Sanitation & Recycling

About Sanitation 


The City of Chamblee is committed to providing sanitation services in a professional and efficient manner, as cost-effectively as possible. In keeping with that goal, beginning in April 1, 2015, sanitation services were changed to once-a-week pickup. 
The new system utilizes an automated mechanism that hoists and dumps roll carts into the collection truck. Each Chamblee residential sanitation customer will be provided, free of charge, with a 95-gallon roll cart for sanitation. 

For those who generate less garbage, or who recycle more, 65-gallon carts are available by request. To receive a 65 gallon cart, please fill out  the Garbage and Recycle Cart Request Form or call 770-986-5019 to make your request. Please do not make multiple requests. 

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Garbage & Refuse Collection / Disposal Regulations


  • All garbage and refuse for collection by the Public Works Department shall be placed into plastic bags, which shall be tied or secured to prevent leakage or spillage, and then placed in the provided roll cart. 
  • Sanitation customers must use the roll cart provided by the City for curbside garbage collection.
  • Roll carts shall be placed outside any fence or enclosure at the point nearest to, but not on, the public street or public sidewalk by 7 a.m. on the assigned date of collection. The Public Works Department will not pick up garbage or trash which has not been placed in specified areas.
  • It shall be unlawful for any person to place roll carts at the specified collection location except within a 12-hour period before or after 7 a.m. on specified collection days.
  • Roll carts should be removed from the curb after they are emptied on your collection date.

Yard & Construction Debris


  • Yard trimmings, which includes leaves and grass, not being retained by the property owner for mulch may be placed at the street curb for collection. Yard waste, which includes brush and limbs, may be placed or piled neatly at curbside for pick up.
  • Tree limbs, clippings, and trash of this category shall be cut by the property owner into lengths not more than four feet. All trash and cuttings shall be placed as near as possible to the street or sidewalk right-of-way adjacent to the property owner's property but not so as to get into the street or block the sidewalk. At no time shall trash be placed in the gutters, drains, walkways, alleys, or streets of the city.
  • It shall be unlawful to place or mix yard trimmings with garbage or leaves within the city.
  • Leaves are to be placed at curbside, but not in the street or on the sidewalk. Leaves will be collected by machines. 
  • Grass, leaves, and straw must be separated from shrubbery and tree cuttings when placed at curbside for pick up.
  • Construction debris shall not be mixed or commingled with yard trimmings. Construction debris, trees, dirt, rock, concrete, over-sized tree limbs, and other large items are considered a special pickup.  Call the Public Works Department.


Other Public Works Pickup Pricing

  • TVs (old tube/flat panels) and computer monitors - $10 each