Hall County, GA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Banned from
- Landfill and all compactor sites
- Legal disposal route
- Permitted inert waste landfill
- Yard trimmings includes
- Leaves, clippings, prunings, tree parts
- Private inert landfill permit fee
- $100.00 plus $100.00/yr renewal
- Violation classification
- Misdemeanor, Magistrate/State Court
Summary
Hall County's solid waste code keeps yard trimmings out of the sanitary landfill and every county compactor site. Section 8.60.300 lists yard trimmings alongside tires and hazardous waste as material that cannot be deposited or dumped there, while the code's definitions section directs that grass clippings, leaves, and land-clearing debris instead belong at a permitted inert waste landfill.
A.None of the following shall be deposited or dumped at the sanitary landfill or at any county solid waste compactor site:1.Waste originating outside of Hall County;2.Liquid waste, except used motor oil for recovery;3.Regulated quantities of hazardous waste as defined in the rules promulgated by the board of natural resources, chapter 391-3-11;4.Septic tank pumpings and sewage;5.Tires;6.Yard trimmings;...11.Mobile homes.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 80).
Full Breakdown
300A bars a specific list of materials from the county's sanitary landfill and any solid waste compactor site in unincorporated Hall County: waste from outside the county, most liquid waste, regulated hazardous waste, septic tank pumpings and sewage, tires, yard trimmings, certain sludges, boats, bulk styrofoam, pressurized tanks, and mobile homes. 030 spell out what counts as yard trimmings: leaves, grass clippings, trees and parts of trees, prunings, and other natural organic matter from landscaping maintenance or land clearing, whether residential or commercial. The same definitions section explains where that material can legally go: an inert waste landfill, defined as a facility limited to earth and earth-like products, concrete, cured asphalt, rock, bricks, yard trimmings, and land-clearing debris such as stumps, limbs, and leaves.
00 annual renewal fee. This structure means a homeowner or landscaper cannot simply haul a truckload of limbs and clippings to the county's household garbage compactor sites; that material has to go to a facility permitted to take inert waste instead.
Violations & Fines
Dumping yard trimmings at the sanitary landfill or a county compactor site violates Section 8.60.300 and, like any breach of the solid waste chapter, is a misdemeanor under Section 8.60.320, prosecuted before the Magistrate or State Court of Hall County and punished as provided in Code Section 1.50.020 at the court's discretion for each violation. The county attorney can also seek an injunction or other court order to stop or correct the violation under the same section.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What counts as yard trimmings under the code?
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Sources & Official References
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