Trash & Recycling in North Carolina (2026)

Sec. 14-91 governs how solid waste is collected and transported to the Carteret County transfer station: haulers need a…

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

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

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

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

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

Burke County doesn't run curbside trash pickup for the unincorporated county; residents either contract with a…

Burlington's sanitation division runs curbside collection once a week on a day set by the superintendent, with…

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…

Chapel Hill collects household refuse and garbage twice a week from the rear yard, or once a week at the curb in…

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

In unincorporated Chatham County, any vehicle or container used to collect and haul garbage or solid waste must be…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Franklin County Code Chapter 24 governs how solid waste and recycling get collected and transported countywide…

Granville County's storage-and-disposal rule sets the physical standard every household container must meet before…

Only city crews under the City Manager's direction, or someone with the City Manager's written consent, may haul away…

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

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

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, City Code § 9-8 requires every residential customer and small business to…

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

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

Because unincorporated Lee County residents drop waste off rather than set it at a curb, the rules governing pickup…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unincorporated Rutherford County has no county-run curbside pickup: County Code section 15-24 makes it unlawful to…

Unincorporated Sampson County has no curbside pickup; residents haul household waste to County-owned Convenience Sites…

In unincorporated Surry County, North Carolina, County Code § 110.04 bars letting solid waste accumulate on your…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Section 58-127 of the county code tells Burke County residents and businesses how to store solid waste before it's…

Burlington carts go to the curb no earlier than 24 hours before pickup and no later than 7:00 a.m. on collection day…

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…

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

Chapel Hill residents on weekly curbside service must set refuse, yard waste, and recycling containers at the curb…

Charlotte residents with a city-issued bin can set it at the curb starting the day before collection and must have it…

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Granville County requires every property to clear solid waste weekly and store garbage in durable, rust-resistant…

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

Greenville residents can't roll a garbage or recycling cart to the curb earlier than noon the day before pickup, and it…

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

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

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

In unincorporated Lee County, garbage must be kept in a durable, rust-resistant, watertight container with a…

In the City of Mebane, North Carolina, City Code § 26-1 lets property owners keep authorized trash and recycling…

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

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

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

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

County Code § 26-17 requires anyone generating construction debris, business trash, garbage, household trash…

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

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

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

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

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

Garbage containers in unincorporated Rutherford County must be durable, rust-resistant, water-tight, rodent-proof and…

Sampson County Code Section 2-6-03.B.3.C requires every refuse receptacle and detachable container in unincorporated…

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

Surry County does not have residential curbside garbage carts; instead, County Code § 110.10 governs the metal solid…

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

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

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

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

In unincorporated Surry County, North Carolina, residents cannot just leave bulky items curbside or in a county…

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

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

Furniture and major appliances can't go in Burke County's solid waste containers. Section 58-69 bars chairs, sofas…

Burlington's sanitation division collects bulk trash from residential units only, curbside by 7:00 a.m. on the…

Carteret County has no curbside bulk pickup in the unincorporated area; Sec. 14-28 routes large or bulky items such as…

The Town of Chapel Hill lets residents set furniture and appliances behind the curb for a special pickup once Public…

Charlotte will not pick up bulky waste or junk until you schedule it with the city and receive a collection date. Items…

In unincorporated Chatham County, bulky waste, brush, stumps, appliances, furniture and other oversized items cannot go…

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

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

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

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

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

Furniture, mattresses, televisions, and other oversize items count as bulky waste under Franklin County's solid waste…

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

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

In unincorporated Granville County, homeowners cannot leave bulky waste like old furniture, appliances, auto parts…

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

Junk, discarded furniture and white goods set out for Greenville pickup can go to the curb no more than two days before…

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

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

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, the sanitation division collects bulky items like furniture, mattresses…

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

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

In unincorporated Lee County, bulky items like furniture and large auto parts can't sit outside a home longer than 72…

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

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

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

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

In unincorporated Pender County, no owner, occupant, tenant or lessee may leave bulky waste like furniture or…

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

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

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

Rutherford County runs no curbside bulk-item pickup for the unincorporated area. Residents must haul bulky waste…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

Burlington does not run its own recycling ordinance; Section 33-3 of the City Code ratifies the Alamance County…

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

Chapel Hill bans putting cardboard in trash bulk containers or compactors and makes it unlawful to intentionally…

Charlotte sorts recycling rules by housing type. Single-family homes and small developments use a city-issued container…

In unincorporated Chatham County, every private hauler that collects residential waste for a fee must run a program to…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Franklin County has no curbside recycling: the Solid Waste Department runs 11 staffed convenience centers instead…

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

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

Under Granville County's exclusive franchise, recyclables placed into containers the franchisee, Waste Industries, LLC…

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

Every residential property owner, landlord or tenant in Greenville must provide roll-out carts or dumpsters for…

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

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

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, City Code § 9-10 supplies residential and small-business customers an…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sec. 14-92 requires private solid waste collectors and municipalities delivering waste to the Carteret County transfer…

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

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

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

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

Lee County encourages, but does not mandate, separating recyclables from trash. The director of general services…

In the City of Mebane, North Carolina, the city has no standalone recycling ordinance; City Code § 26-2 instead adopts…

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

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

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

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

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

Cary requires residents to keep compostable yard and leaf waste separated from regular garbage for weekly curbside…

Shelby's weekly curbside trash day can shift whenever a city holiday falls that week, per public works.

Charlotte Solid Waste Services does not collect on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026 (Thanksgiving) or Friday, Dec. 25, 2026…

Durham doesn't fix holiday pickup dates in the code. Section 58-125 hands the Director of Solid Waste, or their…

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, residential and small-business garbage is normally collected once a week…

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, § 50.19(B) leaves the day-to-day collection calendar to town…

Rose Hill's Public Works Department can shift its garbage, recycling, and trash routes around holidays, severe weather…

Winston-Salem's Sanitation Division publishes a separate rule for garbage, curbside recycling and yard waste carts on…

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

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

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

Section 58-129 of the county code makes it unlawful to throw, sweep or dispose of solid waste from any household, yard…

Dumping trash on a Burlington street, sidewalk, or occupied private property is banned outright under Section 33-24 of…

Carteret County treats illegal dumping anywhere in the unincorporated area, or at its transfer station and container…

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

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

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

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

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

Dumping litter or solid waste on public or private property not designed to receive it is a misdemeanor in…

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

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

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

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

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, City Code § 9-23 bans throwing, placing or dumping garbage or litter…

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

Dumping solid waste or recyclable material anywhere in unincorporated Lee County outside an approved site is illegal…

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

In the City of Mebane, North Carolina, City Code § 26-1(a) makes it unlawful for anyone to throw, deposit, store, or…

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

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

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

It is unlawful in unincorporated Pender County to throw, scatter, spill, dump or otherwise deposit solid waste on any…

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

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

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

County Code section 15-31 forces anyone with an illegal solid waste dump to close it once the health director gives…

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

Unincorporated Surry County bans burying or submerging solid waste as a disposal method. Code § 110.08(A) makes it…

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

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

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

Dumping garbage, refuse, or debris on a Chapel Hill street, sidewalk, or other public place is unlawful under section…

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

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

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

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

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

Sampson County makes it unlawful to litter, dump, or accumulate solid waste on any public or private property in the…

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

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

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

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

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

In unincorporated Chatham County, dumping litter, solid waste or recyclables into a ditch, creek, street, alley or any…

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

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

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

Dumping litter on property you do not own anywhere in unincorporated Granville County is banned under § 38-32, with…

Throwing or dumping garbage, refuse or recyclables on Greenville streets, sidewalks or other public places outside an…

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

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

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

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

Stedman's nuisance ordinance makes it unlawful to scatter, cast, place or dump junk, waste materials, trash, garbage…

Yard waste, defined by the county as vegetative matter from landscaping, is on the list of items Lee County's solid…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Burke County's code spells out exactly how to prepare leaves, tree limbs and shrubbery trimmings before they go to the…

Burlington picks up yard waste weekly on the same day as regular curbside trash, but only from residential units and…

Carteret County bans leaf and yard waste from general landfill and transfer-station disposal but requires it be taken…

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

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

Chapel Hill requires yard waste to be kept separate from other trash: limbs and clippings go in a rigid container or…

Charlotte collects yard waste at the curb from detached single-family dwellings and accessory dwelling units. Set it…

In unincorporated Chatham County, yard waste such as lawn clippings, leaves, brush and garden refuse cannot go into the…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Leaves, grass, limbs, and trimmings from landscaping count as yard waste under Franklin County's code. It costs $40.00…

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

Unincorporated Granville County bars residents from dumping yard waste such as leaves, grass, limbs and trimmings into…

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

Tree limbs, cuttings, shrubbery and hedges have to be cut to six-foot lengths and piled separately from fine yard…

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

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

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

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, City Code § 9-9 caps non-city yard waste containers at 50 pounds once…

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

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

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

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

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

In unincorporated Pender County, yard waste placed alongside or hauled on public roads must be securely covered or tied…

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

Raleigh replaced seasonal loose-leaf collection with weekly yard waste pickup on September 8, 2026, and each…

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

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

In unincorporated Sampson County, anyone generating tree and shrubbery trimmings or yard trash must keep them in…

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

In unincorporated Surry County, North Carolina, tree limbs, branches and stumps are classified as BULKY WASTE under…

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

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

Winston-Salem's fall leaf collection begins Monday, November 2, 2026, and the city says it runs through January or as…

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

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

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

Businesses in Burlington that generate more than 200 gallons of refuse between collections, or that share a complex of…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unincorporated Carteret County requires dumpsters, trash compactors and similar receptacles at commercial and…

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

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

Retail, wholesale and commercial establishments in Chapel Hill are capped at seven refuse receptacles or one bulk…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In unincorporated Franklin County, commercial trash, compaction and recycling service areas must sit on the side or…

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

Any dumpster or commercial common waste storage area serving a residential or nonresidential development in…

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

Greenville requires multi-family, condominium, and duplex developers to size dumpsters at four, six, or eight cubic…

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

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

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

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, commercial customers must use an approved 2 to 8 cubic-yard metal dumpster…

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

Non-residential, multi-family, and single-family attached developments in unincorporated Lee County that don't use…

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

In the City of Mebane, North Carolina, a commercial dumpster or roll-off compactor cannot just sit in a parking lot…

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

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

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

County Code § 26-20 requires every commercial establishment in unincorporated Pender County to keep a compliant solid…

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

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

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

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

In unincorporated Sampson County, the zoning ordinance's Multi-Family Development standard requires every apartment or…

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

In the Town of Stedman, North Carolina, every dumpster site for solid waste, regardless of zoning district, must sit on…

Unincorporated Surry County, North Carolina requires every manufactured home park to install a dumpster on a concrete…

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

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

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

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

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, the city holds an exclusive franchise for solid waste collection under…

Unincorporated Pender County has no curbside trash pickup; Code Sec. 26-9(a) requires solid waste to go to a county…

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

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

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…

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

The City of Burlington runs mandatory weekly solid waste collection: Section 33-29 of the City Code lets the sanitation…

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

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

Chapel Hill picks up household refuse and garbage from the rear yard twice a week, or once a week at the curb in zones…

Charlotte Solid Waste Services collects residential garbage from detached single-family homes, accessory dwelling…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Every property owner, occupant, tenant or lessee in unincorporated Granville County must have solid waste removed at…

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

Greenville's Public Works Director sets the regular pickup schedule for garbage, trash and recyclables, and every…

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

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

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

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

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

Unincorporated Lee County has no municipal curbside pickup schedule. Owners and tenants must clear all solid waste from…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In unincorporated Surry County, North Carolina, property owners must remove all solid waste from their property at…

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

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

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

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

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

Chapel Hill bars nonresidential haulers and businesses from dumping recyclable corrugated cardboard at the Orange…

Outside the towns and the incorporated part of the Camp Butner Reservation, garbage, refuse, solid waste and…

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

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

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

Corrugated cardboard counts as solid waste subject to a surcharge at the Burke County waste management facility under…

Burlington collects recyclables every two weeks on a day its authorized collector sets, separately from weekly garbage…

Sec. 14-30 of the Carteret County Code designates recycling containers for acceptable recyclable materials and makes…

Charlotte residents set recycling out in a city-issued small waste container placed at ground level within six feet of…

In unincorporated Chatham County, it is illegal to put any material into a recycling container at a greenbox site or…

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

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

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

Franklin County's convenience centers keep separate containers for aluminum, cardboard, glass, batteries, magazines…

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

Greenville's solid waste code defines recyclables as glass jars and bottles, aluminum and steel cans, cardboard…

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

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, City Code § 9-10 requires recycling carts at the curb, not the street or…

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

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

Pender County has no curbside recycling; residents must separate used oil, white goods, aluminum cans, tires…

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

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

County Code section 15-29 governs the solid waste/recycling centers Rutherford County maintains around the…

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

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

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