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Trash & Recycling in North Carolina (2026)

299 rules on the books across North Carolina, 44 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

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Pickup Rules & Schedules

Trash and recycling collection days, what time to put bins out, and rules about sorting materials for curbside pickup.

Moore County

Significant Restrictions

Moore County Code § 8-181 sets the rules for using the county's public solid waste container sites in unincorporated…

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Apex

Some Restrictions

Apex requires curbside garbage containers out by 5 a.m. and removed by 7 p.m. on collection day, with no Sunday display.

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Asheville

Some Restrictions

Sec. 15-45 sets Asheville's weekly collection schedule: non-automated customers get up to six approved receptacles…

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Brunswick County

Some Restrictions

Brunswick County, North Carolina requires unincorporated residents to keep their trash receptacle clean and…

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Buncombe County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Buncombe County, FCC Environmental collects garbage weekly and recycling every other week. Find your…

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Cary

Some Restrictions

Cary requires roll-out trash carts to be curbside by 7:00 a.m. on collection day and back in storage by 6:00 a.m. the…

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Charlotte

Some Restrictions

Charlotte's code bans anyone but the city or its authorized agents from collecting curbside solid waste. Once trash…

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Cleveland County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Cleveland County, only a hauler holding a franchise from the board of commissioners may collect…

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Concord

Some Restrictions

Before city crews collect your solid waste, Concord's Code Section 46-33(a) requires garbage drained of liquid and tied…

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Craven County

Some Restrictions

Craven County lets residents set out solid waste for pickup four ways: bagged with a paid sticker, in a 33-, 64-, or…

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Cumberland County

Some Restrictions

Fayetteville collects household waste weekly. Place all waste in up to two city rollout carts within one foot of the…

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Durham

Some Restrictions

Before it hits the curb, Durham law requires garbage to be bagged, drained and free of standing liquid, and recyclables…

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Durham County

Some Restrictions

Every property in unincorporated Durham County must have its solid waste removed at least once every seven days. Sec…

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Fayetteville

Some Restrictions

Household waste and yard waste are collected weekly. Recycling runs every other week on an A/B week schedule, on the…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Owners or occupants must remove solid waste at least once each week. Unincorporated households and small businesses use…

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Guilford County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Guilford County has no county-run trash truck: residents contract with a privately licensed solid waste…

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Harnett County

Some Restrictions

Anyone who collects garbage for hire in Harnett County must run covered, leakproof vehicles, remove waste at least…

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Johnston County

Some Restrictions

Johnston County Code § 20-37 tells property owners in the unincorporated county to remove solid waste often enough to…

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Kill Devil Hills

Some Restrictions

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, § 50.15(B)(1) tells residents exactly what the town will and won't…

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Lincoln County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Lincoln County, County Code § 52.21 sets the container standard for trash set out ahead of…

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Nash County

Some Restrictions

Nash County Code § 20-29 requires every unincorporated-county premises with stored garbage to have it removed at least…

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Pitt County

Some Restrictions

Pitt County's Solid Waste Recycling, Collection and Disposal Ordinance requires every owner, occupant, tenant, or…

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Raleigh

Some Restrictions

Raleigh requires all garbage to be bagged and kept inside a closed refuse container before pickup: loose garbage, yard…

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Rose Hill

Some Restrictions

Rose Hill requires trash to be bagged, bundled, boxed, or carted before it reaches the curb, and caps a single load at…

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Rowan County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Rowan County runs no curbside trash pickup. County Code § 19-28(b) makes every owner, occupant, tenant…

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Union County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Union County, every property owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee must remove or have removed all solid…

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Wayne County

Some Restrictions

Wayne County requires every property owner, tenant or occupant to store garbage in a durable, rust-resistant…

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Bin Placement Rules

Where to position trash and recycling carts, when they may go to the curb and must come back, and the screening or enclosure rules for where bins live between pickups.

Apex

Some Restrictions

Apex requires garbage cans at curbside by 5 a.m. on collection day, removed by 7 p.m., and bars any container left out…

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Asheville

Some Restrictions

Sec. 15-44 requires Asheville's automated rollout trash carts to sit at least five feet from cars, trees, poles or…

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Brunswick County

Some Restrictions

Brunswick County, North Carolina tells unincorporated residents exactly where and when to put out a solid waste…

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Buncombe County

Some Restrictions

Every residential garbage container in unincorporated Buncombe County must be watertight, rodent-proof, fitted with a…

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Cary

Some Restrictions

Cary residents may set roll-out carts at the curb no earlier than dusk before pickup, must have them out by 7 a.m. on…

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Catawba County

Some Restrictions

Catawba County bars residents from storing garbage in any container that is not durable, rust-resistant, watertight and…

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Charlotte

Some Restrictions

Charlotte requires trash and recycling carts to sit at ground level, within six feet of the curb and three feet from…

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Cleveland County

Some Restrictions

Cleveland County requires every garbage container to be durable, rust-resistant, watertight and rodent-proof, with a…

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Concord

Some Restrictions

Concord limits when and how you can set out your rollout cart: it must be at the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day…

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Craven County

Some Restrictions

Craven County residents and small businesses set out solid waste in a bag or in a 33, 64 or 90-gallon cart, each capped…

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Cumberland County

Some Restrictions

Fayetteville residents must take rollout carts back in the day they are serviced. Carts cannot be stored in front of a…

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Davidson County

Some Restrictions

Davidson County requires garbage to be stored in a durable, rust-resistant, watertight container with a close-fitting…

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Durham

Some Restrictions

Durham requires garbage receptacles to be watertight metal or plastic containers with tight-fitting covers and strong…

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Durham County

Some Restrictions

Durham residents must set garbage, recycling, and bulky items at the curb by 5 a.m. on collection day, place carts no…

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Fayetteville

Some Restrictions

Fayetteville issues two 96-gallon rollout carts per household and regulates exactly when and where they sit. Carts go…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Forsyth County Code Sec. 19-5 makes property owners responsible for sanitary storage of garbage, refuse, and recovered…

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Gaston County

Some Restrictions

Gaston County requires garbage stored on any property to sit in a durable, fly-resistant, close-fitting-cover container…

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Gastonia

Some Restrictions

Gastonia residents must keep city-issued rollout carts off the curb until the day before pickup and haul them back in…

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Greensboro

Some Restrictions

Greensboro residents must set solid waste containers at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day and pull them back to…

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High Point

Some Restrictions

High Point requires new buildings, land-use changes, and expansions over 1,000 square feet to screen dumpsters and…

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Iredell County

Some Restrictions

Iredell County requires garbage to be kept in a health-director-approved container that is metal or equally durable…

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Kill Devil Hills

Some Restrictions

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, § 50.19(A) sets the placement rule for collection day: roll-out…

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Moore County

Some Restrictions

Moore County Code § 8-155 controls how garbage is stored on residential property in unincorporated Moore County. Every…

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Nash County

Some Restrictions

Residents using Nash County's roadside solid waste containers, the drop boxes serving areas without a staffed…

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New Hanover County

Some Restrictions

Sec. 44-48 tells New Hanover County residents exactly where to put collection containers: behind the curb, or three…

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Onslow County

Some Restrictions

Anyone generating construction debris, business trash, garbage, household trash, or yard trash in unincorporated Onslow…

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Pitt County

Some Restrictions

Pitt County's Solid Waste & Recycling Ordinance requires garbage to sit in a durable, rust-resistant, watertight…

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Raleigh

Some Restrictions

Raleigh requires anyone who owns, rents, or controls property in the city to keep it in a clean, orderly condition and…

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Rockingham County

Some Restrictions

Rockingham County requires franchise customers to set out solid waste and recycling carts only on their designated…

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Rose Hill

Some Restrictions

Rose Hill limits when garbage and recycling carts can sit at the curb: no earlier than the evening before your…

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Rowan County

Some Restrictions

At Rowan County's greenbox convenience centers, County Code § 19-29(b) requires every load to go inside the labeled…

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Shelby

Some Restrictions

Shelby requires rollout carts to sit where sanitation crews assign them, clear of obstructions, and residents must set…

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Wake County

Some Restrictions

Wake County requires garbage to be stored in a durable, watertight, fly-tight container in sufficient number to hold a…

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Wilmington

Some Restrictions

Wilmington requires roll-out carts to sit near the service street or, without an alley, directly behind the curb or…

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Winston-Salem

Some Restrictions

Winston-Salem residents may put garbage carts at the curb starting 5:00 p.m. the evening before pickup and must remove…

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Bulk Item Disposal

How to dispose of large items like furniture, appliances, and mattresses, including scheduled pickups and drop-off locations.

Pitt County

Significant Restrictions

Pitt County channels bulky waste, large items like appliances, furniture, junk vehicles, trees, and stumps, into…

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Apex

Some Restrictions

Apex, NC picks up appliances, water heaters, furniture and other bulk items curbside for a fee set by the town's…

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Brunswick County

Some Restrictions

Brunswick County, North Carolina caps how long bulky waste can sit outside a home in the unincorporated county at seven…

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Charlotte

Some Restrictions

Charlotte residents must schedule bulky waste and junk pickup with the city before setting items out. Loads go curbside…

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Concord

Some Restrictions

Concord collects up to ten cubic yards of bulky waste and construction debris curbside at no charge every other week…

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Cumberland County

Some Restrictions

Fayetteville collects bulk waste like furniture and appliances, but a compliant load cannot contain more than five…

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Davidson County

Some Restrictions

Davidson County bars leaving bulky waste, like old furniture, outside a building or dwelling for more than 72 hours…

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Durham

Some Restrictions

When trimmings, leaves or refuse pile up beyond what a routine truck can handle, Durham calls it "extra refuse"…

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Durham County

Some Restrictions

Large tree/shrub trimmings and bulky or excessive refuse that routine collection can't handle are picked up as "extra…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Bulky waste includes appliances, furniture, trees, branches and other oversize items. Forsyth County residents dispose…

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Gaston County

Some Restrictions

Gaston County's solid waste ordinance caps how long bulky items like old furniture and appliances can sit outside a…

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Gastonia

Some Restrictions

Gastonia collects bulky items, scrap materials, computer equipment and televisions by request, but only for…

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Greensboro

Some Restrictions

Greensboro provides once-a-week curbside bulk trash pickup to residential units and small businesses on the automated…

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Harnett County

Some Restrictions

Bulky items, tires, and construction debris cannot go into Harnett County's neighborhood mini-station containers; they…

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High Point

Some Restrictions

High Point picks up occasional bulky items, mattresses, appliances, furniture, at the curb for residential customers…

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Johnston County

Some Restrictions

Johnston County treats large items like appliances, furniture, mattresses and tree limbs as bulky waste. Code §…

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Kill Devil Hills

Some Restrictions

Kill Devil Hills runs curbside bulk trash collection twice a year for improved properties: once each fall (between…

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Lincoln County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Lincoln County, County Code § 52.36 puts brush, tree, and shrubbery debris from land clearing outside…

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Nash County

Some Restrictions

Nash County's solid waste convenience centers, open to unincorporated-county households, refuse tires, bricks, large…

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New Hanover County

Some Restrictions

New Hanover County collects bulky items, furniture, appliances, mattresses and similar inorganic items too large for a…

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Onslow County

Some Restrictions

Onslow County lets oversized household trash go out next to the regular container only if securely bagged or bound, and…

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Raleigh

Some Restrictions

Raleigh offers fee-based bulky item collection for items too large to fit in the standard garbage cart. A single bulky…

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Rockingham County

Some Restrictions

Franchised haulers in Rockingham County must give every customer at least one bulky-item pickup a month, on top of…

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Rowan County

Some Restrictions

Rowan County limits how long bulky waste can sit outside a home. Code Section 19-28(f) bars anyone but a licensed junk…

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Shelby

Some Restrictions

Shelby picks up bulky items like sofas, mattresses, and furniture only twice a year, in spring and fall, on dates the…

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Union County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Union County, no owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee of a building or dwelling may leave bulky wastes…

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Wake County

Some Restrictions

Wake County bans leaving bulky waste like old furniture or appliances outside a home for more than 72 hours, except for…

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Wayne County

Some Restrictions

Wayne County limits how long bulky waste, like furniture or large appliances, can sit outside a home. Code § 62-27(e)…

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Wilmington

Some Restrictions

Wilmington collects normal household bulky items, such as sofas, refrigerators, washers, and hot water heaters, on a…

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Winston-Salem

Some Restrictions

Winston-Salem hauls one truckload of brush free at the curb but charges $100.00 for each additional load, while…

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Catawba County

Light Restrictions

Catawba County requires its franchised solid waste haulers to provide 'special haul services,' the county's term for…

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Fayetteville

Few Restrictions

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…

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Recycling Requirements

Mandatory recycling rules including which materials must be separated, contamination penalties, and composting requirements.

North Carolina: statewide

StatewideSome Restrictions

North Carolina prohibits disposal of specific recyclable materials in landfills statewide under G.S. 130A-309.10…

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Alamance County

Some Restrictions

Alamance County requires every residential and commercial generator, plus commercial haulers, to participate in the…

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Buncombe County

Some Restrictions

Buncombe County offers curbside recycling to FCC subscribers and free drop-off at the landfill and transfer station…

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Catawba County

Some Restrictions

Catawba County's board of commissioners has reserved the authority to require residents to separate recyclables from…

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Charlotte

Some Restrictions

Large multi-family developments in Charlotte must provide recycling through containers the city authorizes and a…

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Concord

Some Restrictions

Before recyclables go in Concord's rollout cart, they must be drained of liquid and rinsed of food residue, placed…

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Craven County

Some Restrictions

Craven County runs curbside recycling through franchisees the Board of Commissioners licenses for designated areas of…

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Cumberland County

Some Restrictions

Fayetteville supplies one blue 96-gallon cart per unit for bi-weekly curbside recycling. Set the recycling cart out…

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Durham

Some Restrictions

Durham requires recyclable materials to go out in their own separate receptacle from the trash. Section 58-103 applies…

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Durham County

Some Restrictions

Durham County requires every residence, business, church, school, and institution to make a good-faith effort to pull…

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Fayetteville

Some Restrictions

Curbside recycling is running and collected every other week in a city-issued 96-gallon blue cart on your household…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Recovered material to be recycled must be removed at least every 14 days. North Carolina law bans certain items from…

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Gaston County

Some Restrictions

Gaston County runs drop-off solid waste/recycling centers rather than curbside pickup in the unincorporated area…

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Gastonia

Some Restrictions

Gastonia collects curbside recyclables every other week on the same day as trash pickup. Recycling carts follow the…

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Greensboro

Some Restrictions

Greensboro's automated curbside system provides every eligible household a ninety-gallon container for recyclables…

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High Point

Some Restrictions

High Point collects recyclables every other week in city-approved containers with no sorting required, but mixing…

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Iredell County

Some Restrictions

Since July 1, 1999, Iredell County has banned recyclable old corrugated cardboard generated by businesses, industry and…

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Kill Devil Hills

Some Restrictions

Kill Devil Hills runs curbside recycling through a town-awarded franchise under Chapter 117 of the Town Code. The…

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Onslow County

Some Restrictions

Onslow County has no curbside recycling truck. Recyclables go to the county landfill or a convenience site, where…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

Household curbside recycling in Orange County is available countywide but not mandatory for residents. The county does…

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Pitt County

Some Restrictions

Pitt County's Solid Waste & Recycling Ordinance requires anyone using the county's waste handling facility, transfer…

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Rockingham County

Some Restrictions

Franchised haulers must pick up recyclables curbside every other week under the county's exclusive solid waste…

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Rose Hill

Some Restrictions

Every residence in Rose Hill gets one town-supplied recycling container for storing recyclables between weekly pickups…

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Wayne County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Wayne County runs no curbside recycling program; residents self-haul to the county's recycling and…

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Winston-Salem

Some Restrictions

Winston-Salem gives each household a city recycling roll-out cart that may be used only for recycling, and putting…

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Cary

Light Restrictions

The Town of Cary runs a voluntary curbside recycling program for residential customers, separating selected materials…

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Davidson County

Light Restrictions

Davidson County encourages, but doesn't mandate, separating recyclables from household trash, and it operates recycling…

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Guilford County

Light Restrictions

Every licensed hauler serving unincorporated Guilford County must offer curbside recycling as an option to residential…

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Johnston County

Light Restrictions

Johnston County runs staffed convenience and recycling sites across the unincorporated county rather than a curbside…

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Moore County

Light Restrictions

Moore County Code § 8-181 makes the county's public container sites in unincorporated Moore County the place for both…

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New Hanover County

Light Restrictions

Every customer on New Hanover County's mandatory residential collection route gets an 18-gallon recycling bin serviced…

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Wilmington

Light Restrictions

Wilmington's curbside recycling program is voluntary under City Code Sec. 10-41, open to any regular user of city solid…

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Harnett County

Few Restrictions

Harnett County offers recycling as one of several voluntary disposal outlets rather than mandating it: residents may…

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Nash County

Few Restrictions

Nash County doesn't run curbside recycling; instead, residents using its solid waste convenience centers are encouraged…

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Mandatory Organics Recycling

Curbside organics collection mandated by California SB-1383 (and equivalent state laws), residential opt-out rules, and edible-food-recovery requirements.

Illegal Dumping

Penalties and enforcement for dumping trash, debris, or hazardous materials on private or public property without authorization.

Alamance County

Heavy Restrictions

Alamance County's Solid Waste Management Ordinance bars anyone from throwing, dumping, or depositing solid waste on any…

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Apex

Heavy Restrictions

Apex Town Code bans depositing garbage in any street, alley, public place, or private property outside a permitted…

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Buncombe County

Heavy Restrictions

Buncombe County treats dumping refuse outside an approved landfill, transfer station, or your own approved receptacle…

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Catawba County

Heavy Restrictions

Catawba County makes it unlawful for anyone to throw, dump or deposit solid waste on their own property, someone else's…

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Concord

Heavy Restrictions

Concord makes it unlawful to throw, place or deposit garbage or refuse of any kind on public or private property, or to…

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Craven County

Heavy Restrictions

Craven County Code § 32-164 bans dumping litter, garbage, or solid waste into any drain, gutter, street, lot, or…

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Davidson County

Heavy Restrictions

Davidson County makes illegal storage, dumping, and littering of solid waste a criminal and civilly punishable offense…

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Durham

Heavy Restrictions

Depositing trash, garbage, debris, or any other refuse on Durham streets, sidewalks, parks, private property without…

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Gaston County

Heavy Restrictions

Gaston County bans open dumping, littering, and roadside yard-waste dumping under three separate clauses of its solid…

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Greensboro

Heavy Restrictions

Greensboro treats illegal dumping of trash, refuse, or hazardous waste on public or private property as a civil offense…

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Harnett County

Heavy Restrictions

Harnett County makes it a misdemeanor to dispose of solid waste anywhere except a permitted landfill, an approved…

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High Point

Heavy Restrictions

High Point makes it a misdemeanor to dump solid waste, yard waste, or special waste on any open lot or space in the…

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Johnston County

Heavy Restrictions

In unincorporated Johnston County, dumping solid waste anywhere except your own property is a crime. County Code §…

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Lincoln County

Heavy Restrictions

In unincorporated Lincoln County, County Code § 52.11 makes it unlawful to accumulate excessive, unsightly, or…

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Nash County

Heavy Restrictions

Nash County makes it unlawful to throw, dump or deposit solid waste on a street or highway, in a public park or…

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New Hanover County

Heavy Restrictions

Sec. 44-53 bans dumping litter, trash or refuse on any public street, county property, another person's land without…

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Onslow County

Heavy Restrictions

Discarding solid waste on public property or someone else's private property is unlawful under Section 14-36, and…

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Raleigh

Heavy Restrictions

It's illegal in Raleigh to throw, drop, or deposit waste, refuse, garbage, ashes, rubbish, dead animals, or anything…

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Rockingham County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping solid waste on any property in Rockingham County is a criminal misdemeanor and a civil violation, with civil…

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Rose Hill

Heavy Restrictions

Rose Hill bans dumping any solid waste on someone else's private property without consent, and on any public street…

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Shelby

Heavy Restrictions

Shelby bans dumping, depositing, or burying solid waste, garbage, refuse, or hazardous waste on any lot or space in the…

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Wayne County

Heavy Restrictions

Dumping solid waste in an open dump anywhere in Wayne County is unlawful under Code § 62-1, and mail or other…

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Wilmington

Heavy Restrictions

Wilmington makes it a misdemeanor to dump, throw, or deposit litter, trash, or refuse on any public street, sidewalk…

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Winston-Salem

Heavy Restrictions

Winston-Salem bans depositing litter anywhere in the city where wind or water could carry it onto streets, sidewalks…

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Charlotte

Significant Restrictions

Dumping litter or junk on someone else's property without permission is unlawful in Charlotte and draws a $500 civil…

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Cleveland County

Significant Restrictions

Dumping solid waste on any road, public property, park, or someone else's land in Cleveland County violates § 11-34(d)…

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Fayetteville

Significant Restrictions

Fayetteville bans dumping household garbage, tires, building materials, furniture, mattresses, carpet, hazardous…

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Gastonia

Significant Restrictions

Dumping solid or hazardous waste on Gastonia streets, city property, someone else's land without permission, or into…

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Pitt County

Significant Restrictions

Pitt County treats illegal dumping, including dumping prohibited materials or excess quantities at solid waste…

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Union County

Significant Restrictions

Union County bans dumping litter on any public or private property or in any waters the person does not own, lease, or…

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Wake County

Significant Restrictions

Wake County bans dumping litter on streets, lots or private property, with escalating civil penalties of $250, $500 and…

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Asheville

Some Restrictions

Asheville City Code § 15-4 bans discarding, abandoning, or causing litter, foul odors, or dangerous devices on any…

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Brunswick County

Some Restrictions

Brunswick County, North Carolina makes it unlawful to use an unpermitted dump site for solid waste in the…

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Cary

Some Restrictions

The Town of Cary makes it unlawful to dump waste on streets, sidewalks, parks or land you don't own, and violators must…

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Cumberland County

Some Restrictions

Fayetteville prohibits dumping household trash, tires, appliances, construction debris, and yard waste on any property…

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Durham County

Some Restrictions

Dumping litter on public or private property you don't own is illegal statewide under NC G.S. 14-399. Small amounts are…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

It is unlawful to dump litter or waste anywhere in Forsyth County except in an authorized container or location. Open…

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Guilford County

Some Restrictions

Illegal dumping in Guilford County is a public nuisance under Solid Waste Ordinance Sec. 15.5-2 and a crime under NC…

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Iredell County

Some Restrictions

Iredell County outlaws burying, submerging or littering solid waste anywhere outside a permitted disposal site. County…

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Moore County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Moore County limits solid waste disposal to a state-approved sanitary landfill, an approved county…

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Rowan County

Some Restrictions

Rowan County treats illegal dumping as a solid waste violation with real teeth. Code Section 19-28(o) bans open dumping…

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Yard Waste Collection

Rules for separating grass clippings, leaves, branches, and other yard waste from regular trash, including pickup days and bag/bin requirements.

Moore County

Significant Restrictions

Moore County Code § 8-182 bars yard waste and brush from the county's public solid waste container sites in…

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Alamance County

Some Restrictions

Alamance County's Solid Waste Management Ordinance defines yard waste as brush, tree limbs, and similar vegetative…

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Apex

Some Restrictions

Apex collects yard waste curbside weekly, year-round, but only for residents inside the town's corporate limits…

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Asheville

Some Restrictions

Asheville City Code § 15-38(f) requires brush trimmings and leaves to be bagged in approved biodegradable paper yard…

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Brunswick County

Some Restrictions

Brunswick County, North Carolina bans yard waste from regular residential curbside pick-up in the unincorporated county…

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Buncombe County

Some Restrictions

Buncombe County's landfill will not take yard waste. Sec. 62-32 lists yard waste alongside white goods, used oil…

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Cary

Some Restrictions

The Town of Cary collects leaf and yard waste curbside once a week for residential customers only, with holiday weeks…

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Catawba County

Some Restrictions

Catawba County bars yard trash, meaning brush, grass, tree limbs and similar vegetative material, from the county…

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Charlotte

Some Restrictions

Charlotte collects yard waste, defined as vegetative material like grass, leaves, tree trimmings and shrubbery…

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Cleveland County

Some Restrictions

Cleveland County defines yard waste narrowly, as grass, leaves, flowers, stalks, stems, tree trimmings, branches and…

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Concord

Some Restrictions

Concord collects grass, trimmings and leaves in biodegradable paper bags weighing no more than 35 pounds, or in labeled…

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Cumberland County

Some Restrictions

Cumberland County specifically bans raking or blowing leaves, grass clippings, or other yard waste into storm drains…

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Durham

Some Restrictions

Durham won't collect yard waste bagged in plastic: leaves, grass and trimmings must go out in biodegradable paper bags…

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Durham County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Durham County runs no curbside yard waste collection: Sec. 16-13(f) allows residents to burn leaves…

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Fayetteville

Some Restrictions

Fayetteville collects grass clippings, leaves, and small yard debris curbside only from approved units, separated from…

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Gastonia

Some Restrictions

Gastonia collects yard waste weekly from single-family homes, but limbs cannot exceed 4 inches in diameter or 5 feet in…

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Greensboro

Some Restrictions

Greensboro collects yard waste weekly from curbside households, but grass, leaves and clippings must go in…

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Guilford County

Some Restrictions

Guilford County treats leaves, grass clippings, and other yard debris as regulated solid waste: it must be removed from…

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Harnett County

Some Restrictions

Harnett County charges $25 per ton to dump stumps, limbs, leaves, and construction debris at the demolition landfill…

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High Point

Some Restrictions

High Point collects yard waste curbside if it's bagged, bundled under 50 pounds and four feet long, or in an approved…

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Johnston County

Some Restrictions

Johnston County Code § 20-34 defines yard waste as vegetative matter from landscaping maintenance, and § 20-37(13) bars…

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Kill Devil Hills

Some Restrictions

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, § 50.32 provides bulk trash collection twice a year, in fall (October…

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Nash County

Some Restrictions

Nash County defines yard waste as yard trash and land-clearing debris, including stumps, leaves, grass and untreated…

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New Hanover County

Some Restrictions

New Hanover County collects tree limbs, branches and hedge trimmings at the curb under Sec. 44-43(3), but nothing over…

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Onslow County

Some Restrictions

Grass clippings, shrubbery cuttings, vine trimmings, and dry leaf rakings count as yard trash and must be kept separate…

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Pitt County

Some Restrictions

Pitt County's Solid Waste & Recycling Ordinance defines yard waste as leaves, limbs, grass trimmings and untreated…

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Raleigh

Some Restrictions

Raleigh residents can set out yard waste three ways: in the City-issued 95-gallon green cart, in biodegradable paper…

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Rose Hill

Some Restrictions

Yard debris in Rose Hill must be bagged or containerized, never combined with garbage, and oversized branches too big…

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Rowan County

Some Restrictions

Yard debris cannot go straight into Rowan County's regular landfill; § 19-46(b)(10) bars it there, and § 19-49 requires…

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Shelby

Some Restrictions

Shelby residents must curb leaves, limbs and bulky yard waste in the street right-of-way strip, and bag leaves and…

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Wayne County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Wayne County, yard waste must go to the county landfill, not into regular garbage. Since January 1…

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Wilmington

Some Restrictions

Wilmington collects stacked yard waste, including tree limbs, hedge cuttings, bagged leaves, and grass clippings, at…

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Winston-Salem

Some Restrictions

Winston-Salem collects brush and shrubbery trimmings free up to one truckload (10 cubic yards) when residents place cut…

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Craven County

Light Restrictions

Craven County lets residents keep grass clippings, leaves, and branches on their own property under § 32-164's yard…

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Lincoln County

Light Restrictions

In unincorporated Lincoln County, yard waste such as leaves, grass trimmings, tree trimmings, and shrubbery trimmings…

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Rockingham County

Light Restrictions

Rockingham County's franchised curbside program leaves yard waste off the list: brush, limbs, and yard debris are…

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Dumpster Rules

Permits and placement rules for residential or construction dumpsters, including how long they can stay and ROW obstruction limits.

Kill Devil Hills

Significant Restrictions

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, § 50.16 requires any property that needs a dumpster to buy it from the…

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Rockingham County

Significant Restrictions

Rockingham County locks commercial dumpster and solid waste collection to the county's exclusive franchised hauler: no…

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Alamance County

Some Restrictions

Alamance County requires garbage and solid waste receptacles, including dumpsters, to be durable, rust-resistant…

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Apex

Some Restrictions

Apex requires commercial, industrial, and some residential customers to use town-specified dumpsters, with the town…

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Asheville

Some Restrictions

Asheville's Unified Development Ordinance, Sec. 7-11-3(d)(6), requires every dumpster, loading dock, outdoor storage…

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Brunswick County

Some Restrictions

Brunswick County's Unified Development Ordinance requires dumpsters and trash handling facilities at nonresidential…

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Buncombe County

Some Restrictions

Shopping centers, restaurants, service stations, schools, churches and other commercial or institutional sites in…

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Cabarrus County

Some Restrictions

Commercial and industrial businesses reviewed under Cabarrus County's Performance Based Standards must site dumpsters…

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Cary

Some Restrictions

The Town of Cary requires all dumpsters, compactors, and recycling bins at commercial and multifamily sites to be…

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Catawba County

Some Restrictions

Every new commercial, institutional, or multifamily building in unincorporated Catawba County must set aside a central…

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Charlotte

Some Restrictions

Charlotte bars large waste containers, including commercial dumpsters and roll-offs, from sitting in front of a…

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Cleveland County

Some Restrictions

Any development in unincorporated Cleveland County that uses a solid waste dumpster must screen the site whenever it…

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Concord

Some Restrictions

Commercial dumpsters in Concord must sit inside a fully screened, solid-opaque enclosure with latching gates, can't go…

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Craven County

Some Restrictions

Craven County makes it unlawful for anyone not authorized to place, throw, deposit or dump litter, garbage or solid…

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Cumberland County

Some Restrictions

Group developments and mobile home parks in unincorporated Cumberland County must screen every dumpster and utility…

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Durham

Some Restrictions

Commercial developments with four or more businesses on one site must use a stationary bulk container instead of…

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Durham County

Some Restrictions

Durham County regulates every solid waste container, dumpster included, under Sec. 20-4(c): garbage containers must be…

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Fayetteville

Some Restrictions

Every restaurant, store, hotel, office, and multifamily property in Fayetteville that generates trash must provide its…

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Gastonia

Some Restrictions

Apartments, condos and other multi-unit properties in Gastonia must provide bulk dumpsters for refuse, and those…

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Greensboro

Some Restrictions

Greensboro requires any business or multi-unit residential complex not eligible for curbside pickup to install a…

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Guilford County

Some Restrictions

Multi-family and other group developments in unincorporated Guilford County must provide trash containers, dumpsters or…

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Harnett County

Some Restrictions

Harnett County's development code requires trash containment areas, including compactors and dumpsters, to be located…

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High Point

Some Restrictions

Any High Point property besides a single-family home that generates more trash than two rollout carts can handle weekly…

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Johnston County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Johnston County, every multifamily, office, commercial and industrial development must provide…

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Lincoln County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Lincoln County, commercial, institutional, and industrial establishments must set out solid waste in…

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Nash County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Nash County requires solid waste dumpsters on multi-family, commercial, institutional or industrial…

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New Hanover County

Some Restrictions

New Hanover County requires stores, restaurants, apartments and other commercial generators that produce more than 180…

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Onslow County

Some Restrictions

Onslow County requires nonresidential developments and multi-family or mobile-home park projects without individual…

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Pitt County

Some Restrictions

Pitt County's zoning ordinance requires commercial, industrial, institutional and multi-family dumpsters to be screened…

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Raleigh

Some Restrictions

Raleigh requires development plans for commercial and multifamily projects to show dumpster enclosure and pad…

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Rose Hill

Some Restrictions

Any Rose Hill property needing more than three garbage containers, apartments, mobile home parks, or commercial and…

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Rowan County

Some Restrictions

Any business classified as a special-requirement (SR) use in unincorporated Rowan County must keep its outdoor storage…

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Shelby

Some Restrictions

Shelby requires dumpsters at residential complexes with six or more units, and nonresidential properties needing more…

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Union County

Some Restrictions

Commercial dumpsters in unincorporated Union County must be screened from the public right-of-way and from neighboring…

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Wake County

Some Restrictions

Wake County requires dumpster and trash bin screening for multi-unit buildings over five units and for business…

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Wilmington

Some Restrictions

Wilmington requires any dumpster or trash receptacle storage area visible from an adjacent property or right-of-way to…

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Winston-Salem

Some Restrictions

Winston-Salem requires bulk dumpster-style containers, not individual carts, for businesses generating over three…

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Collection Schedule

Day-of-week pickup schedules by neighborhood, set-out and take-back time windows, and where to find your specific block's schedule.

Rockingham County

Significant Restrictions

Rockingham County franchises exclusive solid waste haulers who must give every residence weekly trash pickup…

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Alamance County

Some Restrictions

County-franchised haulers must remove residential household garbage from a customer's premises at least once a week…

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Apex

Some Restrictions

Apex requires garbage cans out by 5 a.m. on collection day and removed from curb by 7 p.m.; no cans may sit out on…

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Asheville

Some Restrictions

Asheville City Code § 15-45 sets residential garbage and household trash collection at once per week, curbside or at…

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Cary

Some Restrictions

The Town of Cary collects household garbage and rubbish once each week under its solid waste collection policy, with…

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Catawba County

Some Restrictions

Catawba County requires its licensed solid waste haulers to collect roadside garbage and separated recyclables from…

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Charlotte

Some Restrictions

Charlotte's Solid Waste Services department provides mandatory residential garbage collection under City Code Section…

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Concord

Some Restrictions

Concord picks up residential garbage and yard waste once a week and recyclables and bulky items every other week, under…

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Craven County

Some Restrictions

Craven County requires weekly curbside collection of solid waste and recyclables for every residence and hand…

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Cumberland County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Cumberland County, solid waste may only leave your property through the specific collection services…

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Davidson County

Some Restrictions

Davidson County requires every property owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee to remove all solid waste from the property…

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Durham

Some Restrictions

Every Durham household, store, restaurant, market, and hotel must provide a proper refuse receptacle for collection…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Forsyth County Code Sec. 19-7 requires every property owner or occupant to remove accumulated solid waste at least once…

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Gaston County

Some Restrictions

Gaston County's solid waste ordinance requires every property owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee to clear solid waste…

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Gastonia

Some Restrictions

Gastonia provides residential curbside trash collection once a week on an administrator-set day. Rollout carts can go…

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Greensboro

Some Restrictions

Greensboro's solid waste manager sets citywide collection routes and schedules, and no owner or occupant may prohibit…

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Guilford County

Some Restrictions

Guilford County's Solid Waste Collection Customer Bill of Rights sets the ground rules for scheduled pickup: a missed…

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Harnett County

Some Restrictions

Every property owner, tenant, or occupant in unincorporated Harnett County must remove all solid waste from the…

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High Point

Some Restrictions

High Point picks up rollout carts once a week citywide, with the Central Business District serviced four times weekly…

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Iredell County

Some Restrictions

Iredell County requires every property owner, occupant, tenant or lessee to remove or have garbage removed from the…

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Kill Devil Hills

Some Restrictions

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, § 50.02 of the town code makes the town itself the solid waste…

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Lincoln County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Lincoln County, County Code § 52.34(J) sets the pickup schedule for franchised residential trash…

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Moore County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Moore County, Moore County Code § 8-156 requires every owner, occupant, tenant or lessee to remove…

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Nash County

Some Restrictions

Nash County requires anyone whose property has garbage stored on it to have it removed at least once every seven days…

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New Hanover County

Some Restrictions

New Hanover County requires every single-family home and duplex in the unincorporated area to take county trash service…

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Onslow County

Some Restrictions

Onslow County runs no residential curbside collection route in the unincorporated county. Section 14-31 puts the legal…

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Raleigh

Some Restrictions

Raleigh's Solid Waste Services Department sets collection type and frequency by dwelling type under Sec. 7-2004(a)…

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Rose Hill

Some Restrictions

Rose Hill's Public Works Department collects residential garbage once a week under Town Code § 52.04, with recycling…

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Rowan County

Some Restrictions

Rowan County makes every property owner responsible for getting rid of their own trash. Code Section 19-28(a)-(b) bars…

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Shelby

Some Restrictions

Every Shelby residence gets mandatory weekly curbside collection and is billed for it, whether or not the owner wants…

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Wake County

Some Restrictions

Wake County property owners must remove all solid waste from their property at least once every seven days, whether by…

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Wayne County

Some Restrictions

Every property owner, occupant, tenant or lessee in unincorporated Wayne County must remove all garbage from the…

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Wilmington

Some Restrictions

Wilmington requires every owner or occupant within the city limits to carry an approved solid waste collection account…

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Winston-Salem

Some Restrictions

Winston-Salem residents may set trash carts at the curb starting 5:00 p.m. the day before pickup, no later than 6:00…

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Brunswick County

Light Restrictions

Brunswick County, North Carolina provides residential trash pick-up service to the unincorporated county under Code…

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Recycling Rules

Which items can and cannot go in residential single-stream recycling bins, contamination penalties, and rules for hazardous-waste drop-off.

Wayne County

Significant Restrictions

Wayne County caps recyclables in landfill-bound loads: since January 1, 1992 no individual, collector, or municipality…

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Asheville

Some Restrictions

Sec. 15-51 requires households to separate designated recyclables, aluminum cans, cardboard, glass bottles, newsprint…

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Brunswick County

Some Restrictions

Brunswick County, North Carolina requires recyclables to be clean and source-separated from solid waste at its landfill…

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Charlotte

Some Restrictions

Single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes in Charlotte follow the same curbside window for recycling as…

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Cleveland County

Some Restrictions

Cleveland County runs solid waste and recycling centers across the unincorporated county under Code § 11-40. Waste must…

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Concord

Some Restrictions

Concord provides single-family residences a rollout recycling cart collected every other week, alongside weekly garbage…

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Craven County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Craven County, recyclables placed in a county recycling container at curbside become the property of…

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Greensboro

Some Restrictions

Greensboro charges $100 per dumpster every time, starting with the second occurrence, that crews have to empty a…

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Guilford County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Guilford County gives recyclables a longer clock than trash: while ordinary solid waste must leave a…

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Johnston County

Some Restrictions

Johnston County Code § 20-41 makes it unlawful to leave solid waste at a recycling and convenience center or landfill…

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Lincoln County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Lincoln County, recycling and convenience sites are county-run, manned drop-off locations reserved…

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Raleigh

Some Restrictions

Raleigh requires curbside recycling to go directly into the City's approved recycling cart, never bagged and never…

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Rowan County

Some Restrictions

County Code § 19-28(e) requires recyclable cans, bottles, paper, cardboard, metal and rags to be kept in…

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Kill Devil Hills

Light Restrictions

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, § 50.30 sets up a town recycling drop-off center meant to keep the…

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Rose Hill

Light Restrictions

Recycling collections in Rose Hill run once a week on a regular schedule under Town Code § 52.04(B)(2), the same weekly…

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Nash County

Few Restrictions

Nash County does not mandate recycling. Code § 20-31(c)(5) only encourages residents to separate recyclable materials…

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