Bulky Item & Yard Waste Collection

Are you getting rid of an old desk, cardboard or small furniture items that are too large to dispose of in your trash receptacle? If so, The Chatham County Public Works Department collects bulky trash items (no hazardous material or food items) on the first Friday of every month.

Before you drag your heavy items to the curb, make sure you visit their website: https://publicworks.chathamcountyga.gov/YardWaste/CollectionSchedules or review the list below of items that Chatham County does and does not collect:

Acceptable		Prohibited
Appliances Batteries – Not Corroded Books Cardboard – Flattened Carpeting – 1 Room Only Clothing Dry Wall Fencing - Must be cut down to 4' sections Furniture Mattresses – Without Biohazards Microwaves Packing Peanuts Paper under Shingles Plastic Cups Plastic Toys Plastic Recyclable Items Pots & Pans Shoes Small Amounts of Construction Debris Styrofoam Toilets, Sinks, Urinals VCR Tapes Water Heaters under 50 lbs, if over 50 lbs the boom truck will be needed		Basketball Hoops Chemicals Compact Fluorescents (Tube/Pig Tail) Concrete Cooking Oil Decks Foam Gasoline Hazardous Waste/Medical Household Trash Insulation Motor Oil Pallets with Oil on them Pizza Boxes or Materials with Food Remaining on them Plastic Bags Shingles Tires TVs

Yard debris ONLY collected, once, weekly, on Mondays

• Separate yard waste from other bulky items
• Put "baggable" yard waste, such as pine straw, grass clippings, leaves, in a reusable container or purchase compostable Kraft paper bags. NO PLASTIC BAGS!
• Keep weight of containers or bags to 50 lbs. or less
• Stack loose branches, limbs, brush, and larger tree prunings at the curbside for collection
• Maximum of 4 ft. lengths for tree trunks
• Place all yard waste at the curb by no later than 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection
• Stack all yard waste, including Kraft bags and loose materials away from utility and mail boxes
• Yard waste contaminated with plastic bags or bulky items or other non-vegetative yard waste materials WILL NOT BE COLLECTED

Cardboard is NOT accepted with the weekly yard debris pickup - it is picked up as part of the monthly bulk pickup

Chatham County will NOT accept household garbage with your yard debris.

Henderson Golf Community policy is that yard debris must not be placed curbside until the day before pickup (no more than 24-hours).

ADDITIONAL NOTES REGARDING BULK TRASH AND YARD DEBRIS:

• Trash of any kind must not be placed or discarded on unimproved lots or Henderson Golf Community common property. Remember to inform your landscape workers that there are heavy fines associated with these violations.
• General Rules and Regulations for Commercial and Contractor Activity: Blowing clippings and other debris into the streets, lagoons, creeks and streams, or down the storm drains is prohibited. All debris should be bagged and removed from the work area or stowed in the homeowner’s service yard.
• Commercial vendors or contractors violating the Rules and Regulations may be fined up to $500 per violation.

Feel free to give the Chatham County Public Works Department a call (912-652-6840) prior to your collection date to ensure your items will be collected.