Residents receive recycling service on the same day as their scheduled garbage collection.

If today is your scheduled pick-up day for weekly collection, please allow until the end of the day for collection to be completed.  

If it is after normal business hours and YOUR RECYCLING WAS NOT COLLECTED, you may create a request by completing the form below.  If it is the next business day during normal business hours (7AM – 7PM), you may contact Customer Service at 404-546-0311 or create a request by completing the form below.

To determine your weekly service day, please visit the Waste Wizard link below and select the ‘Calendar’ tab.

If you would like to receive weekly reminders of your collection day and other SWS notifications, visit the Waste Wizard, enter your address and select GET A REMINDER!

NOTE: Shredded paper may be placed in a plastic bag inside the recycling cart.  Empty plastic bags and/or plastic bags containing anything else will result in the entire cart NOT being collected.

Recyclable items collected by COA:

The City of Atlanta is not collecting for the Orange Hefty Energy Bag Program.  However, if YOU would like to participate, you MUST take the Orange Hefty Bags to the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHARM) located at 1110 Hill Street SE, Atlanta, GA 30315.  Please DO NOT dispose of the Orange Hefty Bags in your recycling cart.  If Orange Hefty Bags are in the cart, the cart will not be collected until removed.