Atlanta provides curbside single-stream recycling free with trash service. Sandy Springs and Roswell offer recycling through their franchised haulers. Unincorporated Fulton residents must arrange private recycling.
Atlanta single-stream recycling accepts paper/cardboard, metal cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles #1 and #2. Contaminated loads are rejected. Sandy Springs and Roswell programs offer similar single-stream. Glass is collected at Atlanta but is increasingly being phased out due to processing costs. Fulton County operates the South Fulton Recycling Center and accepts household hazardous waste at quarterly events.
Contaminated recycling: warning + non-collection. Repeat contamination can result in recycling cart removal.
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