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City collection The City schedules bulky item pickups on request once a month per residential property, for single pieces of furniture, mattresses and other items that will not fit in the sanitation carts. The City publishes no rate for the bulky item pickup and arranges it by phone, so confirm the item, the pickup date and any charge with Canton Public Works on 770-720-7674. A piece that the pickup cannot take can also go to the free City collection site, or to the county recycling center where a published per item charge may apply.
City collection A mattress is named in the City bulky item service, and the county recycling center also takes one for a published per item charge. From $20 for the published per item charge for a mattress or box springs at the Blalock Road location of the Cherokee County Recycling Center. Cherokee County residents dropping the item at the Blalock Road center, where pay items are accepted and payment is by card or check only because cash is not taken. The City bulky item pickup is a separate route with no published rate, arranged through Canton Public Works.
City collection The City collection site takes appliances free from city residents, and the county recycling center takes them for a published per item charge. No charge. City of Canton residents using the City collection site at 2525 Ridge Road, where trash disposal is free to households inside the city limits and the accepted list names washers and dryers, stoves, dishwashers, water heaters, and freezers and refrigerators that have been emptied of food and tagged as freon free. The county recycling center charges separately by item.
City collection Waste Pro runs the City's weekly garbage route and bills residents directly, with one cart delivered to each residence as the base level of service. $19.28 per month for the base garbage service, which Waste Pro bills quarterly in advance; the hauler page also prints a senior figure of $53.40 and optional bi weekly recycling at $10.46 per month. Waste Pro bills residents directly under its contract as the City's waste collection provider. Confirm the cart size, the collection day and which of the published rates applies through the City sign-up page, or ask City Public Works on 770-720-7674.
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?
Canton has two collection layers and neither one is the curb crews residents might expect. Waste Pro has been the City's waste collection provider since 2022, running the weekly garbage route and billing residents directly, while the City itself runs a free collection site for city residents and schedules yard waste and bulky item pickups by phone. A bulky item pickup has to be requested, runs once a month per property, takes single pieces of furniture, mattresses and other items that will not fit in the sanitation carts, and refuses cardboard boxes and anything over 50 pounds. Yard waste follows its own request process with paper bags, a six bag weekly limit and a six foot limit on brush and pile size. Cherokee County then takes the material the City will not, at a recycling center with two locations, where mattresses, appliances, flat screen televisions, paint, batteries and mattresses carry published per item charges.
Waste Pro runs the City's weekly garbage route and bills residents directly, with one cart delivered to each residence as the base level of service.
City cost & eligibility
$19.28 per month for the base garbage service, which Waste Pro bills quarterly in advance; the hauler page also prints a senior figure of $53.40 and optional bi weekly recycling at $10.46 per month. Waste Pro bills residents directly under its contract as the City's waste collection provider. Confirm the cart size, the collection day and which of the published rates applies through the City sign-up page, or ask City Public Works on 770-720-7674.
When & how
Once a week on the collection day for the address, with optional bi weekly recycling available as an added service. Waste Pro does not collect on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day, and for the remainder of that week the service runs a day later.
Get it ready
Keep the material inside the cart the provider issued, and separate the material that the City and the county will not take. Commercial dumping is refused at the City collection site, and the county recycling center refuses unbagged household trash, so anything the curbside cart cannot hold either goes to the City collection site in a bagged load or waits for the bulky item pickup.
The City schedules bulky item pickups on request once a month per residential property, for single pieces of furniture, mattresses and other items that will not fit in the sanitation carts.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes no rate for the bulky item pickup and arranges it by phone, so confirm the item, the pickup date and any charge with Canton Public Works on 770-720-7674. A piece that the pickup cannot take can also go to the free City collection site, or to the county recycling center where a published per item charge may apply.
When & how
Once per month per residential property, on a date scheduled by request through the Canton Public Works Department. The pickup is not automatic, so a piece stays at the curb only after the request is confirmed.
Get it ready
The pickup takes a single piece of furniture, a mattress or another item too large for the sanitation cart, and it refuses cardboard boxes and anything over 50 pounds. Keep the item out of the street, off the sidewalk, and away from fire hydrants, cable and utility boxes, stormwater catch basins and mailboxes, and check the weight of a heavy piece before setting it out.
A mattress is named in the City bulky item service, and the county recycling center also takes one for a published per item charge.
City cost & eligibility
From $20 for the published per item charge for a mattress or box springs at the Blalock Road location of the Cherokee County Recycling Center. Cherokee County residents dropping the item at the Blalock Road center, where pay items are accepted and payment is by card or check only because cash is not taken. The City bulky item pickup is a separate route with no published rate, arranged through Canton Public Works.
When & how
Through the City bulky item pickup scheduled once a month by request at 770-720-7674, or at the county recycling center during its open hours.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and out of the weather so it can be lifted, and set it out only after the pickup is confirmed. A mattress counts as the single bulky piece for the monthly request, which also refuses anything over 50 pounds, so ask the department if a bed frame is being added to the load.
The City collection site takes appliances free from city residents, and the county recycling center takes them for a published per item charge.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. City of Canton residents using the City collection site at 2525 Ridge Road, where trash disposal is free to households inside the city limits and the accepted list names washers and dryers, stoves, dishwashers, water heaters, and freezers and refrigerators that have been emptied of food and tagged as freon free. The county recycling center charges separately by item.
When & how
During collection site hours, which are Monday from 7 a.m. to noon as senior day, Thursday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a lunch closure from 12 to 1 p.m., and closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday, or at the county recycling center on its own schedule.
Get it ready
Empty the appliance completely, and tag a refrigerator or freezer as freon free, because the collection site accepts one only when it is emptied of food and carries that tag. A unit that still holds refrigerant, or an appliance taken to the county center instead, carries a published per item charge there, so ask before the trip.
The county recycling center takes electronics at its Blalock Road location, with flat screen televisions and monitors carrying published per item charges and tube or projection sets refused.
City cost & eligibility
From $10 for the published per item charge for a flat screen computer monitor at the Blalock Road location, with flat screen televisions at a higher published per item charge. Cherokee County residents, with pay items accepted only at the Blalock Road location and payment by card or check because cash is not accepted. The center takes all electronics except tube televisions and CRT monitors, and light bulbs of any type are refused.
When & how
At the Blalock Road recycling center, open Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon, closed Sunday and Monday. The Hobgood Park location takes single stream recycling and glass only, so no electronics go there.
Get it ready
Take the device to Blalock Road rather than setting it at the curb, and keep tube televisions and CRT monitors out of the load because the center refuses them along with light bulbs of any type. Erase personal data before the device leaves the house, and keep batteries with the other battery material rather than inside the device.
The City collection site takes some building material such as lumber, carpet and metal but refuses roof shingles, and the county recycling center refuses construction and remodeling waste.
City cost & eligibility
No rate covers a renovation load. The City collection site takes old lumber, carpet, metal and cardboard free from city residents but refuses roof shingles and commercial dumping, and the Cherokee County Recycling Center refuses building materials, home remodeling materials and construction waste. Confirm the material and the destination with City Public Works on 770-720-7674 before hauling.
When & how
During collection site hours for the material the site accepts, and through a permitted hauler or another receiving facility for the material both the City site and the county center refuse.
Get it ready
Separate the load, because lumber, carpet, metal, cardboard and household items can go to the free City collection site while shingles, commercial loads and construction waste cannot. Keep any load to what fits in the bed of a pickup truck or SUV if it is going to the county recycling center, which refuses anything larger, and keep chemicals and oils out of both routes.
Exercise equipment is named nowhere in the City or county lists, so the machine is confirmed with the City bulky service before it goes out.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes no rate for an item it does not name. Exercise equipment is not in the bulky item examples, which are single pieces of furniture and mattresses, so call Canton Public Works on 770-720-7674 and confirm whether the machine is collected, whether it counts as the monthly piece and whether it fits the 50 pound limit. A metal machine can also go to the county recycling center as metal.
When & how
Confirm first, then use the monthly bulky item pickup requested through Canton Public Works, or take a metal machine to the county recycling center during its open hours.
Get it ready
Describe the machine when you call, including whether it folds down and roughly what it weighs, because the City refuses anything over 50 pounds. Take off loose weights and the console, break the machine down as far as it comes apart, and keep the load out of the street and away from fire hydrants and utility boxes.
The City brush service is scheduled by request, with paper bags, a six bag weekly limit and six foot limits on branch size and pile size.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes no rate for the brush and yard waste pickup and arranges it by phone, so confirm the collection, the bag count and any charge with Canton Public Works on 770-720-7674 when the pickup is requested. Some vegetation can also be taken to the county recycling center when it is bagged, at a published per bag rate.
When & how
Once a week per residential property on request for brush, with a maximum of six bags of leaves, grass clippings and small brush collected weekly per property. Loose leaf pickup is scheduled by request based on availability, and the material stays off the street and away from sidewalks, fire hydrants, utility boxes, catch basins and mailboxes.
Get it ready
Use paper lawn waste bags rather than plastic, which is prohibited, and keep rocks and dirt out of the bags and out of the pile, including plants and shrubs with soil on the roots. Brush and limbs have to be under six inches in diameter and no longer than six feet, and the pile cannot be taller than six feet or wider than six feet. Do not combine leaves with brush, and remember that material cut by a contractor is the contractor's responsibility to remove.
Paint is the one hazardous item with a published drop off, at the county recycling center, while motor oil, antifreeze and tires are refused by both the City site and the county center.
City cost & eligibility
From $5 for the published per item charge for a one gallon paint can at the Blalock Road location of the Cherokee County Recycling Center, with five gallon buckets charged at a higher published rate and dried paint double bagged at a published rate per bag. Cherokee County residents using the Blalock Road location, where paint is a pay item and payment is by card or check because cash is not accepted. Motor oil, antifreeze, tires and other hazardous materials are refused there and at the City collection site.
When & how
Paint goes to the Blalock Road recycling center during its open hours, Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. The City collection site refuses paints, chemicals and oils entirely.
Get it ready
Keep paint, chemicals and oils out of the garbage cart, out of any bulky pile and out of the free City collection site, all of which refuse them. Paint that has already dried or solidified is double bagged and charged by the bag rather than by the can, and motor oil, antifreeze and tires have no published local drop off on either page, so a retailer take back or a scheduled household hazardous waste event should be confirmed before those are moved.
Neither the bulky item pickup nor the brush pickup happens on its own. Both are scheduled by calling Canton Public Works at 770-720-7674, bulky items run once per month per residential property and brush runs once a week per property on request. The free City collection site is the walk in or drive in alternative for the material it accepts.
Keep the pile out of the street and off the sidewalk
Bulky items and yard debris stay out of the street and off sidewalks, and away from fire hydrants, cable and utility boxes, stormwater catch basins and mailboxes, so the equipment and emergency access remain clear. Brush and limbs also have to be under six inches in diameter and no longer than six feet, with a pile no taller than six feet and no wider than six feet.
The bulky item service refuses anything over 50 pounds and does not take cardboard boxes, and it is meant for a single piece of furniture, a mattress or another item that will not fit in the sanitation cart. A refrigerator or freezer also has to be emptied of food and tagged as freon free before the City collection site will take it.
The Cherokee County Recycling Center at 470 Blalock Road accepts appliances, batteries, mattresses, paint, flat screen televisions and monitors, bagged household trash, polystyrene and all electronics except tube televisions and CRT monitors, with published per item charges and payment by card or check only. Its Hobgood Park location takes single stream recyclables and glass only, and both sites refuse motor oil, antifreeze, tires, light bulbs, unbagged trash and construction waste.
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 Canton Public Works with Waste Pro and the Cherokee County Recycling Center
Free City collection site
A household inside the city limits with bagged trash, appliances, furniture, carpet, cardboard or metal to drop off.
Cost & conditions
No charge. City of Canton residents only, since the collection site offers free trash disposal to households inside the city limits. Commercial dumping, paints, chemicals and oils, brush and leaves, roof shingles, tires, dump trucks, dump trailers and box trucks are refused.
Arrange it
Drive the load to 2525 Ridge Road, Canton, during site hours: Monday from 7 a.m. to noon for senior day, closed Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a lunch closure from 12 to 1 p.m., and closed Sunday.
The site is free but not open to commercial loads, and it refuses paint, chemicals, oils, brush, roof shingles and tires, so a load with those items needs another destination.
City of Canton Public Works with Waste Pro and the Cherokee County Recycling Center
County recycling center pay items
A Cherokee County household with an appliance, a mattress, a flat screen television or monitor, paint or batteries to drop off.
Cost & conditions
From $20 for the published per item charges at the Blalock Road location, where mattresses and box springs, flat screen televisions, air conditioners and riding mowers sit at the higher end and small appliances, monitors, paint cans and smaller items sit lower. Cherokee County residents dropping pay items at Blalock Road, where payment is by card or check only because cash is not accepted. Recyclables such as cans, plastic bottles, paper, flattened cardboard, glass and paperboard are free for county residents, and an out of county fee applies to others.
Arrange it
Separate the pay items from the free recyclables, flatten every cardboard box before arrival because loose material is not unloaded, drive to 470 Blalock Road, and expect one visit per day per customer.
Pay items are accepted only at Blalock Road, and the center refuses tube and projection televisions, CRT monitors, light bulbs, motor oil, antifreeze, tires, wood or plastic furniture, building and construction waste, plastic film and any load larger than a pickup truck bed.
A household or contractor with construction, remodeling or land clearing debris that the City site and the county center refuse.
Cost & conditions
The City publishes no construction collection and the county center refuses building and remodeling material, so a hauler or container company quotes its own price and confirms the receiving facility.
Arrange it
Describe the material and where it will be staged, and confirm where the load is going before the container is delivered.
Roof shingles are refused at the City collection site, construction and remodeling waste are refused at the county recycling center, and no load larger than a pickup truck bed is taken at the county center.
Old lumber, washers and dryers, stoves, dishwashers, metal, cardboard boxes, water heaters, carpet, freezers and refrigerators that are emptied of food and tagged as freon free, and household items such as furniture, couches and tables.
The site is free and open to City of Canton residents only, and it refuses commercial dumping, paints, chemicals and oils, brush and leaves, roof shingles, tires, dump trucks, dump trailers and box trucks.
Monday from 7 a.m. to noon as senior day, closed Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a lunch closure from 12 to 1 p.m., and closed Sunday, with published holiday hours.
No charge. City of Canton residents living inside the city limits, for whom trash disposal at the site is free, with the accepted and refused item lists above.
Single stream recycling and glass, plus every pay item: appliances, bagged household trash, batteries, flat screen televisions, flat screen computer monitors, mattresses, paint, bagged polystyrene, plastic play sets and sheds, all electronics except tube televisions and CRT monitors, and all metal.
Pay items are accepted only at this location, cardboard has to be flattened before arrival, single stream material has to arrive in a container and no loose material is unloaded from a vehicle, cash is not accepted, commercial recycling is refused, and one visit per customer per day is allowed. Refused material includes tube and projection televisions, CRT monitors, light bulbs of any type, unbagged household trash, wood or plastic furniture, plastic film, motor oil, antifreeze, tires, building and remodeling material, construction waste, vegetation unless it is bagged at a published per bag rate, and any load larger than a pickup truck bed.
Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon, closed Sunday and Monday, with holiday closures announced on the county recycling center page.
From $20 for the published per item charges on the county price list, where mattresses and box springs, flat screen televisions, air conditioners and riding mowers sit at the higher end and small appliances, monitors, paint cans and smaller items sit lower. Cherokee County residents, with recyclables such as cans, plastic bottles, paper, flattened cardboard, glass and paperboard free and an out of county fee for others. Payment is by card or check with no cash accepted, and a transaction fee applies.
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.
How do I get a bulky item picked up?+
Call the Canton Public Works Department at 770-720-7674 and request the pickup. The City schedules bulky items once per month per residential property, takes single pieces of furniture, mattresses and other items that will not fit in the sanitation carts, and refuses cardboard boxes and anything over 50 pounds.Official guidance
Where should a bulky item be placed?+
Out of the street and off the sidewalk, and away from fire hydrants, cable and utility boxes, stormwater catch basins and mailboxes, so the collection equipment and emergency access stay clear. The same placement rule applies to yard debris, and a cardboard box or a piece over 50 pounds is refused instead of collected.Official guidance
How does a mattress leave the house?+
Request the City bulky item pickup on 770-720-7674, which runs once per month per residential property and names mattresses among the accepted pieces. A mattress can also be taken to the Blalock Road location of the Cherokee County Recycling Center, where a published per item charge applies and payment is by card or check.Official guidance
What has to be done to a refrigerator?+
It has to be emptied of all food and tagged as freon free before the City collection site will take it, and the same site takes washers, dryers, stoves, dishwashers and water heaters. The county recycling center also takes appliances, with a published per item charge for small and full size units and a separate published charge for an air conditioner.Official guidance
Where do televisions and computers go?+
To the Blalock Road location of the Cherokee County Recycling Center, which takes all electronics except tube televisions and CRT monitors. Flat screen televisions and flat screen computer monitors carry published per item charges, pay items are accepted only at Blalock Road, and payment is by card or check rather than cash.Official guidance
Which electronics are refused?+
Tube style and projection televisions and CRT computer monitors, along with light bulbs of any type. The county center takes flat screen televisions, flat screen monitors and other electronics, and the Hobgood Park location accepts only single stream recyclables and glass, so an older television or monitor needs another destination that should be confirmed by phone on 770-516-4195.Official guidance
Who collects the waste in Canton?+
Waste Pro, which has been the City of Canton's waste collection provider since 2022 and runs weekly garbage collection with optional bi weekly recycling, billing residents directly. The City's Public Works Department handles the yard waste and bulky item pickups on 770-720-7674 and runs the free collection site for city residents at 2525 Ridge Road.Official guidance
When is the City collection site open?+
Monday from 7 a.m. to noon as senior day, closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and Thursday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a lunch closure from 12 to 1 p.m. The site is closed Sunday, publishes separate holiday hours, and is free for City of Canton residents only.Official guidance
When is the county recycling center open?+
Both county locations are closed Sunday and Monday and open Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. The Blalock Road location takes the pay items, Hobgood Park takes single stream recyclables and glass only, and holiday closures are announced on the county recycling center page.Official guidance
How do I pay at the county center?+
By card or check, because the county recycling center does not accept cash, and a transaction fee applies to each payment. Pay items are accepted only at the Blalock Road location, while recyclables such as cans, plastic bottles, paper, flattened cardboard, glass and paperboard are free for Cherokee County residents.Official guidance
Are Christmas trees collected at the curb?+
No. The City runs a free tree recycling program instead, with drop off at the collection site on 2525 Ridge Road during normal site hours on published dates, and the tree goes in without lights or decorations. There is no curbside pickup of trees.Official guidance
