January 2012 DeKalb Trash Schedule

We're getting a lot of hits for this, so here’s the Dekalb Sanitation schedule for the first week of Jan 2012

• No pick up of any kind on Monday Jan 2.
• Yard waste will be moved from Monday to Tuesday Jan 3.
• Regular trash will be moved from Tuesday to Wednesday Jan 4.
• No recycling pick-up for the entire week.

As we previously posted, Christmas trees can be put on the street for pick-up on yard waste days (Tue Jan 4 this week or Mon Jan 9 next week) if all decorations are removed and tree is cut into sections that are a maximum of 4 feet long.

Total 2012 Sanitation Dept holiday schedule is not yet available from the County.

DeKalb Christmas Tree Recycling

Merry Christmas! Hope you are all having a great holiday. As the kiddies start to calm down and the trash starts to pile up, its time to think about what to do with that darn Christmas tree. Keep DeKalb Beautiful has brought back their "Bring One for the Chipper" event Monday, Jan. 2 - Saturday, Jan. 7. again this year. DeKalb residents receiving sanitation services can place their tree at the curb for pick-up on regular yard debris collection day.  

Trees should not exceed four feet in length for curbside pick-up. The recycled trees will be chipped into mulch or used as wildlife habitat. Mulch is used for public beautification projects and is free to DeKalb residents (stay tuned for a review on this service for our spring landscaping project!). 

If you do not receive curbside sanitation services, Christmas tree recycling drop-off locations are listed below:

Drop-Off Locations

• Seminole Road Landfill: 4203 Clevemont Road Ellenwood, GA 30294 (Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
• Home Depot: 2295 Lawrenceville Highway Decatur, GA 30033
• Home Depot: 4343 Tilly Mill Road Atlanta, GA 30360
• Home Depot: 4325 New Snapfinger Woods Drive Decatur, GA 30035

DeKalb County Trash Schedule

The 2011 DeKalb County Sanitation Schedule (for single family residential) has been posted.

DeKalb County Sanitation will still be on a Monday/Thursday & Tuesday/Friday curbside collection service. Sanitation will continue service on Saturday as needed to get to any areas that were inaccessible on Thursday or Friday. Click here for information on special pick up procedures (appliances, tires, etc.). Yard Waste will now be collected on Mondays (previously Wednesdays).

For DeKalb County Recycling, collection will continue to occur on Wednesdays.

For more information and FAQs, please visit the DeKalb County Sanitation website. To download the 2011 holiday calendar, please click here.

Christmas Tree Recycling

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday! With all the festivities coming to an end, it's now time to figure out what to do with your Christmas Tree (see ours above!).  While it might be fun to have a fragrant bonfire or have Christmas again in July, most people are kicking their trees to the curb (literally). DeKalb County and Keep DeKalb Beautiful are sponsoring the 20th Annual Bring One for the Chipper Event.

The recycled Christmas Trees will be chipped into mulch for public beautification projects.  This event is free to all DeKalb County residents.To participate at home, those who are served by DeKalb County Sanitation are asked to leave their trees for curbside pick-up on their yard on debris collection day.  Please note that all decorations, lights, and ornaments must be removed.  Any tree over 7 feet tall must be cut in half prior to curbside placement.

In addition to leaving them at the curbside for pickup Christmas Trees can also be dropped off at the following locations:

Agnes Scott College

Saturday, Jan. 2. Residents can drop off live Christmas trees at the Christmas Tree Recycling Center in the Agnes Scott parking lot. The entrance is between 184 and 206 S. Candler St. in Decatur GA.

Seminole Road 

Landfill Drop-off Site

4203 Clevemont Road

Lithonia, GA 404-294-2900

Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sat. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are restricted to residents of Dekalb County only.

East Transfer Station

1750 Rogers Lake Road

Lithonia, GA 404-294-2927

Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Services are restricted to residents of Dekalb County only.

The recycling center will be open Monday, Dec. 28, through Saturday, Jan. 2

Last year, more than 200,000 trees were recycled in the State of Georgia. Over 10,000 of those trees were from DeKalb county GA residents. The program produces environmental benefits while helping Dekalb county comply with state regulations that prohibit the disposal of yard trimmings in lined municipal landfills.

DeKalb County Recycling

DeKalb County boasts that it's the Greenest County in America, and since Wednesday is typically our local recycling day, I figured I would discuss how you can get involved with DeKalb County's Curbside Residential Program.

When we first moved into Brookhaven, it was slightly confusing at how to get started.  First, check out their application. All DeKalb County single family residences that presently receive solid waste collection services (aka trash...) from DeKalb’s Sanitation Division are eligible to  participate in this recycling program. So renters - hopefully your apartment or complex has their own center or if not, check out the different drop off centers in Dekalb.

The program requires a one-time $15 charge for the blue bin and a $15 charge for a box of blue bags (to separate our your plastics and paper. We are still working on our first box of bags...)

Once you submit your application and fee, they will drop off your bin and bags at your house (pretty convenient!). Recycling is picked up every Wednesday morning- try to make sure its out in front of your house by 8/9am.  They have a small holiday schedule, and they don't pick up around Thanksgiving and New Years.If you are already a user of this program and need more blue bags- just visit their website.

We have been very happy with our service with this program and love helping to keep Dekalb green!