In observance of Presidents Day on Monday, February 16, DeKalb County will adjust its residential sanitation collection schedule. All garbage, recyclable materials, and yard trimmings collections will be delayed by one day for the week.
There will be no sanitation service on Monday, February 16. Residents who usually have their collection on Mondays will receive service on Tuesday, February 17. Those with regular Tuesday pickups will have their collection moved to Wednesday, February 18. Collections normally scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday will take place on Thursday, February 19 and Friday, February 20 respectively.
The North Transfer Station is set to operate from 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Presidents Day before returning to normal hours the following day. The Customer Care Call Center, administration building, Central Transfer Station, and Seminole Road Landfill will all be closed on Monday but will reopen Tuesday during standard business hours.
For additional information about the revised schedule or services, residents can contact the Sanitation Division’s Customer Care team at 404-294-2900 or via email at sanitation@dekalbcountyga.gov. More details are also available at www.dekalbsanitation.com or through @DKalbSanitation on X.
Enrollment in DeKalb County schools declined by 2.2% during the 2022-23 school year compared to the previous year (https://www.gadoe.org/). In that period, total enrollment was reported at 98,287 students (https://www.gadoe.org/). Black students represented the largest group in the county’s student body at 55.7%, followed by Hispanic students at 20.1% (https://www.gadoe.org/). White students made up about 14%, while multiracial students accounted for roughly 3.3% of enrollment (https://www.gadoe.org/).
