To receive trash service from the City of Oakwood, you must use a special city-issued roll cart. Each Oakwood household is provided with one 95-gallon cart. If you live in a rental home or apartment, your landlord is responsible for providing you with a city cart.
To request your trash cart, please click below.
Only daily household garbage is allowed in the cart, and it must be placed in tied plastic garbage bags. The lid of the cart must remain closed to reduce odor and insects. Please do not put appliances, hazardous materials or yard waste in the cart.
The city will occasionally collect extra trash if it is bagged and placed on top of the closed lid of the cart. However, if your trash continually exceeds the capacity of the cart, you will need to request a second city cart.
Simply submit a trash cart request form (see above) to the city. A $50 deposit is required for each additional cart.
The cart is the property of the City of Oakwood, and remains at the address where it is delivered. If you move or want to discontinue service, contact the city to schedule pick up of your cart. Any deposits paid by the resident will be refunded upon return of the cart.
Residents are responsible for maintaining and securing their trash carts. The city will replace parts that are defective or worn out at no charge.
If you have additional questions or need more information, please contact the City of Oakwood Public Works Department at 770.534.2365.
The City of Oakwood provides a 15-gallon recycling bin free to each city resident. There is a $15 fee to secure an additional bin or to replace a lost bin. If you are renting your home or apartment, your landlord is responsible for securing a city-issued bin for you.
Materials that may be collected in the City of Oakwood's curbside recycling program:
Newspaper
Glass - clear, green, brown
Magazines
Aluminum Cans/Foil
Tin (steel) Cans
Plastic Bottles - PETE (#1) and HDPE (#2)
Recycle loose or in brown paper grocery bags. Newspaper must be dry, and may include any inserts that came as part of the newspaper.
Clear, green and brown glass bottles and jars that are rinsed and without lids. Labels may be left on. Recycle food and beverage containers only - no plate glass, light bulbs, ceramic or heat-treated glass (like Pyrex).
Magazines and catalogs printed on glossy paper.
Three types are acceptable: metal food and drink cans (empty, rinsed); metal painted cans (empty, paint residue dried); aerosol spray cans (plastic caps removed). Labels should be left on.
Aluminum and bi-metal beverage cans, clean aluminum foil, aluminum pie plates and trays.
To recycle both types of plastic bottles, please discard the caps, rinse and flatten the containers by stepping on them.
PETE (#1) plastic is always clear (see-through) whether it is colored or not, and will have the symbol on the bottom. Examples are green and clear liter soda bottles.
HDPE (#2) plastic may be natural (cloudy white) like milk and orange juice containers, or colored (opaque) like bleach and laundry detergent bottles; either will have the HDPE #2 symbol on the bottom. No motor oil containers are acceptable.
Shipping, moving and appliance type boxes that are broken down and flattened may be recycled, as well as brown paper grocery bags. No waxed or single layer boxes (such as shoe or cereal boxes) are acceptable.
Tree limbs will be collected the last Friday of each month. Limbs may be no more than 6" in diameter and not less than 3' in length or they will not be collected. Place the limbs curbside (not obstructing traffic) no more than two days prior to pick-up. Any limbs not collected must be removed by the resident within 24 hours. The city will not remove trees or clean-up from tree removal.
Yard waste such as leaves and grass clippings should be composted.
While not part of our curbside program, you are encouraged to protect our environment by recycling used motor oil at any Hall County Compactor site or the Hall County Recycling Center. Closest sites are:
Blackshear Place - Old Atlanta Highway, approximately 1/4 mile south of I-985 behind the South Hall Library.
Balus Creek - Old Flowery Branch Road, approximately 0.2 miles from Mundy Mill/McEver Road intersection. Turn onto Old Flowery Branch Road at Loretta's Cafeteria.
The Hall County Landfill will accept tires, appliances, furniture, building materials, carpet and batteries for disposal or recycling. It will not accept yard waste and trimmings, hazardous or liquid waste.