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

290(E) of the Hall County Code sets the operating rules for the county's solid waste compactor and container sites, which serve unincorporated residents in lieu of curbside pickup. Only private individuals may use the sites: residents or property owners can deposit both household garbage and recyclables, while nonresidents may deposit recyclables only. The sites accept household garbage and recyclables and nothing else, and everything deposited must go inside the county-provided containers rather than being left beside them. Paragraph 7 spells out the bagging rule in detail: household garbage must be contained in sturdy paper or plastic disposable bags, including paper grocery bags, consumer product bags, household trash compactor bags, or animal feed bags, none larger than 39-gallon capacity, and every bag must be securely closed before it goes in the container; no loose garbage is accepted at all.

Commercial haulers are barred from using these sites: any person or company that hauls household garbage for a fee cannot place that garbage or recyclables in the containers, and anyone with non-household solid waste must instead haul it to the county landfill. The rules also protect the containers themselves: paragraphs 5 and 6 bar scavenging or removing anything from the containers, and bar setting fire to their contents or placing flammable liquids inside them. Businesses that want to recycle are directed to the county's separate recycling center rather than the neighborhood container sites.