In the City of Savannah, residential refuse carts should be placed at curbside by 7 a.m. on collection day and removed by 7 p.m. In unincorporated Chatham County, §21-308 requires roadside receptacles to be removed within 24 hours after collection.
City of Savannah sanitation instructs that residential refuse carts should be placed at curbside by 7 a.m. on the day of collection and removed from curbside after collection by 7 p.m. on collection day; carts should sit near the curb without blocking traffic, and only City carts are serviced. In unincorporated Chatham County, Code §21-308 governs bin placement: garbage or refuse set on the roadside, in a public right-of-way, or at the front of a dwelling for pickup must be in water-tight, air-tight, and rodent-proof receptacles, and those receptacles must be removed no later than 24 hours after collection. Pooler, Garden City, and Tybee Island follow their own municipal setout rules.
Leaving county receptacles out beyond 24 hours violates §21-308 (fine up to $500, up to 30 days, §21-309). In Savannah, leaving carts out past 7 p.m. can draw a sanitation code-compliance notice.
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