Macon-Bibb County, GA Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Landfill holiday status
- Normally closed on observed city holidays
- Reopening authority
- Solid Waste Director or mayor's discretion
- Holiday tipping surcharge
- 1.25x regular rate
- Base tipping fee
- $32.00 per ton since July 1, 2018
- Curbside delay notice
- Solid Waste Director notifies of holiday delays
Summary
The Macon-Bibb County landfill normally shuts down on all observed city holidays, and it only reopens if the Director of Solid Waste or the mayor decides to. When it does open on a holiday, Section 22-102(d) charges haulers 1.25 times the standard tipping fee for that day, on top of the usual $32.00-per-ton base rate.
Holidays. The landfill will normally be closed on all observed city holidays. The landfill may be opened at the discretion of the director of solid waste or the mayor. If the landfill is opened on a holiday the tipping fee for that day shall be one and twenty-five-one-hundredths (1.25) times the tipping fee in effect on regular workdays.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Comprehensive Land Development Resolution: Supplement 4 | Code of Ordinances: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
Section 22-102(d) of the Macon-Bibb County Code sets the landfill's holiday policy in a single sentence: the landfill will normally be closed on all observed city holidays, and it may be opened only at the discretion of the Director of Solid Waste or the mayor. 25, times the tipping fee charged on regular workdays. 00 per ton since July 1, 2018, for all tons disposed of outside separate contracts approved by the mayor. Curbside collection is handled separately: Section 22-25(h) requires the Director of Solid Waste to deliver a wheeled cart to every occupied residential premises along with notice of the pickup location and the normal collection days, together with instructions covering delays caused by inclement weather or holidays.
The code doesn't spell out a fixed shift schedule, such as moving a Monday holiday's route to Tuesday; instead it puts the burden on the Solid Waste Department to issue instructions when a holiday disrupts the regular pickup days, and residents are expected to follow whatever notice the department publishes for that particular holiday. Because the landfill closure and the curbside notice requirement sit in the same chapter, both trace back to the county's general solid waste enforcement structure under Chapter 22, with the Solid Waste Department responsible for publishing the applicable fee schedule and delay notices.
Violations & Fines
There's no fine attached to the holiday-closure rule itself; it's a scheduling and fee provision rather than a prohibition. The consequence for using the landfill on a holiday is financial: haulers pay 1.25 times the standard $32.00-per-ton tipping fee for that day under Section 22-102(d). Curbside customers who ignore posted delay notices and leave containers out past the allowed removal time can still be cited under Section 22-25(d), punishable under the Code's general penalty in Section 1-6.
Frequently Asked Questions
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