Furniture removal in Atlanta, GA
Atlanta gives single-family residents 12 bulk collections a year through ATL311 at no extra charge, and furniture qualifies. The part worth understanding before you plan around it: the City of Atlanta runs no public landfill at all. When the twelve run out, the City charges $343.10 a pickup, and apartments aren't eligible at all. The nearest public landfill is in DeKalb County.
Twelve collections a year — and no landfill behind them
The City of Atlanta gives single-family residents 12 bulk collections a year at no extra charge, booked through ATL311. Furniture, mattresses, appliances and other large household items all qualify.
What makes Atlanta different is what happens when that is not enough. The city runs no public landfill or dump at all, so hauling it yourself means driving to another county's facility and paying its rate.
So the twelve matter more than the number suggests. Twelve a year is one a month, which is generous for a normal household and immediately inadequate for a move, a clearance or a renovation.
- Single-family residents only — apartments and condominiums are excluded.
- Scheduled through ATL311, online at atl311.com or on (404) 546-0311.
- Won't take debris left by contractors, or waste from business operations, demolition or rental properties. Each pickup after the twelfth costs $343.10.
If you want to haul it, you are leaving the city
With no city facility, hauling furniture means using a neighboring county's — and whether you can depends on where you live:
- Seminole Road Landfill (DeKalb County) — 4203 Clevemont Road, Ellenwood charges $100 a ton for household waste, with a scale fee by weight for loads under a ton: $16.50 up to 250 lbs, $37.13 for a 500 to 750 lb pickup load. Open Saturday until 4 p.m.
- Fulton County — runs no public facilities of its own. Its 15 cities each run their own program, so what you get depends on your city rather than the county.
- Cobb County — the transfer station near Marietta takes household waste and C&D at $14 for the first 400 lbs, but a Georgia driver's license showing a Cobb address is the only accepted proof. Without it you are a non-resident at $70 a ton.
Full picture in our guide to what it costs to dump in Georgia.
Donating it instead
If it is still in decent shape, donation is the only route where somebody else does the lifting and charges nothing. Habitat for Humanity ReStore, The Salvation Army and Goodwill all take furniture, and several collect larger pieces from your home free.
All of them refuse anything torn, stained, water-damaged, smoke-damaged or broken — and almost none accept mattresses at any condition. Send a photo when you book; a refused pickup costs you a week.
When twelve a year runs out
- You live in an apartment. Not eligible at all — the program is single-family only.
- You are moving. Twelve scheduled collections do not compress into a closing week. See our moving cleanout guide.
- It is a renovation. Debris from contractors and demolition is excluded.
- It is a rental property. Waste from rental properties isn't collected, and there's no city landfill to drive to.