Public Works
The Town of Cohutta provides free trash pick up for residents within the town limits. Trash Pick up happens on Saturday morning, so please have your bagged household trash in a can at the curb by 7:00 am on Saturdays.
Prohibited Items
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Tires, paint, and paint-related products, oil, paint thinner, cleaning chemicals, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, swimming pool chemicals, aerosol cans, and batteries, or any waste requiring special disposal procedures.
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Hazardous or toxic materials.
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Any garbage generated outside the town limits.
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Any garbage generated by businesses.
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Any construction or home remodeling waste. This includes materials such as windows, roofing, doors, cabinets, decks, fences, bricks, shutters, blocks, insulation, dimensional lumber, sheetrock, flooring, shingles, plumbing fixtures, siding, and landscape timbers.
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Any "bulky waste". Items that are too big for your trash can are called bulky waste. For example, mattresses, sofas, and bookshelves.
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Dead animals - please report dead animals to the Town of Cohutta for special pick up.
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Leaf collection or yard waste.