll-off containers used to collect solid waste in unincorporated Whitfield County must meet…

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Collection Schedule

Day-of-week pickup schedules by neighborhood, set-out and take-back time windows, and where to find your specific block's schedule.

Glynn County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated Glynn County's Solid Waste Collection Ordinance, § 2-16-262, applies to every unincorporated area except…

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Effingham County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Effingham County, every residential unit must use the county's contracted residential service…

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Acworth

Some Restrictions

Sec. 78-3 requires every single-family and two-family dwelling in Acworth to carry city solid waste service, and Sec…

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Alpharetta

Some Restrictions

Alpharetta requires every occupant who generates garbage to use the city's collection service, either run directly by…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Some Restrictions

Augusta-Richmond County runs two garbage schedules inside the Urban Services District: nightly weekday pickup in the…

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Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, residential units receive refuse collection once each week, and commercial…

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Bulloch County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Bulloch County, the county manager controls trash collection, transportation and disposal and can…

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Carroll County

Some Restrictions

Anyone providing solid waste collection service in unincorporated Carroll County must collect at least once a week, and…

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Chatham County

Some Restrictions

Every property owner and occupant in unincorporated Chatham County must clear away accumulating household trash at…

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Clayton County

Some Restrictions

Clayton County requires its licensed sanitation contractors to pick up residential garbage at least once a week, and…

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Cobb County

Some Restrictions

Cobb County requires every permitted residential hauler working the unincorporated area to collect household trash at…

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Columbus

Some Restrictions

Every household, business and multifamily building in Columbus, Georgia must keep enough approved solid waste…

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Coweta County

Some Restrictions

Coweta County requires every licensed hauler to provide at least weekly curbside collection of residential solid waste…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

Decatur, Georgia runs residential refuse and recycling pickup once a week by code, with commercial properties and…

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DeKalb County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated DeKalb County residents get residential refuse collected twice a week by the county, except oversized…

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Dougherty County

Some Restrictions

Licensed solid waste collectors under contract with unincorporated Dougherty County homeowners must pick up household…

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Fulton County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Fulton County, registered haulers must provide weekly curbside collection of household solid waste…

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Gwinnett County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Gwinnett County splits into five residential service areas, each served by one contracted hauler under a…

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Hall County

Some Restrictions

Hall County does not run curbside pickup routes for unincorporated residents; instead, section 8.60.040 requires the…

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Henry County

Some Restrictions

Henry County requires every licensee to provide weekly curbside collection of residential solid waste, with uniform…

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Houston County

Some Restrictions

Houston County runs mandatory once-a-week garbage collection and twice-monthly recycling pickup for every residential…

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Johns Creek

Some Restrictions

Every Johns Creek household and business must be served by a city-registered hauler for weekly garbage and recycling…

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Macon Bibb County

Some Restrictions

Every developed residential and commercial property in Macon-Bibb County is entitled to at least one garbage pickup a…

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Marietta

Some Restrictions

Marietta's public works department is the only lawful collector for single-family and two-family homes, running weekly…

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Newton County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Newton County, every household must clear its trash at least once a week under County Code Sec…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

The City of Roswell collects household garbage, recycling and yard waste itself: private haulers aren't permitted…

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Sandy Springs

Some Restrictions

Sandy Springs limits residential and commercial waste collection to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday…

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Smyrna

Some Restrictions

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, the city provides once weekly collection of garbage and dry solid waste. Every owner…

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South Fulton

Some Restrictions

South Fulton collects residential solid waste at least once a week under Sec. 6-2003.4(a), with businesses ordering…

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Spalding County

Some Restrictions

Collection days for unincorporated Spalding County are set by the Board of Commissioners rather than printed in the…

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Stonecrest

Some Restrictions

In the City of Stonecrest, DeKalb County collects residential refuse twice each week under Stonecrest Code §…

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Troup County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Troup County, licensed sanitary contractors under contract must collect residential garbage at least…

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Walton County

Some Restrictions

Licensed haulers in unincorporated Walton County must run residential collection between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. under…

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Warner Robins

Some Restrictions

Warner Robins collects residential garbage once a week and requires carts placed curbside 2 to 4 feet from the roadway…

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Floyd County

Light Restrictions

Floyd County's solid waste director organizes and runs the county's publicly owned collection, transportation and…

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Barrow County

Few Restrictions

Unincorporated Barrow County does not run its own trash trucks or set a fixed pickup day by ordinance. Barrow County…

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Recycling Rules

Which items can and cannot go in residential single-stream recycling bins, contamination penalties, and rules for hazardous-waste drop-off.

Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Atlanta requires recyclables to go loose into city-issued bins, never bagged, and randomly inspects routes for…

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Barrow County

Some Restrictions

Barrow County Code § 78-38(c) bars putting unsorted trash into any container marked for recycling in unincorporated…

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Bartow County

Some Restrictions

Bartow County Code § 62-181 requires anyone dropping off waste at a county solid waste collection center to be a…

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Bulloch County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Bulloch County limits what residents and haulers can bring to county recycling centers. Passenger tires…

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Dougherty County

Some Restrictions

County-run solid waste and recycling centers in unincorporated Dougherty County take glass, aluminum, newspaper…

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Effingham County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Effingham County, curbside and drop-site recycling only holds materials the Board of Commissioners…

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Hall County

Some Restrictions

Hall County's solid waste code requires haulers and disposal facilities in the unincorporated county to keep recyclable…

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Jackson County

Some Restrictions

Materials genuinely destined for recycling are excluded from Jackson County's solid waste rules, but only if they will…

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Marietta

Some Restrictions

Marietta bars anyone but the city or its authorized contractor from removing recyclables set out for collection. The…

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Walton County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Walton County haulers must collect residents' voluntary recycling, glass, newspaper, plastic PET and…

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Catoosa County

Light Restrictions

Catoosa County lets residents drop off garbage at the landfill by the bag at no charge if they separately deposit an…

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Glynn County

Light Restrictions

Glynn County's Clean Community Ordinance requires anyone using a public or authorized recycling or trash receptacle to…

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Newton County

Light Restrictions

Newton County treats recycling as voluntary, not curbside-mandated: unincorporated residents can separate recyclable…

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Smyrna

Light Restrictions

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, the city or its contractor collects recyclable materials weekly at the curb. The city…

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