Summer heat prompts one metro Atlanta county to change trash pickup times

Residential trash and recycling pickup in DeKalb County is starting an hour earlier this summer as the county works to protect sanitation crews from extreme heat.

Residential sanitation collections will begin at 6 a.m. through Sept. 1, according to DeKalb County Waste Management Director Eugene McKinnie.

McKinnie said the earlier start is designed to reduce workers’ exposure to the hottest part of the day…

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