Newton County, GA Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Section 42-66(i), inside Newton County's practices-and-procedures article for solid waste, puts the removal of bulk household items squarely on the property owner. The section names normal household furniture and appliances, listing sofas, chairs, beds, refrigerators, washers, dryers, and hot water heaters as examples, and requires the owner to remove them 'themselves or using public or private haulers.' Unlike the county's weekly trash collection duty in section 42-65(e), which lets a household use a private hauler on a recurring schedule or self-haul to a public landfill or compactor, section 42-66(i) does not describe a county-run bulk pickup day or a special collection request process; the burden and the choice of method both sit with the owner.

Chapter 42's definitions section reinforces how broadly this reaches: section 42-62(b) defines 'trash' to include, among other things, 'household furnishings' and 'appliances,' along with used or salvaged building materials, scrap metal and lumber, and disassembled or dismantled vehicle parts, meaning bulky discarded items fall under the same solid waste framework rather than a separate bulky-waste category. Because a public landfill and county-run convenience centers under section 42-63 remain open to the public for waste disposal, a property owner removing bulk furniture has the option of hauling it there directly, in addition to hiring a private hauler, so long as items banned from convenience centers, such as industrial waste or hazardous materials, are excluded.