Troup County, GA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential garbage
- minimum once per week collection
- Commercial refuse
- minimum twice per week collection
- County role
- does not directly collect household garbage
- Enforcement
- sanitation officer and County marshal's department
- Hauler license
- required under County Code Chapter 50
- Condemned containers
- service stopped until corrected
Summary
In unincorporated Troup County, licensed sanitary contractors under contract must collect residential garbage at least once a week, while commercial refuse must be picked up at least twice a week. The County itself does not directly collect household garbage.
(2)Collections of refuse generally; conditions for collections by County.(a)Refuse may be collected for disposal by the County, by municipalities or by persons or commercial sanitation firms meeting the requirements of subsection 7 of this section.(b)Collectors and sanitary contractors will collect refuse under the following conditions:(i)Garbage shall be collected by sanitary contractors when licensed and under contract a minimum of once each week from residential dwellings.(ii)Refuse shall be collected a minimum of twice a week from commercial uses.(iii)Collection service shall be discontinued where containers are inadequate or have been condemned as unit by a sanitary inspector and notice of the condemnation has been given to the owner who has refused to correct the situation then existing.(c)The County shall not be responsible for collecting or hauling industrial waste, discarded building material, dirt, rock, discarded furniture and appliances, nor shall it be responsible for collecting or hauling trees, bushes or other vegetation from commercial tree trimmers, landscapers or building contractors, nor shall the County collect or haul garbage from residential dwellings.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 7.1(2)(a) allows refuse to be collected by the County, by municipalities, or by licensed commercial sanitation firms, and (2)(b) sets minimum frequencies: once each week for residential dwellings and twice a week for commercial uses. Collection can be discontinued under (2)(b)(iii) where containers are inadequate or condemned by a sanitary inspector and the owner refuses to fix the problem. Subsection (2)(c) makes clear the County itself will not collect or haul industrial waste, discarded building material, dirt, rock, discarded furniture and appliances, tree-trimming debris from landscapers or contractors, or residential household garbage; those are the sanitary contractor's job.
The sanitation officer, a Board of Commissioners designee under (1)(a)-(b), makes routine inspections of collection systems, and the County marshal's department has authority under (1)(c) to enforce the article and collect fines. Anyone who wants to collect and haul refuse for hire in an area the County already services must first get a business license under Chapter 50 of the County Code per (6)(b) and (7)(b), and trucks must display identification and the owner's name and phone number under (7)(c). The County's own landfill charges a per-ton fee, weighed and recorded by landfill personnel, under (8)(b).
Violations & Fines
Violating the collection-frequency or licensing requirements of Article 7 is punished under Troup County Code § 1-19: a fine up to $1,000.00 or up to six months' imprisonment, with at least 120 days of any sentence probated, and each day a violation continues counts as a separate offense. Hauling refuse for hire without a business license is independently unlawful under Sec. 7.1(6)(b).
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