The City of Chattanooga collects residential garbage weekly. Carts must be at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on your collection day, and all waste should be in tightly secured bags. Unincorporated Hamilton County residents use county convenience and recycling centers.
Chattanooga provides weekly curbside garbage collection to residential customers. Carts must be placed at the curbside by 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day, and containers should be removed after collection. To control odor, spillage, and animals, all residential waste should be placed in plastic or paper bags that are tightly secured; loose garbage that spills is not collected. Find your collection day using the city's online map or by calling 311 at (423) 643-6311. In unincorporated Hamilton County there is no city curbside route; residents haul household trash to Hamilton County recycling and convenience centers or contract a private hauler.
Missed or improperly bagged setouts may be skipped. Repeated container or setout violations can prompt a service warning; unincorporated residents dumping elsewhere face state litter penalties.
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