Troup County, GA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Nonresident dumping
- requires Board of Commissioners permission
- Hazardous materials
- banned from refuse cans and transfer stations
- Bulky items
- furniture, appliances, construction waste barred
- Scavenging
- prohibited at all transfer stations and landfills
- Fire-starting
- unlawful to ignite refuse at transfer stations
- General penalty
- up to $1,000 fine or 6 months jail
Summary
Unincorporated Troup County residents must store garbage properly for collection: Sec. 7.1(4) bans hazardous materials, furniture, appliances and construction waste from County-owned transfer stations, forbids setting fires there, and prohibits scavenging outright.
(4)Preparation and storage of residential refuse for collection; prohibited placement of certain refuse for collection.(a)It shall be unlawful for any nonresident of the County to utilize the County-owned transfer stations or landfills or dispose of rubbish in the County in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the Board of Commissioners.(b)Garbage shall be stored in transfer stations.(c)Each owner shall prevent excessive and unsightly accumulation of refuse upon the property occupied by such person or upon public thoroughfares adjoining such person's property.(d)It shall be unlawful to place or cause to be placed in any refuse can or transfer station for collection any acid, explosive material, flammable liquid, dangerous or corrosive material, or hazardous material of any kind.(e)It shall be unlawful to place or cause to be placed any refuse upon the ground in the area of County maintained transfer stations.(f)It shall be unlawful to place wood, brush, furniture, metal, appliances, manufacturing waste, or building construction waste in County-owned transfers stations or on the ground surrounding such stations.(g)It shall be unlawful to set fire to any refuse or refuse transfer station or to place material in such transfer station that would cause refuse to burn (i.e., lighted cigarettes, hot coals, etc.).(h)Scavenging from transfer stations or any landfill is prohibited.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 7.1(4)(a) makes it unlawful for a nonresident to use County-owned transfer stations or landfills, or dispose of rubbish anywhere in the County, without the Board of Commissioners' express permission. Garbage must be stored in transfer stations under (4)(b), and each property owner must prevent excessive and unsightly accumulation of refuse on their property or adjoining public thoroughfares under (4)(c). Subsection (4)(d) bars placing acid, explosive material, flammable liquid, or any dangerous, corrosive or hazardous material in a refuse can or transfer station, and (4)(e) bars dumping refuse on the ground around a transfer station.
Under (4)(f), wood, brush, furniture, metal, appliances, manufacturing waste and building construction waste cannot go into County-owned transfer stations or onto the surrounding ground. Setting fire to refuse or a transfer station, or placing material that could ignite refuse such as lit cigarettes or hot coals, is unlawful under (4)(g), and (4)(h) flatly prohibits scavenging from any transfer station or landfill. These storage rules sit alongside the collection-frequency requirements of Sec. 7.1(2) and are enforced by the same sanitation officer and County marshal's department named in Sec. 7.1(1).
Violations & Fines
Violating the storage and placement rules of Sec. 7.1(4) is punished under Troup County Code § 1-19: a fine up to $1,000.00 or up to six months' imprisonment, with at least 120 days of any jail sentence probated, and each day a violation continues is a separate offense. Scavenging and depositing hazardous materials are each independently unlawful acts under subsections (4)(h) and (4)(d).
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I dump acid or flammable liquid in a Troup County refuse can?
Can I take my own furniture to a Troup County transfer station?
Is scavenging allowed at Troup County transfer stations?
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