Floyd County, GA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Scavenging ban
- Only owner/authorized collector may open containers
- Hazardous waste
- Banned from any collection container
- General penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine, 60 days jail
- Hauler minimum fine
- $500
- Enforcement
- Chief of police, magistrate court citation
Summary
Once you set out trash for collection in unincorporated Floyd County, only the owner or an authorized collection worker may go through it, and no hazardous waste can be placed in any container, box or bundle for disposal. Breaking either rule can bring a fine up to $1,000 and 60 days in jail.
No person other than the owner or authorized collection personnel shall sift the contents of or remove anything from any container, box or bundle. ... It shall be a violation of this article to place or cause to be placed in any container, box or bundle, or otherwise for disposal in the county, any hazardous waste of any kind. ... Any person violating the terms of this article, or the rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, may be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and/or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days; provided, however, that any commercial hauler or commercial residential hauler in violation of this article, or the rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, shall be fined in an amount not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and/or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
Full Breakdown
Floyd County Code § 2-7-56 bars anyone but the property owner or authorized collection personnel from sifting through or removing anything from a container, box or bundle set out for solid waste pickup, protecting both the county's collection revenue and the materials inside from tampering. Section 2-7-57 separately bans placing hazardous waste, defined by § 2-7-50 as waste that because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may significantly threaten health or the environment, in any container, box or bundle for county disposal.
Collection vehicles themselves must be kept leakproof and marked with the owner's name, phone number, truck number and rated capacity under § 2-7-58, and are subject to inspection by the director or chief of police. § 15-10-63 returnable to magistrate court per § 2-7-52. Article III's general penalty in § 2-7-64 applies to both the scavenging ban and the hazardous waste ban: an ordinary violator faces up to $1,000 and 60 days in jail, while a commercial or commercial residential hauler faces a mandatory minimum $500 fine for the same offense.
Violations & Fines
Sifting through or removing items from someone else's collection container, or placing hazardous waste out for pickup, violates Floyd County Code §§ 2-7-56 and 2-7-57. Under § 2-7-64, any violation of the solid waste article carries a fine up to $1,000 and up to 60 days in jail, with commercial and commercial residential haulers facing a mandatory minimum $500 fine, and each day of continued violation charged as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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