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City collection Anything that will not fit inside the 95-gallon cart counts as a large item, and the city ordinance names couches, sofas, love seats, chairs, desks and tables along with other pieces over 50 pounds. The city collects these at the curb, but the pickup has to be arranged ahead of time and the item needs a large item tag. $25 per large item scheduled for curbside pickup. City of Acworth sanitation accounts inside the city limits. The charge is added to the next sanitation bill when the pickup is booked, and customer service confirms how many tags a multi-piece set needs.
City collection Mattresses of any size and box springs are named as large items in the city ordinance, so they go out with the scheduled large item collection rather than in the cart. The city also asks that bedding be stacked neatly at the curb. $25 per mattress or box spring scheduled for curbside pickup. City of Acworth sanitation accounts inside the city limits. The charge is applied per item, so a mattress and its box spring set out together are counted separately and customer service confirms how many tags the pickup needs.
City collection Large appliances are on the city list, which covers washing machines, dryers, automatic dishwashers and refrigerators. A cooling appliance needs one extra step first, because a refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner has to have its refrigerant withdrawn and the unit tagged by a certified technician before the crew will take it. $25 per appliance scheduled for curbside pickup. City of Acworth sanitation accounts inside the city limits. A unit that holds refrigerant has to be certified as degassed before collection, and the Cobb County transfer station adds its own handling charge if you take the appliance there instead.
City collection Acworth collects household garbage from every single-family and two-family home inside the city limits. Refuse goes in the 95-gallon roll cart the city assigns to your address, and the cart is emptied once a week on the day set for your street. No charge. Sanitation service is required for every single-family and two-family dwelling in the city, and the collection cost is carried in the monthly sanitation charge on the utility bill. Routine weekly collection does not add a separate charge for each cart.
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Acworth runs its own sanitation division, so every home inside the city limits has a weekly city collection for garbage and for yard waste and dry items, plus a separate scheduled route for large items. Sofas, mattresses and appliances that will not fit in the 95-gallon cart go out by appointment with a large item tag and a per-item charge added to the next bill, while tires, construction debris and other restricted material sit outside the curbside service and travel to the Cobb County transfer station in Marietta. Dropcurb hauls residential items from addresses across Acworth.
Acworth collects household garbage from every single-family and two-family home inside the city limits. Refuse goes in the 95-gallon roll cart the city assigns to your address, and the cart is emptied once a week on the day set for your street.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Sanitation service is required for every single-family and two-family dwelling in the city, and the collection cost is carried in the monthly sanitation charge on the utility bill. Routine weekly collection does not add a separate charge for each cart.
When & how
Collection runs one day a week, and customer service gives you the day when the account is opened. The city address map shows the garbage and yard waste day for a specific home address. After each city holiday, service slides one business day, and in Thanksgiving week the normal Thursday pickup moves to Wednesday.
Get it ready
Bag and tie all refuse, then place the bags inside the city cart, because loose bags beside or stacked on top of the cart are not collected. Put the cart at the curb or the edge of the paved roadway in front of the dwelling by 6:30 a.m. on the collection day and keep the sidewalk and roadway clear.
The weekly route also takes yard waste and dry items. Leaves, clippings, limbs and bundled brush go out in paperboard boxes, reusable bins or yard waste bags, and the same service takes flattened cardboard, broken-down household paneling and drywall, doors, windows and small panes of glass.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Yard waste and dry item collection is part of the required residential sanitation service for city addresses and is carried in the monthly sanitation charge. Dirt, mulch and rocks are not collected by the city crews.
When & how
Yard waste and dry items are collected once a week on the same day as the garbage for your address. Loose leaves are also vacuumed on scheduled weeks during the curbside leaf season, which runs from November 1 through January 31 in the designated district.
Get it ready
Bag or box yard waste and tie loose cuttings into bundles. Limbs from your own trees or shrubs must be no larger than four inches across and four feet long, bundles no heavier than 50 pounds, and each set-out no bigger than about four feet by six feet by four feet, or five 35-gallon reusable bins, or ten yard waste bags of 30 gallons or less. Cut cardboard flat to three feet by three feet, break paneling and drywall into pieces under four feet and under 50 pounds, keep glass panes three feet by three feet or smaller and free of jagged edges, and remove or flatten every screw and nail.
Anything that will not fit inside the 95-gallon cart counts as a large item, and the city ordinance names couches, sofas, love seats, chairs, desks and tables along with other pieces over 50 pounds. The city collects these at the curb, but the pickup has to be arranged ahead of time and the item needs a large item tag.
City cost & eligibility
$25 per large item scheduled for curbside pickup. City of Acworth sanitation accounts inside the city limits. The charge is added to the next sanitation bill when the pickup is booked, and customer service confirms how many tags a multi-piece set needs.
When & how
Large item pickups run on Thursdays and have to be scheduled with customer service at least one business day in advance. Call 770-917-8903 to book the pickup and get the tag.
Get it ready
Place the item at the curb away from mailboxes, trees and utility boxes so it does not block the sidewalk or the roadway, and display the large item pickup tag in plain view on the item. Keep the set-out to household pieces from your own address, and expect a multi-piece set to need more than one tag.
Mattresses of any size and box springs are named as large items in the city ordinance, so they go out with the scheduled large item collection rather than in the cart. The city also asks that bedding be stacked neatly at the curb.
City cost & eligibility
$25 per mattress or box spring scheduled for curbside pickup. City of Acworth sanitation accounts inside the city limits. The charge is applied per item, so a mattress and its box spring set out together are counted separately and customer service confirms how many tags the pickup needs.
When & how
Book the pickup with customer service at 770-917-8903 at least one business day before the Thursday large item run.
Get it ready
Stack the mattress and box spring neatly at the curb away from mailboxes, trees and utility boxes, and put the large item tag where the crew can see it. Keep the bedding dry until the truck arrives.
Large appliances are on the city list, which covers washing machines, dryers, automatic dishwashers and refrigerators. A cooling appliance needs one extra step first, because a refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner has to have its refrigerant withdrawn and the unit tagged by a certified technician before the crew will take it.
City cost & eligibility
$25 per appliance scheduled for curbside pickup. City of Acworth sanitation accounts inside the city limits. A unit that holds refrigerant has to be certified as degassed before collection, and the Cobb County transfer station adds its own handling charge if you take the appliance there instead.
When & how
Large items are collected on Thursdays, so call customer service at 770-917-8903 at least one business day ahead to book the pickup and collect the tag.
Get it ready
Empty the appliance, secure or remove the doors, and set it at the curb with the large item tag in plain view. For a refrigerator, freezer or any unit with a sealed cooling system, arrange for a certified technician to withdraw the refrigerant and tag the unit before the pickup date.
Televisions are not named in the city large item list, so the route depends on the size of the set. A television that will not fit wholly inside the 95-gallon cart meets the ordinance definition of a large item and goes out with a scheduled pickup, while a small set can go in the cart with the household garbage.
City cost & eligibility
A television is not on the city's published large item list, so the charge depends on whether customer service treats the set as one large item at the per-item rate or as regular household waste. Call 770-917-8903 to confirm before the pickup. At the Cobb County transfer station a television is not part of the electronics recycling drop and is charged as regular waste instead.
When & how
Confirm the set counts as one large item with customer service at 770-917-8903, then book the Thursday pickup at least one business day ahead.
Get it ready
Keep the unit whole and dry, set it at the curb with the large item tag in plain view, and leave the stand and cables off so the crew handles a single item.
Exercise equipment is not named in the ordinance, but a treadmill, elliptical or weight machine that will not fit in the 95-gallon cart, or that weighs more than 50 pounds, falls under the general large item definition. Confirm the item with customer service before you set it out.
City cost & eligibility
Acworth prices large items per item, but exercise equipment is not on the published list, so call 770-917-8903 to confirm the item, the tag and the charge before the Thursday pickup. A machine that will not fit the cart and weighs over 50 pounds matches the general large item definition.
When & how
Call customer service at 770-917-8903 to confirm the item is accepted, then book the Thursday pickup at least one business day ahead.
Get it ready
Fold or dismantle the machine if the maker allows it, keep the pieces together as one item, and set it at the curb with the large item tag in plain view, away from mailboxes, trees and utility boxes.
Acworth city crews do not run a separate electronics collection. Small electronics can go in the garbage cart and a bulky unit that will not fit goes out as a large item, while the recycling route is Cobb County, where the transfer station takes a long list of electronics for a fee and periodic community recycling events collect them as well. Televisions are left out of that electronics recycling drop.
City cost & eligibility
The transfer station accepts electronics for a fee set by the operator, so call 770-485-8940 for the current amount before you go. A household load of general waste is charged from the in-county minimum for the first 400 pounds upward. Keep electronics out of the county recycling drop areas, which do not take them.
When & how
The Cobb County transfer station at 1897 County Services Parkway in Marietta is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and it is closed Sundays and county holidays.
Get it ready
Tell the scale operator that you are bringing electronics so you are directed to the recycling area on the tipping floor. Wipe personal data off computers, phones and drives first, and keep televisions separate because they are handled as regular waste rather than recycled.
Construction debris is on the city do-not-collect list, and so are large remodeling items and large lumber. The one narrow exception is a resident's own small remodel waste, because paneling and drywall broken into short light pieces, and short sections of lumber, travel with the weekly dry item route.
City cost & eligibility
City crews do not collect construction debris, large remodeling material or large lumber. A resident's own small broken-down remodel waste can go out with the weekly dry item route at no extra charge, and any larger load goes to the Cobb County transfer station, where construction and demolition debris is charged from the in-county minimum for the first 400 pounds.
When & how
Small household dry items ride the normal weekly yard waste and dry item day for your address. Anything larger has to go to the Cobb County transfer station, which takes construction and demolition debris during its regular scale hours.
Get it ready
If you are doing the work yourself, break paneling and drywall into pieces under four feet and under 50 pounds, cut lumber to four feet and under, and stack it neatly at the curb. Work done by a hired contractor and any larger load has to leave the property another way, because the city crews will not take it.
Tires are named on the city do-not-collect list, along with batteries and pool chemicals, so they never go out with the garbage or in a large item pile. The Cobb County transfer station takes them at the scale house.
City cost & eligibility
Acworth sanitation crews cannot collect tires. The Cobb County transfer station takes them at the scale house with a handling charge for each tire in addition to the weight charge, and a valid Georgia driver's license is required as proof of residence.
When & how
The transfer station is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Sundays and county holidays.
Get it ready
Bring the tire to the scale house at 1897 County Services Parkway in Marietta and expect a handling charge for each tire on top of the weight charge. Have a valid Georgia driver's license ready, because that is the only proof of Cobb County residence the station accepts.
Large items need a booked pickup and a tag. Call customer service at 770-917-8903 at least one business day before the Thursday run, collect the large item pickup tag, and display it in plain view on the item. Place items at the curb away from mailboxes, trees and utility boxes so the pile does not block the sidewalk or the roadway.
Garbage and yard waste have to be at the curb or the edge of the paved roadway in front of the dwelling by 6:30 a.m. on your collection day. Refuse must be bagged and tied inside the city cart, and any cart placed for collection has to leave the sidewalk and the roadway clear.
Tires, batteries, construction debris, large remodeling items, wet paint, large tree limbs, rocks, dirt, logs, large lumber, pool chemicals and hazardous waste are outside the city collection service. Route tires and construction material to the Cobb County transfer station and check with the city or the county before setting out anything else on that list.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
City of Acworth, Georgia, Power, Public Works, and Stormwater Department, Sanitation Division
Acworth large item pickup
The route for a sofa, mattress, washer, dryer or other piece that will not fit in the 95-gallon cart.
Cost & conditions
$25 per large item scheduled for curbside pickup. City of Acworth sanitation accounts inside the city limits. The charge is added to the next sanitation bill when customer service books the pickup.
Arrange it
Call customer service at 770-917-8903 at least one business day before the Thursday run to book the pickup and get the large item pickup tag.
Household items from your own address. A refrigerant appliance has to be certified as degassed and tagged by a certified technician before collection, and construction debris, tires and the other items on the do-not-collect list are not accepted.
The drop-off for the things Acworth curbside crews will not take is the Cobb County transfer station at 1897 County Services Parkway in Marietta, where household waste, construction and demolition debris, electronics, mattresses, tires and refrigerant appliances are all accepted at the scale house. Bring a valid Georgia driver's license, because that is the only proof of Cobb County residence the station accepts, and expect extra handling charges on top of the weight charge for electronics, tires, propane tanks, paint and refrigerated units. Yard debris goes to a separate vegetative waste site on the same parkway. Cobb County also runs recycling drop areas for paper, cardboard, cans, cartons and plastics, but those bins do not take electronics, furniture, mattresses, tires or hazardous material. Waste DisposalRecyclable ItemsRecycling Drop Off Areas in Cobb County
County drop-off
Cobb County transfer station operated by GFL Environmental
1897 County Services Parkway, Marietta, GA 30008
Household solid waste and construction and demolition debris, aluminum scrap, antifreeze, carpet padding, used motor oil, electronics, refrigerators and other appliances that contain refrigerant, tires, mattresses and propane tanks. The electronics recycling area takes computers, monitors, printers, scanners, laptops, cell phones, stereos, cables and similar equipment when you tell the scale operator you are bringing electronics.
Cobb County residents only, and a valid Georgia driver's license is the only proof of residence accepted. Televisions are not part of the electronics recycling drop and are charged as regular household waste. Electronics, tires, propane tanks, paint cans and refrigerated appliances carry extra handling charges, and yard debris goes to the separate vegetative waste site on the same parkway.
Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Sunday and county holidays.
From $14 for minimum charge for the first 400 pounds of household waste or construction and demolition debris from a Cobb County resident. Weight over 400 pounds is charged at three cents per pound, and the station adds handling charges for select items such as mattresses, tires, propane tanks, paint cans and refrigerated appliances. Out-of-county loads start at the per-ton minimum. Call 770-485-8940 for current rates.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
Will the city take a couch or sofa from the curb?+
Yes. A sofa, couch, love seat, chair, desk or table that will not fit in the 95-gallon cart is collected as a large item. Call customer service at 770-917-8903 at least one business day ahead to book the Thursday pickup and get the tag, then set the piece at the curb with the tag in plain view.Official guidance
Can a mattress go out with the city collection?+
Yes. A mattress of any size and a box spring are large items under the city ordinance. Book a Thursday large item pickup with customer service at least one business day ahead, attach the tag, and stack the bedding neatly at the curb so the crew can reach it.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a washer, dryer or refrigerator?+
A washer, dryer or dishwasher goes out as a large item with a Thursday pickup booked through customer service. A refrigerator or freezer needs its refrigerant withdrawn and the unit tagged by a certified technician first, so line that up before you set it at the curb.Official guidance
Where can I recycle electronics in Acworth?+
Take them to the Cobb County transfer station at 1897 County Services Parkway in Marietta, where the recycling area takes computers, monitors, printers, scanners, laptops, phones, cables, stereos and similar equipment for a fee. Tell the scale operator you have electronics, and call 770-485-8940 for the current amounts. Televisions are not recycled there.Official guidance
What does a large item pickup cost in Acworth?+
The city applies a set charge for each large item scheduled for curbside pickup, and the amount is added to your next sanitation bill. The charge is per item, so a mattress and its box spring set out together are counted separately. Call customer service at 770-917-8903 to confirm the count before the Thursday pickup. Taking the same item to the Cobb County transfer station is a separate charge that the station sets by weight and by item.Official guidance
Where does something go if the city will not collect it?+
Construction debris, large remodeling material, large lumber, tires, batteries, wet paint, pool chemicals and other hazardous waste are outside the city curbside service. The Cobb County transfer station at 1897 County Services Parkway takes most of that list at the scale house, and a valid Georgia driver's license is required as proof of residence. Call ahead if you are unsure whether a specific item is accepted.Official guidance
Which day is my Acworth collection day?+
Garbage and yard waste are collected once a week on a day set for your address when the account is opened, and the city address map shows the day for a specific home. Large item pickups run on Thursdays and have to be booked with customer service at least one business day in advance. After a city holiday the route slides by one business day.Official guidance
Does a refrigerator need anything done before pickup?+
Yes. An appliance that holds refrigerant has to have it withdrawn and the unit properly tagged by a certified technician before the city crew will take it. Line that up first, then schedule the Thursday large item pickup with customer service and attach the large item tag.Official guidance
