Catoosa County, GA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Chapter 66, Article II of the Catoosa County Code sets the rules for who can deliver waste to the county's solid waste management facilities, and Sec. 66-31(b) frames the article as covering permit procedures, use of permits, insurance requirements, transportation rules, credit policies, and waste acceptance. Sec. 66-35(a) draws the permit line: all haulers of commercial, industrial, institutional or municipal waste using any type of vehicle must secure a permit in order to dispose of waste at the county solid waste management facilities, but a hauler of domestic or household waste from his residence need not obtain a permit where the transporting vehicle is a sedan, pickup truck or similar vehicle and the individual resides in the county.

A permitted hauler's vehicle must display the business name, address or phone number, tare weight and vehicle identification number in letters at least three inches tall on each side under Sec. 66-35(c), and the permit application filed with the county solid waste management department must list every collection vehicle, its registration number, weight limit and insurance coverage, plus the areas the hauler serves, per Sec. 66-35(d). Sec. 66-36 layers on vehicle-condition standards: collection bodies must be readily emptied, kept sanitary, and fitted with tight-closing, leakproof doors, and roll-off boxes must be welded and covered with tarpaulins.

Violations escalate under Sec. 66-42: a first offense draws a warning of permit suspension, a second a one-week suspension, a third a three-week suspension, and a fourth an indefinite suspension at the department's discretion.