Waste Management is the current Clary Lakes Trash Service. Note that this service is INCLUDED in your annual homeowners dues.

• Waste Management will provide a 96 gallon trash can (cart) to each resident.
• Trash must be at curb before 6:00AM on collection day -- which is on Wednesdays. [Please note the Neighborhood Covenant Restrictions on the storage of your trash can].
• All trash must be bagged and MUST fit inside the Waste Management provided trash can.
• If you have additional trash than will not fit in the can, then a maximum of 8 bags of household trash will be collected OR a maximum of 8 bags or bundles of yard waste will be collected.
• Again, the combination of household trash and yard waste cannot exceed 8 bags or bundles in total. These 8 bags or bundles must be placed next to the trash can at the curb. See the Yard Waste Guidelines below for information on what constitutes acceptable yard waste.
• Waste Management also accepts moving boxes (maximum of 20 or 30, depending on size) must be broken down and placed next to the trash receptacle at the curb.
• If you miss the truck, your service will continue on your next scheduled day or you can choose to pay an $18 fee for the truck to return.
• Bulk items (i.e. sofas, chairs, washers, dryers) will be accepted on your day of service, however this MUST BE scheduled with Waste Management PRIOR to pick-up day. A special pick-up fee will be assessed.
• The following items are NOT ACCEPTABLE: tires, batteries, paints, oils, construction debris, chemicals of any kind, freon, rocks, sand, gravel, dirt, logs, carpet, hazardous or medical waste.
• If your trash can or recycling bin is ever damaged, please contact Customer Service for a replacement.

Recycling Guidelines

• Waste Management will provide an 18 gallon recycling bin to each resident.
• Recyclables must be at curb before 6:00AM on collection day in the WM bin.
• Waste Management collects ALL paper including cardboard, phone books, magazines, junk mail, loose newspaper, brochures, etc and clean plastics #1 - #7,  milk jugs, soda bottles, glass bottles (brown and green and clear), tin cans and aluminum cans.
• In case of rain, please hold newspapers until the following week.
• The following items are NOT ACCEPTABLE: Aluminum foil, plastic bags, aerosol cans, bottle caps, light bulbs, dishware, pots & pans, Styrofoam packaging, or hangers.
• See our Cobb County Recycling Information on how to recycle these other items.

• Residents must provide their own yard waste bags.
• Yard waste must be at curb before 6:00AM on collection day.
• Grass clippings and leaves must be in paper yard debris bags or placed loose in a separate container preferably labeled "Yard Waste."
• Smaller limbs or cut up limbs are accepted. However, they MUST be bundled and tied with rope or string.  Bundles may not exceed 30 lbs. & cannot be greater than 4 ft long and 4 inches in diameter.
• Again, a weekly limit of (8) eight brown recycle bags, bundles or combination of the two (not to exceed the 8 bag limit for trash and yard waste) is acceptable.
• The following items are NOT ACCEPTABLE: tree trunks, limbs greater than 4 inches in diameter, whole trees, logs, dirt, rocks, Christmas trees.

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Memorial Day
• 4th of July
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas