Trash & Recycling in Fayetteville, NC (2026)
4 verified trash & recycling rules for Fayetteville, North Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Pickup Rules & Schedules
Household waste and yard waste are collected weekly. Recycling runs every other week on an A/B week schedule, on the same weekday as your trash. Bulky items come on B week and large limbs on A week, both on your yard waste day.
Weekly trash, biweekly recycling on an A/B schedule
Some RestrictionsFayetteville Code of Ordinances § 22-10(F)
Collection of Household Waste and other materials begins at 6:00 a.m. and containers not available for Collection on the scheduled day will not be collected until the next regularly scheduled day.
Bin Placement Rules
Fayetteville issues 96-gallon rollout carts and sets exact curb geometry. Carts go out by 6 a.m. on collection day, one foot from the curb, four feet from other carts and objects, handles facing the house, and must come back in that same day.
Rollout carts out by 6 a.m., in by nightfall
Some RestrictionsFayetteville Code of Ordinances § 22-10(D)
For the Collection of Household Waste, the owner or occupant of each Unit shall place all Household Waste in up to two (2) approved Rollout Carts and place such Rollout Carts within one foot of the Curbside or edge of the pavement on the day scheduled for Collection prior to 6:00 a.m.
Bulk Item Disposal
The city collects up to five bulky items free at the curb every other week, on B week, the same day as your yard waste. Six or more items, or owner-generated construction debris, must be scheduled and paid for in advance.
Five free bulky items every other week
Few RestrictionsFayetteville Code of Ordinances § 22-10(L)(1)
Each Compliant Bulk Waste load cannot contain more than five (5) items. Requests for the Collection of more than five (5) items will be subject to a service fee in accordance with the current Solid Waste Fee Schedule. Payment must be made in advance of having the service provided.
Recycling Requirements
Curbside recycling is running and collected every other week in a city-issued 96-gallon blue cart on your household waste day. Fayetteville moved from weekly to biweekly recycling on Aug. 1, 2021. Materials go in loose, never bagged.
Biweekly blue-cart recycling, loose and unbagged
Some RestrictionsFayetteville Code of Ordinances § 22-10(I)(2)
The Solid Waste Division will supply one (1) blue, 96-gallon Rollout Cart to provide the user with the ability to store Recyclables for a bi-weekly Collection service at the Curbside. The Recyclables Rollout Cart shall be set out before 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day of pickup
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