Regional Recycling Resource Hub: Electronics, Batteries & Sorted Recyclables — Savannah and Chatham County, GA

This regional operating guide helps Savannah and Chatham County residents, apartment communities, and property managers identify current residential recycling and disposal resources for materials that may be restricted by a property’s waste agreement, fire-safety procedures, or material-specific handling rules—especially electronics, rechargeable batteries, cardboard, paper, selected plastics, and metal.

Chatham County’s primary residential recycling resource is the Chevis Road Drop-Off Center . Savannah also maintains separate residential, commercial-refuse, recycling, and disposal programs within City limits. [1] [6] [7]

Apartment and Commercial-Load Notice: Chatham County describes Chevis Road as a residential drop-off center. Eligible residents may bring accepted personal household material, subject to inspection and rejection by facility staff. Apartment maintenance, management-company, renovation, contractor, eviction, move-out, or aggregated resident loads should be confirmed with Chatham County before transport.

Chevis Road Drop-Off Center: Electronics, Batteries & Sorted Residential Recycling

Electronics: Chatham County currently lists phones, tablets, computer equipment, monitors, flat-screen televisions, printers, scanners, electronic accessories, cords, wires, ink and toner cartridges, and other listed electronic devices. [1]

Batteries: Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, lead-acid batteries, and automotive batteries are listed as accepted. Alkaline batteries are not accepted. [1]

Sorted Recycling: Recycling must be separated into the facility’s designated categories before or during drop-off. Chevis Road is not a single-stream apartment collection program. [1]

Facility Inspection: Residential loads are subject to inspection, and Chatham County reserves the right to reject material. Hazardous materials and chemicals are not accepted. [1]

  • Facility: Chevis Road Drop-Off Center [1]
  • Published Address Conflict: Chatham County Recycles currently lists 610 Chevis Road, while the County Public Works page lists 763 Chevis Road. Confirm the correct entrance before driving. [1] [2]
  • Public Works Contact: 912-652-6840 for current address, access, eligibility, load, and material questions. [1]
  • Published Hours: Tuesday–Saturday: 8:30 AM–5:00 PM. The County lists specific holiday closures. [1]
  • Cardboard: Flatten and break down boxes. Food- or grease-soiled cardboard, including contaminated pizza boxes, is not accepted. [1]
  • Paper: Newspaper, magazines, office paper, mail, shredded paper, and brown paper bags. [1]
  • Hard Plastics: Plastics #1 and #2, including examples such as water bottles, milk jugs, and detergent bottles. [1]
  • Soft Plastics: The current County page lists shopping bags, bubble wrap, plastic film, and zipper-style storage bags. Follow the facility’s current sorting instructions. [1]
  • Metal: Aluminum cans, foil, trays, tin cans, steel, iron, household appliances, and other listed metal-bearing material. Confirm appliance eligibility before transport. [1]
  • Cooking and Motor Oil: Up to four gallons of cooking oil and four gallons of motor oil are listed. Motor oil contaminated with gasoline is not accepted. [1]
  • Not Accepted: Glass, Styrofoam, household hazardous waste, chemicals, full-house demolition debris, major-renovation debris, land-clearing waste, tree stumps, and dead animals. [1]

Battery and Electronics Collection: Apartment Safety Controls

Individual Resident Drop-Off: An eligible resident may take accepted personal household electronics and batteries to Chevis Road under current facility rules. This does not automatically authorize apartment staff to collect, store, consolidate, or transport resident electronics or batteries.

Property Collection Areas: Do not establish an unattended electronics or battery collection box in a leasing office, mailroom, package room, maintenance shop, breezeway, stairwell, compactor room, or trash enclosure without a documented collection, storage, fire-safety, transportation, and vendor procedure.

Damaged Batteries: Swollen, leaking, damaged, recalled, or heat-affected lithium batteries require material-specific handling. Do not place them in ordinary trash, recycling containers, or an unattended collection point. Confirm instructions with the receiving facility or a qualified battery-recycling provider.

Data-Bearing Devices: Residents and property staff remain responsible for protecting personal or business information before surrendering computers, phones, tablets, drives, or other data-bearing devices.

Glass: Not Accepted at Chevis Road — Confirm Current Savannah Instructions

Chevis Road: Glass is expressly listed as not accepted at the Chatham County residential drop-off center. [1]

Savannah Glass-Only Drop-Off Program: The City’s dedicated glass-only drop-off program remains identified as temporarily suspended. [3]

Official City Guidance Conflict: Savannah’s standing glass page currently tells residents to place bottles and jars in recycling bins during the suspension. An archived March 26, 2024 City news release instead states that glass should be placed in regular trash. Because official City pages conflict, confirm the current instruction through Savannah 311 and the property’s actual recycling provider before issuing resident guidance. [3] [4]

Apartment and Commercial Accounts: Do not assume that Savannah residential curbside instructions apply to a commercial apartment dumpster, compactor, or private-provider recycling program. Follow the accepted-material list for the property’s actual account.

Savannah Curbside, Savannah Commercial Service & Chatham County Drop-Off Are Different Programs

Chatham County Drop-Off: Chevis Road requires materials to be sorted into designated categories and is described as a residential drop-off program. [1]

Savannah Residential Recycling: Savannah’s residential curbside and resident drop-off programs are separate City services. Current City recycling materials describe single-stream residential recycling and City-resident drop-off locations. [5] [7]

Savannah Commercial Refuse and Recycling: Savannah provides commercial refuse service using commercial containers and compactors, with collection frequencies ranging from once weekly to six times weekly. The City also states that it provides commercial recycling services to businesses in Savannah. [6] [7]

Apartment Property Manager Action: Confirm whether the property receives Savannah residential service, Savannah commercial service, private commercial service, Chatham County subscriber service, property-sponsored recycling, or resident-only drop-off access. Do not combine these programs in resident instructions.

  • City Commercial Refuse: 912-651-1967 [6]
  • Savannah Service Requests: Call 311 or 912-651-6565. [6]
  • Chatham County Public Works: 912-652-6840. [1]
  • Valet-Service Distinction: Doorstep collection inside an apartment community supplements—but does not replace—the municipal or commercial provider authorized to transport waste from the property to an approved facility.

Paint and Household Chemicals: No Chevis Road Hazardous-Material Drop-Off

Chevis Road: Chatham County states that hazardous materials and chemicals are not accepted at its residential drop-off centers. [1]

Household Paint: Chatham County and Georgia EPD publish household guidance for properly solidifying suitable household-generated paint before garbage disposal. Liquid paint should not be placed in ordinary garbage. [1] [8]

Apartment and Business-Generated Paint: Paint generated or consolidated by apartment management, maintenance employees, painters, renovation contractors, or other business operations should be evaluated under the property’s commercial waste procedures. Household disposal guidance should not automatically be applied to property-generated material.

Property Safety: Do not establish an unattended resident paint, chemical, fuel, pesticide, solvent, or automotive-fluid collection area. Contact Chatham County, Savannah 311, Georgia EPD, the property’s waste provider, or a qualified disposal company for current material-specific instructions.

Bulk Items: Confirm Resident Eligibility or Use the Property’s Commercial Provider

City Resident Facilities: Savannah’s Dean Forest Road and Bacon Park facilities are designed for eligible resident household material. The City expressly states that commercial waste—including waste generated through management of rental property—is not accepted. [9]

Individual Residents: An eligible resident may use the applicable City resident program for personal material generated at the resident’s own principal home, subject to proof of eligibility, facility restrictions, hours, and material limits.

Apartment-Sponsored Loads: Apartment maintenance, renovation, eviction, turnover, contractor, leasing-office, management-company, or aggregated resident loads require the property’s approved commercial collection or disposal arrangement.

Property Action: Do not leave furniture, mattresses, appliances, televisions, eviction debris, or renovation material at a curb, beside a dumpster, or outside an enclosure unless the property’s provider has approved the staging location, preparation method, charge, and collection date.

  • Dean Forest Road Facility: 1327 Dean Forest Road. Available to City residents and qualifying paid subscribers in unincorporated Chatham County for eligible household material. [9]
  • Dean Forest Hours: Monday–Thursday, 7:00 AM–4:15 PM; Friday, 7:00 AM–3:15 PM; Saturday, 7:00 AM–2:45 PM; closed Sundays and City holidays. [9]
  • Bacon Park Transfer Station: The current City Refuse Disposal page lists 6400 Skidaway Road, south of Bonna Bella Avenue. An older City bulk-guidance page may display a different Skidaway Road number. Confirm the entrance before driving. [9] [10]
  • Bacon Park Hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 9:00 AM–4:45 PM; closed Mondays, Tuesdays, and City holidays. [9]
  • Bacon Park Restrictions: Reserved for City residents. Garbage, commercial waste, and rental-property-management waste are not accepted. [9]
  • Commercial and Construction Loads: Savannah’s Commercial Refuse Department offers commercial containers, compactors, and countywide construction-and-demolition roll-off service. Confirm current service eligibility and pricing. [6]

Consumer Retail Take-Back: Resident Quantities and Store Limits Apply

Retailers may accept selected consumer electronics, batteries, ink cartridges, or accessories. Acceptance, fees, product size, quantity limits, store participation, and safety restrictions vary.

Consumer programs should not be used for apartment-management, maintenance-company, office, business, renovation, or aggregated resident equipment unless the retailer expressly permits those loads.

  • Best Buy: Review the current consumer recycling program, item limits, fees, and store participation before driving. [11]
  • Staples: Review current accepted items, daily quantity limits, condition restrictions, and local-store participation. [12]

Savannah and Chatham County Apartment Property Manager Checklist

  • Confirm whether the property is inside Savannah or in unincorporated Chatham County.
  • Identify whether the account receives Savannah residential, Savannah commercial, private commercial, County subscriber, or another service arrangement.
  • Verify the primary provider, container ownership, service frequency, accepted materials, disposal destination, missed-service contacts, and emergency collection procedure.
  • Do not describe Chevis Road as a substitute for adequate apartment dumpster or recycling capacity.
  • Confirm Chevis Road’s current address and entrance because official County webpages list different street numbers.
  • Keep Chatham County sorted-drop-off instructions separate from Savannah single-stream residential instructions.
  • Confirm the property provider’s current glass rule before issuing resident guidance.
  • Do not establish unattended electronics, lithium-battery, paint, chemical, fuel, or pesticide collection areas.
  • Keep alkaline batteries out of the Chevis Road rechargeable-battery stream.
  • Flatten cardboard and keep food- or grease-contaminated cardboard out of the Chevis stream.
  • Do not transport apartment-management, contractor, renovation, eviction, or aggregated resident material to City resident facilities.
  • Maintain a property-specific bulk-item request, staging, charge, and collection procedure.
  • Retain service agreements, invoices, photographs, missed-pickup reports, resident notices, contamination records, bulk-removal documentation, and corrective-action logs.

Verify Before Driving: Facility addresses, entrances, hours, holiday closures, residency requirements, accepted materials, quantity limits, commercial-load rules, and retailer policies can change. Confirm current information with Chatham County Public Works, Savannah 311, Savannah Commercial Refuse, the receiving facility, and the property’s waste provider before transporting material or issuing resident instructions.

Official and Supporting Sources

  1. Chatham County Recycles: Drop-Off Center — hours, 610 Chevis Road listing, sorted-material requirements, accepted electronics, battery categories, oils, cardboard preparation, inspection rights, and prohibited materials.
  2. Chatham County Public Works: Solid Waste Drop-Off Centers — 763 Chevis Road listing, hours, material categories, and Public Works operating information.
  3. City of Savannah: Glass Recycling — suspension of the separate glass-only drop-off program and the standing-page instruction concerning recycling bins.
  4. City of Savannah: March 26, 2024 Glass News Release — archived City release containing conflicting regular-trash guidance.
  5. City of Savannah: Recycling — City-resident drop-off locations and residential recycling resources.
  6. City of Savannah: Commercial Refuse — commercial containers, compactors, collection frequency, container maintenance, and construction-and-demolition roll-off service.
  7. City of Savannah: Recycling and Litter Services — residential curbside, community drop-off, commercial recycling, education, and service contacts.
  8. Georgia EPD: Household Hazardous Waste — household-generated material guidance and distinctions affecting business- or property-generated waste.
  9. City of Savannah: Refuse Disposal — Dean Forest and Bacon Park addresses, hours, resident eligibility, accepted material, and rental-property-management and commercial-waste exclusions.
  10. City of Savannah: Bulk-Item Disposal Guidelines — resident bulk guidance and older facility-location information requiring confirmation against the current Refuse Disposal page.
  11. Best Buy: Consumer Recycling Program — consumer eligibility, accepted products, limits, and possible fees.
  12. Staples: Recycling Services — accepted consumer items, participation conditions, and quantity limitations.

Important: This page provides general property-management and operational information and is not legal advice, a hazardous-waste determination, a fire-code approval, a transportation authorization, a facility-access determination, or an official interpretation by Savannah, Chatham County, or Georgia EPD. Confirm property-specific requirements with the applicable authority, receiving facility, waste provider, fire authority, and qualified legal or environmental professional.

 
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Savannah, Chatham County Cities & Island Communities Multifamily Recycling Guide

Savannah and Chatham County apartment owners, regional managers, and community managers: solid-waste collection, recycling availability, dumpster requirements, resident drop-off access, bulk-item procedures, stormwater controls, and enforcement authority depend on the property’s exact municipal jurisdiction and service account.

National Doorstep’s valet trash and recycling programs can support resident education, doorstep collection oversight, contamination reduction, documentation, and cleaner shared waste areas. Doorstep service supplements—but does not replace—the municipal or commercial provider responsible for transporting waste from the apartment property to an approved disposal or recycling facility.

The incorporated municipalities of Savannah, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Garden City, Bloomingdale, Tybee Island, Thunderbolt, and Vernonburg maintain separate sanitation, utility, zoning, or contracted-service frameworks. Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Skidaway Island, Whitemarsh Island, Wilmington Island, and Georgetown are generally unincorporated communities or market areas rather than independent sanitation jurisdictions.

Jurisdiction notice: A Savannah, Pooler, Garden City, Thunderbolt, Tybee Island, or other postal address does not by itself establish the governing municipality. Confirm the parcel boundary, utility account, zoning authority, fire jurisdiction, stormwater authority, approved site plan, road ownership, and waste provider before applying a City or County rule.

  • Multifamily Recycling Mandate: No single countywide requirement was identified that obligates every Chatham County apartment property to provide onsite recycling solely because it is multifamily.
  • Savannah Commercial Apartments: Savannah provides a commercial refuse framework for commercial customers, including commercial apartment properties, and also provides commercial recycling services.
  • Unincorporated Chatham County: The County does not provide household garbage or curbside recycling collection. Customers generally obtain subscription service from a private provider.
  • County Multifamily Dumpster Rule: Chatham County §21-321 directly regulates solid-waste dumpsters serving multifamily dwelling developments and other covered properties in unincorporated Chatham County.
  • Municipal Programs Differ: Pooler, Port Wentworth, Garden City, Bloomingdale, Tybee Island, Thunderbolt, and Vernonburg should not be treated as if unincorporated County collection rules automatically control inside their municipal limits.
  • Resident Facility Limits: City and County drop-off locations may be limited to individual residents and personal household material. Apartment maintenance, renovation, eviction, contractor, office, and aggregated resident loads require separate confirmation.
  • Operational Qualification: Resident education, photographs, service logs, and inspection files are recommended management controls. They are not substitutes for required service, approved containers, site-plan approval, or corrective action.

At a Glance: Savannah vs. Unincorporated Chatham County

City of Savannah

  • Mandate Type: Municipal residential and commercial solid-waste framework with residential curbside, commercial refuse, commercial recycling, resident disposal, litter, zoning, and container requirements.
  • Apartment Account Classification: Savannah’s code and sanitation structure recognize commercial apartment properties within the commercial waste framework.
  • Recycling Status: Residential and commercial recycling services are available, but no reviewed provision requires every commercial apartment property to provide onsite recycling solely because it is multifamily.
  • Resident Facility Restriction: Savannah resident disposal facilities do not accept commercial waste or material generated from management of rental property.
  • Apartment Manager Action: Confirm City commercial service, commercial recycling, container or compactor size, collection frequency, special collections, private-container approval, alley or right-of-way restrictions, and account fees.
  • Historic Districts: Container placement, screening, public-right-of-way use, lane access, and exterior changes may require additional zoning or historic review.

Unincorporated Chatham County

  • Mandate Type: Private subscription garbage service combined with County sanitation, dumpster, litter, yard-waste, bulky-item, stormwater, zoning, and property-maintenance requirements.
  • Applicability Threshold: Section 21-321 applies to covered multifamily dwelling developments in unincorporated Chatham County. The reviewed provision does not state a separate numerical apartment-unit threshold.
  • Dumpster Duty: Covered dumpsters must be stable, watertight, maintained in sanitary working condition, and equipped with close-fitting lids and doors.
  • Property Duty: The commercial-service customer must keep the area surrounding the dumpster free of trash, boxes, debris, and other accumulated solid waste.
  • Location and Design: New dumpsters and qualifying changes require review against the approved site plan, access, pad, enclosure, screening, collection, and cleaning requirements.
  • Recycling Status: Commercial recycling is property- and provider-specific. County residential drop-off access does not create an onsite apartment recycling mandate.

Do not combine residential, commercial, City, County, or drop-off programs: household carts, curbside recycling, residential bulk pickup, County yard-waste service, resident disposal facilities, commercial dumpsters, compactors, construction roll-offs, and apartment valet-trash service are separate operating systems. Confirm eligibility and account classification before publishing resident instructions.

Unincorporated Chatham County Multifamily Dumpster Requirements

  • Geographic Scope: The County dumpster provisions discussed here apply outside incorporated municipal limits.
  • Covered Properties: Section 21-321 addresses multifamily dwelling developments, manufactured-home and mobile-home parks, commercial establishments, institutional establishments, and industrial establishments.
  • Dumpster Condition: Dumpsters must be watertight, stable, equipped with close-fitting lids, and maintained in sanitary and workable condition.
  • Closed Lids and Doors: Dumpster lids and side doors should remain closed except while material is being deposited or collected.
  • Clean Surroundings: The commercial-service customer is responsible for keeping the surrounding area free from garbage, boxes, loose debris, furniture, and accumulated waste.
  • Capacity and Frequency: The applicable County officials may require additional dumpsters or increased collection frequency where the property is not maintaining a clean environment.
  • Site-Plan Coordination: Dumpster location and suitability must be coordinated with the approved site plan for new construction and qualifying changes in use.
  • Bagging: Putrescible garbage should be placed in air- and water-tight disposable bags before being deposited into the dumpster.
  • Cleaning: The property’s approved plan and operating process should address dumpster and waste-pad cleaning without allowing contaminated wash water to enter storm drains.
  • Penalty Qualification: Chatham County Chapter 21 contains different penalty provisions for different articles. Do not publish one fine, jail term, daily penalty, or lien consequence as if it automatically applies to every waste-area condition.

Savannah and Chatham County Multifamily Property Manager Operating Checklist

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Legal-review items and recommended operating controls for apartment communities in Savannah and Chatham County.
Task Requirement or Recommended Action Official Resources
☑ Confirm the Jurisdiction Verify the parcel boundary, municipal government, utility account, zoning authority, fire jurisdiction, stormwater authority, road ownership, historic district, flood zone, and approved site plan. Do not rely on the postal address or neighborhood name alone. Savannah and SAGIS Zoning
Chatham County Code Book
☑ Classify the Service Account Determine whether the property uses residential carts, City commercial refuse, municipal commercial dumpsters, private front-load containers, compactors, roll-offs, recycling-only service, resident drop-off, or another approved arrangement. Applicable utility account and provider agreement
☑ Verify the Primary Provider Confirm the provider’s applicable Georgia EPD authorization, municipal approval or contract, insurance, disposal destination, container ownership, collection schedule, emergency contacts, missed-service process, and material exclusions. Applicable municipality, provider, and Georgia EPD
☑ Apply County Dumpster Rules Only Where Applicable For unincorporated Chatham County properties, review §21-321’s multifamily dumpster, lid, surrounding-area, site-plan, access, screening, pad, capacity, bagging, and cleaning requirements. Do not automatically apply the County section inside an incorporated municipality. Chatham County Chapter 21
☑ Right-Size Capacity and Frequency Review occupied units, container volume, pickup frequency, compactor capacity, cardboard volume, short-term rental or seasonal demand, move-in and move-out activity, recurring overflow, illegal dumping, storm events, and emergency service availability. Property waste audit and current service agreement
☑ Maintain Lids, Doors and Surroundings Keep lids and side doors closed, containers functional, gates operable, pads clean, and surrounding areas free from loose bags, boxes, furniture, pallets, liquids, construction material, and windblown litter. Applicable County, City, provider, fire, and site-plan requirements
☑ Verify Enclosure and Truck Access Confirm screening, gates, pavement, drainage, setbacks, landscaping, lighting, turning radius, overhead clearance, fire lanes, hydrants, accessible routes, service alleys, bridge or island access, and gate codes before relocating or enlarging the waste area. Applicable planning, zoning, engineering, public works, and fire authority
☑ Confirm Recycling Separately Determine whether recycling is municipal residential, municipal commercial, provider-contracted, property-sponsored, resident drop-off, voluntary, or unavailable onsite. Document accepted materials, glass rules, cardboard preparation, collection frequency, contamination charges, rejected loads, and overflow procedures. Current municipality and provider instructions
☑ Prevent Stormwater Pollution Keep leaking bags, dumpster liquids, grease, paint, chemicals, wash water, sediment, food residue, litter, and cleaning products out of storm drains, ditches, marshes, rivers, canals, lagoons, and coastal waters. Applicable municipal or County stormwater program
☑ Control Dumpster Prohibited Materials For unincorporated County properties, maintain separate procedures for tires, mattresses, oversized furniture, concrete, rocks, dirt, large appliances, heavy metal, oversized limbs, lumber, pallets, engine blocks, liquids, explosives, and flammable material. Apply the property provider’s stricter exclusions where applicable. Chatham County §21-321
☑ Establish Bulk and Move-Out Procedures Publish the approved request process, staging area, provider contact, preparation rules, charge, collection date, eviction procedure, renovation-debris process, appliance handling, and prohibited-material list. Do not leave bulk items beside dumpsters or in public rights-of-way without confirmed collection. Applicable City program or commercial provider contract
☑ Separate Special Materials Maintain distinct procedures for paint, batteries, electronics, televisions, propane cylinders, tires, appliances, refrigerant equipment, motor oil, cooking oil, pesticides, solvents, fluorescent lamps, medical sharps, and construction debris. Chatham County Drop-Off Centers
Georgia EPD
☑ Protect Coastal and Island Access For island, riverfront, marsh-adjacent, and barrier-island properties, account for bridge access, evacuation routes, tidal flooding, windblown litter, narrow streets, private roads, gated access, tourist seasons, hurricane debris, and salt-air corrosion of enclosures and compactors. Applicable municipality, Chatham Emergency Management, fire, floodplain, and provider guidance
☑ Educate Residents Issue property-specific instructions covering tied bags, valet set-out times, recycling, glass, cardboard, bulk items, batteries, electronics, paint, chemicals, yard waste, illegal dumping, and emergency service changes. Do not describe a lease or property rule as a government mandate unless the law requires it. Lease documents, provider rules, and current municipal guidance
☑ Retain Operating Records Retain contracts, invoices, provider authorization records, photographs, missed-pickup reports, contamination notices, resident communications, repair requests, bulk-removal invoices, inspection notices, storm-event records, and corrective-action documentation. Property compliance and operating file

Regional Apartment Property Management Information

The matrix below distinguishes incorporated municipal programs from unincorporated Chatham County communities. Every property should be verified independently because mailing addresses, utility accounts, islands, historic districts, service districts, and neighborhood names can cross jurisdictional boundaries.

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Sanitation structure, recycling status, apartment operating priorities, and review considerations by Chatham County municipality or community.
City or Community Sanitation and Recycling Structure Apartment Manager Priorities Additional Review Layer Official Resources
Savannah
County seat 		City commercial and residential service
Savannah operates residential refuse, commercial refuse, commercial recycling, residential recycling, and resident disposal programs. Commercial apartment properties should be reviewed under the City’s commercial account framework. 		Confirm City commercial account status, container or compactor size, collection frequency, recycling, special pickup, overflow fees, private-container approval, missed-service contacts, and whether containers occupy lanes, alleys, rights-of-way, or public property. Historic districts, narrow lanes, tourism, student housing, mixed-use buildings, high-rise loading areas, food-service tenants, parking conflicts, and special events can materially affect service design. Resident disposal facilities exclude rental-property-management waste. Commercial Refuse
Recycling Services
Disposal Rules
Pooler City-billed Atlantic Waste program
Pooler Utility Billing generates water, sewer, and sanitation bills. Current City materials publish Atlantic Waste trash and alternating recycling routes and automated-cart placement guidance. 		Confirm whether the apartment property uses City carts, commercial dumpsters, compactors, or a separate commercial agreement. Verify sanitation billing, recycling route, container ownership, commercial eligibility, yard waste, bulk service, contamination, and emergency pickup. Rapid commercial and residential growth can increase cardboard volume, move-in waste, traffic congestion, loading conflicts, illegal dumping, and demand for added collection frequency. Current route sheets may state that no bulk pickup is included in particular cart programs. Pooler Waste Collection
Utility Billing
Code Enforcement
Port Wentworth City utility and Atlantic Waste coordination
Port Wentworth utility billing includes a fixed sanitation charge. Current City guidance directs customers to Atlantic Waste schedules and states that commercial sanitation and recycling options are discussed with the City. 		Confirm the apartment’s commercial sanitation and recycling arrangement with City Hall. Verify account fees, container size, pickup frequency, yard debris, bulk service, provider contact, access, gate codes, and missed-service procedures. Port, warehouse, rail, industrial, truck, and residential traffic can affect collection access. Coordinate waste areas with Development Services, fire access, stormwater infrastructure, loading routes, and any mixed-use or industrial-adjacency conditions. City Service FAQs
Utility Billing
City Contacts
Garden City Waste Management municipal contract
Garden City provides residential refuse and single-stream recycling through a contract with Waste Management. Commercial and multifamily account terms should be confirmed with Utility Services. 		Determine whether the property receives City-contracted service or a separate commercial arrangement. Verify dumpster or compactor eligibility, recycling, pickup frequency, bulk collection, cardboard, holiday schedules, container placement, and missed-service contacts. Industrial and port-adjacent properties should separate apartment waste from warehouse, freight, pallet, construction, automotive, and industrial material. Review truck access, rail crossings, stormwater, fire lanes, and Georgia Ports-related traffic. Sanitation Information
City Departments
Bloomingdale City sanitation for residents and businesses
Bloomingdale states that it provides sanitation to residents and businesses. Waste Pro performs household garbage and recycling collection, and the City publishes a separate commercial-dumpster schedule. 		Confirm whether the apartment uses carts or a commercial dumpster. Verify Thursday commercial collection, recycling availability, container capacity, added-container fees, yard debris, hard-to-recycle items, metal, oil, bulk service, and missed-pickup reporting. City recycling guidance accepts listed paper, cardboard, containers, glass bottles and jars, and metals while excluding electronics, Styrofoam, plastic bags, hazardous household waste, and grease-contaminated material. Garbage and Debris
Recycling
Tybee Island Island solid-waste and voluntary recycling programs
Tybee Public Works coordinates solid-waste and recycling services. The City currently provides voluntary separated recycling drop-offs, accepts glass at the DPW facility, and is developing a residential curbside recycling route based on subscriber participation. 		Confirm the apartment, condominium, hotel, mixed-use, or commercial account directly with the City and provider. Verify cart or compactor service, recycling, white goods, bulk items, yard waste, seasonal volume, short-term rental turnover, missed collection, and business-aluminum programs. Barrier-island operations require special attention to windblown litter, beach and dune protection, salt corrosion, seasonal tourism, evacuation access, narrow streets, storm drains, flood exposure, and hurricane debris. Tybee Public Works
Tybee Recycling
Utility and Sanitation FAQs
Thunderbolt Town solid-waste and recycling framework
Thunderbolt’s code assigns the Town responsibility for garbage, trash, and recycling service. Town and provider materials describe municipal cart-based garbage and recycling service. 		Confirm whether the apartment or condominium account is included in Town service or requires a commercial arrangement. Verify container type, recycling, bulk and yard debris, collection schedule, service fees, provider contacts, and missed-service escalation. Wilmington River frontage, marinas, seafood businesses, narrow streets, flood exposure, stormwater, and mixed residential-commercial areas can affect container siting and service access. Do not apply unincorporated County dumpster rules automatically inside Town limits. Thunderbolt Code
Provider Information
Town Website
Vernonburg Confirm directly with Town and provider
Vernonburg is an incorporated town. A current official multifamily sanitation or recycling program page was not identified in the reviewed Town materials. 		Confirm the lawful waste provider, account responsibility, container approval, collection frequency, recycling, bulk material, yard debris, private-road access, and disposal destination before acquisition, development, or contract renewal. The Town’s small historic and riverfront character may create additional considerations involving historic resources, tree canopy, narrow roads, private property, septic systems, drainage, marsh buffers, flood exposure, and fire access. Town of Vernonburg
Town Resources
Isle of Hope Unincorporated historic coastal community
Isle of Hope is not a separate municipality. Properties generally fall under unincorporated Chatham County sanitation, private subscription garbage service, and County multifamily dumpster requirements where applicable. 		Verify the commercial provider, recycling, dumpster location, collection frequency, bulk procedures, yard waste, private or narrow roads, truck turning radius, gate access, and emergency collection. Historic character, tree canopy, bluff and marsh conditions, narrow streets, scenic views, drainage, septic systems, and river access may constrain enclosure enlargement, screening, pavement, lighting, and collection vehicles. County Solid Waste
County Code
Montgomery Unincorporated Chatham County
Montgomery is not a separate sanitation municipality. Apartment properties generally use private collection and are subject to applicable County sanitation, dumpster, zoning, stormwater, and property-maintenance requirements. 		Confirm provider service territory, commercial recycling, dumpster or compactor capacity, yard and storm debris, bulk removal, long driveways, road access, gate codes, missed-service response, and illegal dumping controls. Low-density development, waterways, marshes, drainage, septic areas, narrow roads, tree canopy, and flood conditions may affect container placement, collection vehicles, and waste-pad drainage. County Services
SAGIS Jurisdiction Map
Skidaway Island Unincorporated island community
Skidaway Island is not an incorporated city. County requirements apply where relevant, while associations, gated communities, private roads, service districts, and private contracts may add operating conditions. 		Verify provider access, association approval, gate credentials, collection hours, private-road weight limits, dumpster screening, commercial recycling, bulk service, landscaping debris, wildlife controls, and emergency storm service. Coastal flooding, marshes, lagoons, wildlife, salt corrosion, gated access, long internal routes, hurricane evacuation, and community architectural standards can materially affect valet and primary-hauler operations. County Solid Waste
County Code and Districts
Whitemarsh Island Unincorporated island market
Whitemarsh Island is generally governed by unincorporated Chatham County sanitation and private subscription collection rather than a separate municipal sanitation department. 		Confirm commercial provider, collection frequency, recycling, cardboard, bulk service, truck access, bridge and traffic constraints, gate codes, container capacity, fire lanes, and illegal dumping response. Higher-density apartment and retail development can create shared-drive, parking, loading, pedestrian, cardboard, restaurant, and stormwater conflicts. Keep apartment waste separate from neighboring retail or food-service streams. County Solid Waste
Jurisdiction and Zoning
Wilmington Island Unincorporated County with resident drop-off site
Wilmington Island properties generally use private subscription garbage service. Chatham County operates a residential drop-off center at 7022 Concord Road for listed materials. 		Confirm apartment commercial service, recycling, bulk procedures, bridge access, collection routes, container capacity, storm debris, gated access, cardboard, and resident instructions. Do not transport property-sponsored commercial loads to a resident facility without authorization. The County drop-off program currently lists paper, cardboard, cans, plastics #1 and #2, scrap metal, and selected oils, but not food-and-beverage glass. Facility acceptance and hours should be confirmed before driving. Wilmington Island Drop-Off
County Collection Structure
Georgetown Unincorporated suburban community
Georgetown is not a separate sanitation municipality. Properties generally use private collection under unincorporated Chatham County requirements. 		Verify provider, recycling, dumpster or compactor size, collection frequency, parking access, bulk and move-out procedures, illegal dumping, cardboard, stormwater, fire lanes, and missed-service escalation. Larger apartment communities should coordinate truck access, school and commuter traffic, resident parking, shared entrances, drainage canals, flood conditions, and emergency overflow collection. County Solid Waste
County Code

Unincorporated Chatham County Dumpster Exclusion Checklist

Section 21-321 includes specific limitations on materials placed in covered solid-waste dumpsters. Property managers should verify the exact code text, provider requirements, and available collection options before issuing resident instructions.

  • Tires
  • Mattresses and bed springs
  • Furniture exceeding the applicable size restriction
  • Rocks, dirt, and concrete blocks
  • Large appliances and heavy metal objects
  • Oversized tree limbs and lumber
  • Oversized wooden pallets
  • Engine blocks
  • Explosives and flammable materials
  • Liquids and free liquids
  • Other items excluded by the property’s provider or facility

Savannah and Chatham County Multifamily Compliance Summary

  • ☑ Countywide apartment recycling mandate: No universal requirement obligating every Chatham County apartment property to provide onsite recycling was identified in the reviewed current materials.
  • ☑ Savannah: Commercial apartment properties should confirm City commercial refuse and recycling services rather than relying on residential curbside or resident drop-off rules.
  • ☑ Unincorporated County: Private subscription garbage service is the standard structure, and multifamily dumpster properties must review §21-321.
  • ☑ Pooler: The City bills sanitation and publishes Atlantic Waste trash and recycling routes; apartment account structure must be confirmed.
  • ☑ Port Wentworth: Commercial sanitation and recycling options are coordinated through the City and its service provider.
  • ☑ Garden City: The City contracts with Waste Management for refuse and recycling; commercial multifamily terms require Utility Services confirmation.
  • ☑ Bloomingdale: City sanitation serves residents and businesses and includes a published commercial-dumpster schedule and recycling program.
  • ☑ Tybee Island: Coastal, seasonal, short-term-rental, stormwater, and recycling conditions require property-specific coordination.
  • ☑ Thunderbolt and Vernonburg: These incorporated towns require Town-specific review; unincorporated County rules should not be applied automatically.
  • ☑ Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Skidaway, Whitemarsh, Wilmington Island, and Georgetown: These areas generally require unincorporated County, private-provider, zoning, stormwater, fire, and site-plan review.
  • ☑ Valet-trash coordination: Doorstep collection supplements—but does not replace—the primary authorized waste-transport and disposal arrangement.

Official and Supporting Sources

  1. City of Savannah Commercial Refuse — commercial refuse containers, compactors, collection frequency, service contacts, and commercial account administration.
  2. City of Savannah Recycling and Litter Services — residential curbside, community drop-off, commercial recycling, education, and service contacts.
  3. City of Savannah Refuse Disposal — resident facility eligibility and exclusion of commercial and rental-property-management waste.
  4. Chatham County Code Book — Chapter 21 sanitation, geographic scope, garbage collectors, multifamily dumpster requirements, penalties, waste collection, and property maintenance.
  5. Chatham County Solid Waste Services — private subscription garbage structure, County yard-waste and bulky-item service, container rules, hazardous-material exclusions, and contacts.
  6. Chatham County Drop-Off Centers — Wilmington Island, Chevis Road, and Sharon Park locations, hours, accepted recycling, oils, and paint-disposal fee information.
  7. City of Pooler Waste Collection — current trash, recycling, cart-placement, yard-waste, Atlantic Waste, and contact information.
  8. City of Pooler Utility Billing — City water, sewer, and sanitation billing and account administration.
  9. City of Port Wentworth Service FAQs — utility applications, sanitation deposits, commercial sanitation and recycling options, Atlantic Waste schedules, and City contacts.
  10. Garden City Sanitation Information — Waste Management contract, residential refuse, recycling, holidays, accepted-program guidance, and Utility Services contact.
  11. City of Bloomingdale Garbage and Debris — sanitation service for residents and businesses, Waste Pro, commercial dumpster schedule, collection rules, and container rates.
  12. City of Bloomingdale Recycling — accepted and excluded recyclables, collection schedule, oil, metal, hard-to-recycle items, and maintenance-shop programs.
  13. Tybee Island Public Works — solid waste, recycling, yard waste, stormwater, beach cleanup, and service contacts.
  14. Tybee Island Recycling — voluntary drop-off sites, accepted materials, glass, cardboard preparation, commercial aluminum program, and residential curbside-recycling status.
  15. Town of Thunderbolt Code — current Town code, municipal services, sanitation, zoning, and enforcement provisions.
  16. Thunderbolt Provider Information — current provider-facing Town collection information.
  17. Town of Vernonburg — official Town information and contact framework.
  18. Savannah Area GIS and Zoning Map — parcel-level municipal and zoning verification for Savannah and unincorporated Chatham County.
  19. Georgia EPD Household Hazardous Waste — household disposal guidance and distinctions affecting business-, contractor-, or property-generated material.

Important: This page provides general property-management and operational information and is not legal advice, a permit determination, a zoning opinion, a site-plan approval, a historic-district approval, an engineering certification, a floodplain determination, a fire-code approval, a stormwater authorization, an environmental assessment, or an official interpretation by Chatham County or any municipality. Boundaries, ordinances, utility contracts, service providers, rates, accepted materials, collection schedules, facility access, and enforcement procedures may change. Confirm current property-specific requirements with the applicable city or town, Chatham County, the waste provider, SAGIS, planning and zoning, the fire authority, Georgia EPD, and qualified legal or environmental counsel.

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