Press Releases

Mayor’s Office of Communications
55 Trinity Avenue, Suite 2500 • Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Antoinette Govan, Public Works Communications Director

Agovan@AtlantaGa.Gov/ 404-821-7480

City of Atlanta Announces Temporary Change in Recycling and Yard Trimming

Collection Schedule

ATLANTA –The City of Atlanta announced beginning Monday, February 15, 2021, the Department of Public Works (DPW) Office of Solid Waste Services will temporarily alternate weeks for the collection of recycling and yard trimmings materials. These collections will be amended for a minimum of 90 days. COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted DPW frontline workers. For their health and safety, the City must temporarily implement these service changes.

• Effective Monday, February 15: Recycling materials collected on alternate weeks
• Effective Monday, February 22: Yard trimming materials collected on alternate weeks

There are  NO CHANGES  to the Department’s other curbside collection programs, including solid waste (garbage) and back yard collections. Residents should follow their normal schedule and place their materials curbside after 7 p.m. the night before their scheduled collection day.

To set reminders and learn more about their revised collection schedule, residents may visit www.atlantaga.gov/solidwaste, or dial 404-546-0311.  Follow @ATLPublicWorks on Twitter and Instagram; Atlanta Public Works on Facebook.

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