Floyd County, GA Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Disposal requirement
- State-permitted sites only
- Landfill bans
- Vehicle bodies, appliances, stumps/logs/brush
- Commercial/industrial waste
- Needs director's prior arrangement
- Max penalty
- $1,000 fine, 60 days jail
- Hauler minimum fine
- $500
Summary
Unincorporated Floyd County requires all solid waste to go to a licensed disposal site, and bans dumping vehicle bodies, major appliances, stumps, logs or brush at the county landfill. Commercial and industrial waste can't be left at a public disposal site without the director's prior arrangement, and violators face steep fines.
(a)All disposal of solid waste shall be at the disposal sites operated in accordance with state laws and with rules and regulations of the state department of natural resources. Waste deposited during operating hours at any site operated by the county shall be placed as designated by the attendant on duty. Operating hours shall be conspicuously posted at the entrance gates.(b)Motor vehicle bodies or major parts thereof, major appliances and stumps, logs, or brush shall not be deposited in the county's sanitary landfills. Stumps, logs or brush shall be either delivered to permitted inert landfill sites for burial, disposed of by permitted burning on site, or delivered to a Georgia EPD permitted air curtain destructor site for incineration. Scrap metals and appliances will be accepted only at permitted landfill disposal sites and shall not be delivered to or accepted at any remote collection site. Commercial and industrial waste or other waste from private collectors shall not be deposited at publicly operated disposal sites except by prior arrangement with the director.
Full Breakdown
Floyd County Code § 2-7-61(a) requires all solid waste disposal to occur at sites operated under state law and Georgia DNR rules, with waste placed as the attendant on duty directs during posted operating hours. Subsection (b) bars motor vehicle bodies or major parts, major appliances, stumps, logs and brush from the county's sanitary landfills; stumps, logs and brush instead have to go to a permitted inert landfill for burial, be burned on site under a permit, or go to a Georgia EPD-permitted air curtain destructor.
Scrap metal and appliances are accepted only at permitted landfill disposal sites, never at remote collection sites, and commercial or industrial waste from private collectors can't be dropped at a publicly operated disposal site except by prior arrangement with the director, with fees set under § 2-1-12. Attendants log every load by date, time, hauler, truck number and capacity for billing under § 2-7-63, and unpaid balances draw a five percent monthly penalty. § 15-10-63.
Violations & Fines
Dumping a vehicle body, major appliance, stump, log or brush pile at the county landfill, or depositing commercial or industrial waste at a public disposal site without the director's prior arrangement, violates Floyd County Code § 2-7-61. Any violation of the solid waste article is punishable under § 2-7-64 by a fine up to $1,000, up to 60 days in jail, or both, with commercial and industrial haulers facing at least a $500 fine and each day counted as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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