Trash / Recycling
When paying sanitation or stormwater bills by check, please include your payment slip with your check to expedite processing. Thank you.
Holiday Trash Collection Schedule
Trash collection will be interrupted for the following six holidays only: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. FOR MONDAY HOLIDAYS, TRASH/RECYCLE ROUTES DURING THE ENTIRE WEEK FOLLOWING THESE HOLIDAYS WILL BE PICKED UP ONE DAY LATER. FOR HOLIDAYS THAT FALL MIDWEEK, COLLECTIONS ON THE DAYS OF THAT WEEK AFTER THE HOLIDAY WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY (for example, if the holiday is Tuesday, the Tuesday routes are picked up Wednesday, Wednesday picked up Thursday, etc. for the remainder of the week). Reminders about holiday collection schedules are also included on your sanitation bill, in the quarterly “Inside Kennesaw” printed newsletter that is mailed to sanitation customers, and in the city’s e-newsletter that is published twice a month (subscribe by clicking on the appropriate button at the bottom of the home page).
Curbside Household Trash Pick Up
A contract vendor, Republic Services, is responsible for collecting trash and recycling within the city limits.
Trash Collection
Trash is collected on designated days once a week; collection days are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The city provides 95-gallon trash containers to most residential locations.
Yard (Green) Waste Collection
Yard trimmings and debris are picked up on the same day as trash and must be placed on the curb by 7 am. This includes grass clippings, leaves, pine straw, and small hedge trimmings. These trimmings MUST be in lawn refuse bags which are not to exceed 30 gallons or plastic/metal cans with tight fitting lids that do not exceed 32 gallon capacity nor weigh more than 50 lbs. There is a limit of fifteen bags or three containers per regular pick-up for green waste. All branches, limbs and shrubbery must be cut into lengths of four feet or less, and no single piece will exceed two inches in diameter and weigh no more than fifty pounds. All branches, limbs and shrubbery must be in a pile no larger than 10 feet long by six feet wide by four feet tall. If a tree company provides you with service, by policy, that company is required to remove debris from the premises.
Paint Can Disposal
To dispose of paint cans, pour sand or cat litter in the can and mix with the paint. Put the lid on the paint can, place in a trash bag that is secure, and place in trash can for pick up.
Bulk Waste
Bulk material collection is available for an extra fee (price based on the item, size, weight, and collection time required to pick up the material). Bulk materials include, but are not limited to household furniture, mattresses, large auto parts, any domestic and/or commercial appliances. Call Public Works (770-421-8582) to schedule pickup of bulk waste items. Pre-payment will be required before pickup. Please note: there will be NO REFUND for someone else scavenging before Public Works gets to the pickup.
WE WILL NOT PICK UP DIRT, ROCKS, CEMENT, OR CONCRETE
Please contact Sanitation for any of the following:
- Request a recycle bin, recycle cart, or trash can
- Report a broken trashcan
- Report missed trash, lawn debris, or recycling collections
- Questions about your trash or recycle service
Note: Late charges will be assessed if trash bill payment occurs after the due date. Payment by phone will incur a $3 additional charge.