Recycling in a multi-family dwelling
The City of Atlanta does not currently offer
recycling services to multi-family dwellings. Many private waste
haulers provide recycling services for the multi-family complexes they otherwise service for municipal garbage collection.
If you live in an apartment or condo in a multi-family dwelling, talk to your building manager or owner to request recycling. Also available is a multi-family recycling toolkit from the Georgia Recycling Coalition.
To access the Georgia Recycling Coalition Too kit click here.
An improved recycling ordinance for multi-family dwellings was passed by the Atlanta City Council in the Fall of 2007. This ordinance clarifies recycling requirements and the city’s enforcement powers regarding multi-family recycling.
Basically, it states that the owners of multi-family dwellings must:
If you live in an apartment or condo in a multi-family dwelling, talk to your building manager or owner to request recycling. Also available is a multi-family recycling toolkit from the Georgia Recycling Coalition.
To access the Georgia Recycling Coalition Too kit click here.
An improved recycling ordinance for multi-family dwellings was passed by the Atlanta City Council in the Fall of 2007. This ordinance clarifies recycling requirements and the city’s enforcement powers regarding multi-family recycling.
Basically, it states that the owners of multi-family dwellings must:
- Furnish commercial containers for the collection of recyclables.
- Owners and Associations subject to this section shall have until July 2008 to comply with requirements
- As a condition for the approval for any building permit for new multi-family dwelling, all plans must demonstrate that the space allocated shall be of a size necessary to locate and service containers.
- Each owner or Association member will be required to submit an annual report to document recyclables collected.
- Waivers can be granted for applicants that can prove that it is physically impossible or economically unreasonable to add addition space for containers.