Garbage and recycling carts must be at the curb by 8 a.m. on the collection day with the wheels and handle facing the house and the lid opening toward the street. Recycling carts must be at least 3 feet from any other object. Carts must be removed from the curb by the end of the collection day.
Roswell uses automated side-loading trucks for residential pickup, which require precise cart placement to function. Carts placed within 3 feet of mailboxes, fire hydrants, parked cars, or other carts may be missed because the truck arm cannot reach them. The handle and wheels face the house (cart faces street); the lid must be closed for pickup. Carts left at the curb past the collection day generate property-maintenance complaints; Code Enforcement issues notice-of-violation correspondence after repeat complaints. The Solid Waste Division (770-641-3961) handles questions about missed pickups, cart placement, and replacement.
Repeated curbside-cart violations are property-maintenance issues citable in Municipal Court with fines under the city's general penalty clause. Carts blocking fire hydrants or stop signs can be tagged and the resident charged a clearance fee.
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