


Signs are posted in the area of service 48 hours in advance.Provided for residential areas three times a year.If cars are parked on the street, the street cannot be swept. * Solid Waste Services sweeps all residential streets with curbs and gutters.

Signs are posted on main thoroughfares of the quadrant the week before the street is to be swept. Street sweeping occurs three times a year for each quadrant. The Department of Public Works Solid Waste Service (SWS) sweeps all residential streets with curbs and gutters. If you would like to cancel backyard service, email to Please Include your name and address and someone will follow up with you. To apply: submit proof of age and physician's certified statement by fax at 40 or email to backyard service is requested and the person requesting the service does not meet the age or physical condition criteria, then the citizen must pay $1,233.69 to receive this service City Code Section 130-37. Please Note: If City of Atlanta trucks cannot enter the backyard for collection, the customer cannot get backyard service. If the person is not capable of placing garbage at the curb, then they must present a licensed physicians certified statement stating such person is physically incapable of placing the garbage at the curb. Solid Waste Services offers backyard service to senior residents who are 70 years of age or older, live alone and the person is physically incapable of placing the garbage at the curb.
