Athens Reporter

For ACC Solid Waste Customers Only: Friday customers, your trash and recycling collection day is changing starting Monday, July 15, 2024. You will have a new collection day for trash and recycling pick-up. In an effort to gain efficiencies, stabilize rising maintenance and fuel costs (customer rates), reduce wear and tear on ACCGov infrastructure (roads, gutters, etc.), retain and hire exceptional staff members, and provide good customer service, we are altering collection schedules. Please have your roll carts out for collection at 7:00 A.M. This change is for both curbside and backyard customers.

Beginning July 15th, the following streets will be picked up on Monday:

Cobb Street, Glenhaven Ave, Hart Ave, Hill Street between North Chase Street and King Ave, Hillcrest Ave, Hodgson Drive, Indale Ave, King Ave, Matthews Ave, North Billups Street, North Rocksprings Street, Old West Broad Street, Reese Street between North Rocksprings Street and North Chase Street, The Plaza, Waverly Court, West Hancock Ave between North Chase Street and The Plaza, and Windsor Court.

Beginning July 16th the following streets will be picked up on Tuesday:

Albany Ave., Benning Street., Campbell Lane., Colima Ave., Collins Ave., Dallas Street., Dearing Extension., Dearing Street between South Rocksprings and South Chase Street., Evans Street., Field Ave., Fuller Street., Henderson Extension., Honeysuckle Lane., Huett Street., Magnolia Street., Magnolia Terrace., Miller Street., Minor Street., Paris Street., Rose Street., South Chase Street., South Rocksprings Street. Waddell Extension. Waddell Stree.t West Hancock Avenue between Waddell Extension. Evans Stree.t

Beginning July 18th the following streets will be picked up on Thursday:

Belvoir Heights Best Drive Bloomfield Stree.t Clover Stree.t Cloverhurst Terrace Cobb Stree.t between North Chase Stree.t North Harris Stree.t Crestview Circle East Cloverhurst Avenue Dearing Stree.t between South Milledge Avenue South Finely Stre.et Edwards Circle Edwards Drive Franklin Stre.et Gilmer Stre.et Gloria Stre.et Georgia Avenue Greenwood Court Hall Stre.et Henderson Avenue Hill Stre.et between North Chase Stre.et North Pope Stre.et Holman Avenue Meigs Stre.et Mell Stre.et Millard Avenue North Chase Stre.eet North Church Str.eet North Finley Str.eet North Harris Str.eet Noth Pope Str.eet Oglethorpe Av.enue Oglethorpe Terrace Peabody Str.eet Pineneedle Road Reese Str.eet betwee.n Noth Chas.e Str.eet Nort.h Finley S.tr.ee.t Sanders Court Sout.h Church S.tr.ee.t Sout.h Finley S.tr.ee.t Sout.h Harris S.tr.ee.t Sout.h Milledge Av.enue Sout.h Pope S.tr.ee t Springdale S.tree t Sunset Driv e Sylvan Roa.d Talmadge Driv e Talmadge S.tree t Waddell S.tree t betwee.n Sout h Milledge Av.enue Sout h Finley S.tree t West Hancoc.k Av.enue betwee.n Nort h Chas e S.tree t Pulaski S.tree t West Rutherford .S.tree t Wilcox .S.tree t Willow Run.

Note: The highlighted areas are just portions of a street that will change collection days.

The ACC Solid Waste Department appreciates you as a customer and hopes these changes will make a positive impact on your rates services community environment.

Contact the ACC Solid Waste Department at 706-613-3501 or email collections@accgov.com with any questions concerns or comments.