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City collection Furniture is on the county's bulky item list, which names couches, chairs, tables and dressers and collects them for a fee rather than in the weekly garbage cart. From $115 for minimum for a general special collection, with $258.80 per truckload, assessed by staff after an on-site look at the pile. DeKalb County residential accounts, and the county names Decatur among the cities it serves. The county states that bulky items require a fee and that the amount is determined by an on-site assessment, so confirm the charge for the items and the address when the request is submitted.
City collection Mattresses and box springs are named on the county's bulky item list, so they go out on a scheduled bulky collection for a fee rather than in a cart. From $115 for minimum for a general special collection, with $258.80 per truckload, assessed by staff after the pile is examined at the curb. DeKalb County residential accounts including Decatur addresses; the county describes bulky items as requiring a fee and sets the amount on site, so confirm what a mattress costs when the request is submitted.
City collection Appliances are on the county's bulky item list in two groups, refrigerators, freezers, washers and dryers on one line and stoves, dishwashers, microwaves, air conditioners and water heaters on another, and they carry a fee with a preparation rule. From $115 for minimum for a general special collection, with $258.80 per truckload, assessed after the pile is examined. DeKalb County residential accounts including Decatur addresses, with the fee determined by the on-site assessment rather than by the appliance type.
City collection DeKalb County collects bulky household items from Decatur addresses for a fee, and it runs a separate prepaid special collection for heavier or mixed loads, with both assessed at the curb before anything is charged. From $115 for minimum for a general special collection with $258.80 per truckload, while tree parts over three inches and commingled piles are published at a $230 minimum and $517.50 per truckload. DeKalb County residential accounts including Decatur addresses; the county states that bulky items require a fee and that the special collection fee is prepaid, with every amount established by an on-site assessment.
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?
Decatur's solid waste service comes from DeKalb County rather than a city department, and the county names Decatur among the cities it serves. Garbage, recycling and yard trimmings are each collected once a week on the same day, with containers set out after 7 p.m. the night before and back in within a day of collection. Large household items run on a separate service: the county collects bulky items such as furniture, mattresses and box springs, bathroom fixtures and appliances for a fee, and it handles special collections of construction and demolition material, fencing, decking, tree parts, commingled piles, contractor waste and cardboard for a prepaid fee. Both are priced after a staff member assesses the pile at the curb, so the published figures are minimums and per truckload rates rather than a per item price. Preparation matters: an appliance has to be emptied with its doors secured or removed, and a refrigerator or freezer has to be empty with the doors off. Some things never go in the curb programme at all, including tires, which the county sends to the Seminole Road Landfill at published rates, hazardous material, concrete products, Bagster bags and liquids. Electronics go to the county's e-recycling programme at the same landfill, but that programme refuses televisions and CRT monitors.
Furniture is on the county's bulky item list, which names couches, chairs, tables and dressers and collects them for a fee rather than in the weekly garbage cart.
City cost & eligibility
From $115 for minimum for a general special collection, with $258.80 per truckload, assessed by staff after an on-site look at the pile. DeKalb County residential accounts, and the county names Decatur among the cities it serves. The county states that bulky items require a fee and that the amount is determined by an on-site assessment, so confirm the charge for the items and the address when the request is submitted.
When & how
Place the furniture at the curb first, without blocking access, mailboxes, flower beds, utilities or drainage, then submit the request online as the county recommends, by email to solidwaste@dekalbcountyga.gov with the address, item description and photos, or in person at 3720 Leroy Scott Drive in Decatur on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Get it ready
Keep the pile at the curb where staff can assess it, and pay any assessed fee before the collection happens. Hazardous material, concrete products, Bagster bags, liquids and tires are not accepted in the bulky programme.
Mattresses and box springs are named on the county's bulky item list, so they go out on a scheduled bulky collection for a fee rather than in a cart.
City cost & eligibility
From $115 for minimum for a general special collection, with $258.80 per truckload, assessed by staff after the pile is examined at the curb. DeKalb County residential accounts including Decatur addresses; the county describes bulky items as requiring a fee and sets the amount on site, so confirm what a mattress costs when the request is submitted.
When & how
Set the mattress at the curb and submit the bulky item request online, by email or in person, then pay the assessed fee before collection day.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and clear of the sidewalk and utilities, keep it out of the recycling and yard trimmings streams, and note that the county refuses tires, hazardous material, concrete products, Bagster bags and liquids in the same programme.
Appliances are on the county's bulky item list in two groups, refrigerators, freezers, washers and dryers on one line and stoves, dishwashers, microwaves, air conditioners and water heaters on another, and they carry a fee with a preparation rule.
City cost & eligibility
From $115 for minimum for a general special collection, with $258.80 per truckload, assessed after the pile is examined. DeKalb County residential accounts including Decatur addresses, with the fee determined by the on-site assessment rather than by the appliance type.
When & how
Put the appliance at the curb and submit the bulky item request, then pay the assessed fee before the collection day. The county's customer care line is 404-294-2900 on weekdays for questions about the request.
Get it ready
Remove all food from the appliance, secure or take off the doors, and for a refrigerator or freezer empty it completely and remove the doors, which the county requires. Keep appliances out of the garbage, recycling and yard trimmings containers, and note that the e-recycling programme refuses appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, washers and microwaves.
The county runs an e-recycling programme through the Seminole Road Landfill that takes computers, servers, printers, phones and flat screen monitors, and it explicitly refuses televisions and CRT monitors.
City cost & eligibility
The e-recycling flyer publishes the accepted and refused items and the drop-off location without stating a fee or its hours, so confirm the hours and whether anything in the load is chargeable by calling the Sanitation Division at 404-294-2900 before the trip.
When & how
Take accepted equipment to the Seminole Road Landfill at 4203 Clevemont Rd in Ellenwood, and check the current hours and any charge with the Sanitation Division first.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data from a computer, phone or drive before it leaves the house, and keep these items out of the load because the e-recycling programme refuses them: televisions and CRT monitors, appliances including refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, microwaves and ovens, alkaline batteries, gas grill tanks, liquid containing devices, vacuum cleaners, and household trash.
Renovation material runs on a prepaid special collection, which the county lists for construction and demolition material without concrete, wood fencing and decking, and metal fencing and posts.
City cost & eligibility
From $115 for minimum for a general special collection with $258.80 per truckload, while commingled piles of mixed material are published at a $230 minimum and $517.50 per truckload, each assessed on site. DeKalb County residential accounts including Decatur addresses, with the fee prepaid before collection once the county has assessed the pile.
When & how
Stockpile the material at the curb, submit the special collection request online, by email or in person, and pay the assessed fee before the county collects it.
Get it ready
Keep concrete products out of the load, because the county refuses them, and keep hazardous material, liquids and Bagster bags out as well. Material has to be placed where staff can assess it without blocking access, mailboxes, flower beds, utilities or drainage.
Exercise equipment is not named on the county's bulky item list or its special collection list, so a treadmill or weight machine has to be confirmed before it goes to the curb.
City cost & eligibility
The county publishes the bulky item fee as an on-site assessment rather than a per item price, so confirm whether the machine counts as a bulky item and what the assessed fee would be by calling 404-294-2900 before the request is submitted.
When & how
Call customer care before placing the machine at the curb, then submit the request only if the county confirms it belongs in the bulky stream.
Get it ready
Describe the machine and its size when you call, and take the console or any battery pack off so those parts are handled separately rather than left in the pile.
DeKalb County collects bulky household items from Decatur addresses for a fee, and it runs a separate prepaid special collection for heavier or mixed loads, with both assessed at the curb before anything is charged.
City cost & eligibility
From $115 for minimum for a general special collection with $258.80 per truckload, while tree parts over three inches and commingled piles are published at a $230 minimum and $517.50 per truckload. DeKalb County residential accounts including Decatur addresses; the county states that bulky items require a fee and that the special collection fee is prepaid, with every amount established by an on-site assessment.
When & how
Place the pile at the curb first, submit the request online, by email or in person, wait for the assessment form, and pay before collection. Customer care is 404-294-2900 on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and in-person service runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 3720 Leroy Scott Drive.
Get it ready
Keep the pile out of the carts and clear of access, mailboxes, flower beds, utilities and drainage, and keep these items out of the load entirely because the county refuses them: tires, hazardous materials, concrete products, Bagster bags and liquids. Tires go instead to the Seminole Road Landfill, where the county publishes rates by size.
Weekly collection runs once a week for all three streams
DeKalb County collects garbage, recycling and yard trimmings once a week on the same day for Decatur addresses. Containers go out after 7 p.m. the night before collection, have to be curbside by 7 a.m. on the collection day, and come back in within 24 hours of service. Collection schedules change during county-observed holidays and service can be suspended in bad weather, and the county asks residents to check the holiday schedule and the service status notices before reporting a missed pickup.
Bulky items are requested, assessed and paid before collection
Bulky items do not go out with the regular carts. The county lists furniture, mattresses and box springs, bathroom fixtures and appliances as fee required bulky items, and construction material, fencing, decking, tree parts, commingled piles, contractor waste and heavy cardboard as prepaid special collections. The sequence matters: the pile goes to the curb first, then the request is submitted online, by email to solidwaste@dekalbcountyga.gov with photos, or in person at 3720 Leroy Scott Drive, staff assess the pile and leave an assessment form, and the fee is paid before collection.
What never goes in a curb load, and where it goes instead
Tires are refused in the bulky and special collection programmes and are directed to the Seminole Road Landfill, where the county publishes separate rates for tires under 18 inches, tires over 18 inches and tires left on rims. Hazardous materials, concrete products, Bagster bags and liquids are refused as well. Electronic waste goes to the county's e-recycling drop-off at the Seminole Road Landfill on Clevemont Road in Ellenwood, which takes computers, servers, printers, hard drives, cables, phones and flat screen monitors, but expressly refuses televisions and CRT monitors, appliances, alkaline batteries and liquid containing devices.
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.
DeKalb County Sanitation Division, Solid Waste Management
Request a county bulky item collection
A Decatur household with furniture, a mattress or box spring, bathroom fixtures or an appliance that will not fit in the cart.
Cost & conditions
From $115 for minimum for a general special collection, with $258.80 per truckload, assessed on site once staff examine the pile. DeKalb County residential accounts including Decatur addresses, with the fee established by the county's on-site assessment and paid before collection.
Arrange it
Place the items at the curb, submit the request online or by email with the address, item list and photos, or visit the Leroy Scott Drive office, then pay the assessed fee before the collection date.
Fees are assessed rather than quoted per item, appliances need food removed and doors secured or removed, and tires, hazardous material, concrete products, Bagster bags and liquids are not accepted.
DeKalb County Sanitation Division, Solid Waste Management
Request a prepaid special collection
A household with construction and demolition material without concrete, fencing, decking, tree parts over three inches, a commingled pile or contractor waste.
Cost & conditions
From $115 for minimum for a general special collection with $258.80 per truckload, while tree parts over three inches and commingled piles are published at a $230 minimum and $517.50 per truckload. DeKalb County residential accounts including Decatur addresses, with the special collection fee prepaid before collection after the county's assessment.
Arrange it
Put the material at the curb where staff can assess it, submit the request, and pay the assessed fee before collection.
Concrete products, hazardous materials, liquids and Bagster bags are refused, and the pile has to be neat and clear of access, mailboxes, flower beds, utilities and drainage.
DeKalb County Sanitation Division, Solid Waste Management
Take electronics to the county e-recycling drop-off
A Decatur household with a computer, server, printer, scanner, hard drive, cables, cell phone or LCD flat screen monitor.
Cost & conditions
The county's e-recycling flyer publishes the accepted and refused items and the drop-off site without stating a fee or its hours, so confirm both with the Sanitation Division at 404-294-2900 before loading the car.
Arrange it
Take the accepted equipment to the Seminole Road Landfill at 4203 Clevemont Rd in Ellenwood after confirming the hours, and ask about larger loads at the same number.
Televisions and CRT monitors are expressly refused, along with appliances, alkaline batteries, gas grill tanks, liquid containing devices, vacuum cleaners and household trash, so a television needs another route that the county confirms.
DeKalb County Sanitation Division, Solid Waste Management
Take tires to the Seminole Road Landfill
A household with tires that the bulky and special collection programmes refuse.
Cost & conditions
$16 per tire over 18 inches at the Seminole Road Landfill, with tires under 18 inches at $3.50 each and tires with rims at $30 each. Residents delivering tires to the county landfill named on the bulky items page; confirm the current rates and the site's hours at the scale before hauling.
Arrange it
Deliver the tires to the Seminole Road Landfill on Clevemont Road in Ellenwood and confirm the hours and the rate for the size before the trip.
Tires are refused in the curb programmes, so the landfill is the only county route named, and the rest of the county's refuses list still applies to hazardous material, concrete products, liquids and Bagster bags.
County landfill and public disposal site used for tires and e-recycling
Seminole Road Landfill
4203 Clevemont Rd, Ellenwood, GA 30294
Public disposal loads, tires at the published rates by size, and the county's e-recycling drop-off for computers, servers, mainframes, printers, copiers, scanners, fax machines, hard drives, circuit boards, power supplies, network equipment, modems, keyboards and mice, cables, cell phones, desktop phones, stereos, radios, players, gaming consoles, dock stations, LCD flat screen monitors, toner cartridges and lithium, Ni-MH and Ni-CAD batteries.
The e-recycling programme expressly refuses televisions and CRT monitors, appliances including refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, microwaves and ovens, alkaline batteries, gas grill tanks, liquid containing devices, vacuum cleaners and household trash. The bulky collection programme also refuses hazardous material, concrete products, Bagster bags and liquids.
Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., as printed on the county bulky items page; the site's own number is 404-687-4040.
The county publishes tire rates by size but no tipping or e-recycling fee, so confirm the charge for the load with the Sanitation Division at 404-294-2900 first.
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 does a couch leave a Decatur home?+
On DeKalb County's bulky item collection, which serves Decatur and lists couches, chairs, tables and dressers. The service requires a fee, staff assess the pile at the curb after the request is submitted and leave an assessment form where a fee applies, and the fee is paid before collection. Put the piece at the curb without blocking access, mailboxes or utilities, and send the request online, by email or in person at the Leroy Scott Drive office.Official guidance
Where does a mattress go in Decatur?+
Onto DeKalb County's bulky item collection, which names mattresses and box springs. The county requires a fee for bulky items, staff assess the pile at the curb and the fee is paid before collection, so submit the request with the address and photos, either online, by email to solidwaste@dekalbcountyga.gov or in person at the Leroy Scott Drive office, and keep the mattress clear of the sidewalk.Official guidance
How do appliances have to be prepared for a DeKalb bulky collection?+
The county requires all food to be removed and the doors secured or removed, and a refrigerator or freezer has to be completely empty with the doors removed before it is placed at the curb. Appliances are listed in two groups on the bulky item list: refrigerators, freezers, washers and dryers, and stoves, dishwashers, microwaves, air conditioners and water heaters. The service requires a fee that staff assess on site.Official guidance
Where do computers and televisions go in Decatur?+
Computers, servers, printers, scanners, hard drives, cables, cell phones and LCD flat screen monitors go to the county's e-recycling drop-off at the Seminole Road Landfill on Clevemont Road in Ellenwood, which the Sanitation Division runs to keep electronics out of the landfill. Televisions and CRT monitors are expressly not accepted there, nor are appliances, alkaline batteries or liquid containing devices, so confirm a television with the Sanitation Division at 404-294-2900 before moving it, because the flyer publishes neither a fee nor the site's hours.Official guidance
How does DeKalb County handle bulky items for a Decatur address?+
The county's Solid Waste Management department serves Decatur and collects bulky items such as furniture, mattresses and box springs, bathroom fixtures and appliances for a fee, with a separate prepaid special collection for construction material, fencing, decking, tree parts, commingled piles, contractor waste and heavy cardboard. Items go to the curb first, a request is submitted online, by email or in person, staff assess the pile and leave an assessment form, and the fee is paid before collection. Tires, hazardous material, concrete products, Bagster bags and liquids are not accepted.Official guidance
Who collects trash and bulky items in Decatur?+
DeKalb County does. The county's Solid Waste Management department names Decatur among the cities it serves alongside unincorporated DeKalb and several other cities, and it collects garbage, recycling and yard trimmings once a week on the same day, runs the fee based bulky item collection and the prepaid special collections, and operates the Seminole Road Landfill where tires and electronics go. Customer care is 404-294-2900 on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and in-person service is at 3720 Leroy Scott Drive in Decatur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Official guidance
What does a bulky item pickup cost?+
The county treats bulky items as fee required and determines the amount with an on-site assessment after the pile is placed at the curb and the request is submitted. The published special collection table gives a general special collection minimum and a per truckload rate, with tree parts over three inches and commingled piles listed at higher minimum and per truckload figures, and the fee has to be paid before collection by online payment, check or money order or, in person, by credit card.Official guidance
What will the county not collect at the curb?+
Tires, which are directed to the Seminole Road Landfill at published rates by size, along with hazardous materials, concrete products, Bagster bags and liquids. The county asks residents to keep such material out of the pile, because the bulky and special collection programmes refuse it, and the landfill also refuses hazardous material at the e-recycling drop-off, where televisions and CRT monitors, appliances, alkaline batteries and liquid containing devices are not accepted.Official guidance
Can I put a television in the county e-recycling drop-off?+
No. The county's e-recycling flyer lists televisions and CRT monitors among the unacceptable items, along with appliances, alkaline batteries, gas grill tanks, liquid containing devices and household trash. It does accept computers, servers, printers, copiers, scanners, fax machines, hard drives, cables, cell phones and LCD flat screen monitors at the Seminole Road Landfill on Clevemont Road in Ellenwood, and because the flyer publishes neither a fee nor the site's hours, confirm both with the Sanitation Division at 404-294-2900 before moving anything.Official guidance
