Town of Atlanta
Automated Trash and Recycle Pickup
We appreciate you choosing Republic Services as your waste removal service provider. All refuse must be placed at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day, which is Friday. ALL trash must be placed in the navy blue cart provided by Republic Services.
Waste: automated waste removal service runs once a week and includes one 95-gallon navy blue cart. ALL trash must be placed in the cart provided by Republic Services.
Recycling: recycling service runs every other week and includes one 65-gallon cart.
Should you find that you are consistently having more trash than what fits inside the cart, or need to report a missed collection, please call our customer service department at (800) 234-6881 or click here to send us a message. We can arrange to deliver a second trash cart.
Acceptable trash items:
We can pick up standard household garbage including food waste and cloth, shrubbery cuttings and broken down boxes as long as it is contained within your specially designed cart.
Placement of acceptable trash items:
Make sure your trash is placed at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day, which is every Friday. Republic Services will empty the cart using trucks that are equipped with an automated arm. This arm will grasp and quickly empty the container into the truck and then return the cart to its original position at the curb, which allows the operator to remain in the cab. This operation is a more prompt and safe method rather than manual collection.
- Make sure the cart has at least 4-feet of clearance from mailboxes and parked cars, and assure the handle is facing the residence.
- Make sure your cart lid is closed. This will keep any trash from spilling out into the roadway while dumping.
- When you recycle, leave a 4-foot clearance between the trash cart and recycling cart. If possible, we ask that you place the recycling cart near the mailbox and your trash cart on the opposite side of the driveway.
Please use plastic bags to contain your trash within the cart. This will prevent loose trash from escaping both the trash cart and the truck.
Sorry, we can't take everything
For safety and health reasons, we cannot pick up the following items:
- Demolition, construction, discarded building materials such as drywall, roofing, brick, and wood.
- Trees, large tree limbs, or tree stumps longer than 3-feet in length.
- Only limbs cut shorter than 3-feet, tied and bundled will be accepted.
- Brush and vegetation from building contractors, commercial tree trimmers, or lawn services.
- Sod, fill dirt, trash from contractor clearing and other materials that require special handling.
- Explosives, pathological and biological waste, radioactive material, ashes and sand.
- Automotive parts such as engines, rear ends, springs, fenders and seats.
- Farm equipment, marine vessels, or any other major parts.
- Septic, human and animal waste.
- Diapers and cat litter are accepetable only in minimal amounts.
Heavy Trash Pickup
Please contact the Town of Atlanta if you have a heavy or bulky item such as household furniture, appliances, bicycles, etc. for curbside disposal. The Town of Atlanta allows heavy trash pickup two times per year from each residence. Please contact the town for the proper times and schedule for heavy pickups throughout the year.
Refrigerators, air conditioners, and other items containing freon require special handling and therefore we are unable to take them. Please contact our customer service department at (800) 234-6881 for suggestions on how to properly dispose of these items.
Holiday Schedule
To acknowledge these holidays and to allow our employees to spend time with their families we do not provide service on:
- Memorial Day
- Labor Day
- July 4th
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
- New Years Day
Trash collection will be delayed one day for the remainder of the week. If the holiday falls on a weekend, your collection day will not change. Trash collection may also be delayed due to severe weather.
Helping Mother Earth
Recycling saves energy, reduces pollution, and preserves valuable natural resources with very little effort on your part. Republic Services will provide each residence with one 65-gallon gray recycle cart. Residents may mix all recyclable materials into this recycling cart which will be picked up every other week on Friday. For recycling pickup, please review the calendar for odd weeks which are highlighted in yellow.
Acceptable recycling items include:
- All #1-#7 plastic bottles and jugs
- All glass bottles and jars
- Aluminum, steel and bi-metal cans
- Newspapers, magazines and junk mail
- Cardboard
Please rinse all food/drink containers.
All of the above materials can be mixed together and must fit into this one recycling cart. This makes it simple and easy for all residents to recycle.