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

Section 78-7 places the container duty jointly and severally on the owner, occupant, tenant and lessee of any commercial, institutional or industrial building or property, requiring containers of the character, size, number and type the director of public services and engineering reasonably requires to hold litter generated by the operations there. The section calls out shopping centers, supermarkets, convenience stores, fast food restaurants, service stations, garages, schools, colleges and churches as covered establishments, though the list is not exclusive. A related duty falls on parking lot owners and operators under § 78-8, who must likewise provide adequate litter containers and comply with the Unified Development Ordinance's dumpster rules at § 226-3.

On the residential side, § 78-10 requires every owner, occupant and lessee of a house, manufactured home or building to keep garbage storage areas clean and ensure all garbage is properly containerized. Together these sections form the county's baseline for what has to be bagged, binned or contained before Chapter 78's collection and cleanliness rules can be met. Administration and enforcement rest with the board of commissioners or its designee under § 78-2.