Sec. 70-43Solid waste classified for disposal
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Plain English: what this chapter covers
This chapter covers garbage: how trash must be bagged and stored, the pickup schedule, what the city will and won't haul, private haulers, and the garbage fee on your utility bill. An editor's note says the city contracts with the Solid Waste Management Authority of Crisp County (agreement dated 1996).
(a) Acceptable solid waste: The following classes of solid waste shall be acceptable for disposal at publicly owned and operated disposal sites;
(1) Garbage, as defined in section 70-31 hereof.
(2) Ashes, the residue from burning of combustible materials for fuel.
(3) Rubbish, as defined in section 70-31 hereof.
(b) Unacceptable solid waste: The following classes of solid waste shall not be acceptable for disposal at public expense on publicly owned and operated disposal sites:
(1) Limbs, cuttings, and other yard trimmings not in the container normally used for the normal and ordinary collection of solid waste by the household.
(2) Building waste, large quantities of materials resulting from the construction of demolition of building, such as plaster, mortar, broken masonry, scrap lumber, roofing, or similar materials.
(3) Industrial waste, solid or semi-solid waste resulting from industrial processes.
(4) Dead animals over 30 pounds.
(5) Hazardous waste as defined in section 20 hereof.
This is a plain-English guide, not legal advice. The official code is on Municode and at City Hall. Our copy is from April 30, 2026.
Online: https://jamesburgessleads.com/city-code/PTIICOOR_CH70SOWA_ARTIISOWAOR_S70-43SOWACLDI
Official version: https://library.municode.com/GA/Ashburn/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH70SOWA_ARTIISOWAOR_S70-43SOWACLDI
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