Orange County collects curbside recycling in roll carts, weekly in the towns using 95-gallon carts and every other week in rural areas. Carts go to the curb by collection morning with lids closed, then come back the same day.
Because the county's curbside program is recycling rather than garbage, bin placement mostly means how you set out your recycling cart. Urban curbside customers in Hillsborough, Carrboro, and Chapel Hill single-family homes and duplexes receive 95-gallon roll carts collected weekly; rural customers are served every other week. Set the cart at the curb by the collection-morning start time, lid closed, wheels toward the house, and clear of mailboxes, parked cars, and poles so the automated truck can reach it. Retrieve it the same day. Town garbage carts follow each municipality's own placement rules.
Overfilled carts with the lid propped open, or carts blocked by cars, may be skipped. Carts left at the curb long after collection can draw a property-maintenance warning.
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