5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Forsyth County, North Carolina.
Verified from official government sources
Owners or occupants must remove solid waste at least once each week. Unincorporated households and small businesses use affordable franchised garbage collection. Franchise haulers must collect at least weekly, provided the account is under 30 days in arrears.
Forsyth County Code § 19-7(a)
The owner or occupant of all premises upon which solid waste is accumulated or stored shall remove or cause to be removed or disposed of all such materials from such premises at least once each week, meaning once each seven (7) days.
Forsyth County requires solid waste receptacles to be stored sanitarily and maintained to prevent nuisance or unsanitary conditions. The code does not fix a specific curb setback or set-out time countywide; those come from your franchise hauler or town.
Forsyth County Code § 19-5(4)
All containers for the storage of garbage, refuse, and recovered material shall be maintained in such a manner as to prevent the creation of a nuisance or unsanitary conditions. Containers that are broken or otherwise fail to meet this rule shall be replaced with acceptable containers.
Bulky waste includes appliances, furniture, trees, branches and other oversize items. Forsyth County residents dispose of household garbage, construction debris and yard waste at county landfills (call 336-727-8000), and drop household hazardous waste and electronics free at the 3RC EnviroStation.
Forsyth County Code § 19-1
Bulky waste: Large items of solid waste such as household appliances, furniture, automobiles, large auto parts, trees, branches, stumps and other oversize wastes whose large size precludes or complicates their handling by normal solid waste collection, processing or disposal methods.
Recovered material to be recycled must be removed at least every 14 days. North Carolina law bans certain items from landfill disposal—including plastic bottles, aluminum cans, electronics and tires—so residents must recycle or divert them rather than throw them in the trash.
Forsyth County Code § 19-7(b)
The owner or occupant of all premises upon which recovered material which is to be recycled is accumulated or stored, shall remove or cause to be removed all such materials from such premises at least bi-weekly, meaning at least once each fourteen (14) days.
It is unlawful to dump litter or waste anywhere in Forsyth County except in an authorized container or location. Open dumps are prohibited. Report unauthorized dumping to Environmental Assistance and Protection at (336) 703-2440. State litter law adds criminal penalties.
Forsyth County Code § 19-9(g)
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, discard, dispose, leave or dump any litter, or any waste matter whatsoever upon a street or highway within Forsyth County or upon any property within the county unless such litter, or any waste matter is placed in an authorized and lawfully designated location or container for removal by an authorized solid waste/recovered material collector.
1 cities in Forsyth County have their own trash & recycling rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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