Nash County, NC Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Nash County operates solid waste convenience centers restricted to household solid waste generated in the unincorporated areas of the county, per Code § 20-31(a). Agricultural, hazardous, industrial, institutional, municipal and radioactive waste are barred outright under § 20-31(b). For everyday bulky items, § 20-31(c)(3) is explicit: no tires, bricks, large stumps, logs, concrete, shingles, animal carcasses, animal waste, autos, or other materials the board of health designates will be accepted at the sites, and residents must instead take them to an approved landfill or otherwise dispose of them under the article.

Household garbage that is accepted must be bagged, and burning or smoldering material cannot be left at a center, per § 20-31(c)(1)-(2). Only items posted on the container signs may be deposited, and scavenging, loitering, soliciting or trespassing at a center or the county landfill is unlawful under § 20-31(c)(6). m. m. , per § 20-32(a)-(b). Only residents who have paid the convenience center user fee may use the sites, § 20-31(d). For a genuinely large item, such as a torn-out concrete driveway slab or a stack of shingles from a reroofing job, the county sanitary landfill, governed separately under § 20-30, is the lawful destination, subject to the landfill's own tipping fees approved by the board of commissioners on recommendation of the board of health, per § 20-34(a).