Fayette County, GA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Sec. 16-5 of the Fayette County Code defines yard trimmings as "leaves, brush, grass clippings, shrub and tree prunings, discarded Christmas trees, nursery and greenhouse vegetative residuals and vegetative matter resulting from landscaping development and maintenance," citing the Georgia EPD Solid Waste Rules. Since June 30, 1995, yard trimmings have been barred from the county landfill; instead, the county maintains a stockpiling area where the material is periodically processed into compost or mulch. Since July 1, 1995, residents, businesses and commercial haulers using county facilities have a duty to separate yard trimmings from other waste before or upon arrival at the facility.

The processed compost or mulch becomes county property, and any surplus the county cannot use itself may be disposed of to the public as the county sees fit. Loads are weighed both coming in as raw trimmings and going out as processed material, and those weights count toward the county's solid waste disposal rate reduction goal. The fee charged for bringing yard trimmings to the facility is set from time to time by the board of commissioners rather than fixed in the code itself.