High Point, NC Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard frequency
- Once per week
- CBD frequency
- Four times per week
- Recyclables/bulk
- Every other week
- Cart limit
- Two carts per address
Summary
High Point picks up rollout carts once a week citywide, with the Central Business District serviced four times weekly and recyclables and bulk items collected every other week.
Rollout carts shall be serviced once per week with the exception of the Central Business District (CBD), which shall be serviced four (4) times per week. This service includes garbage and yard waste. No customer shall have more than two (2) rollout carts for garbage service. The city reserves the right to suspend, delay, or alter the time of collection of one (1) or all services temporarily should snow, ice, storms, flooding, extreme heat/cold or other conditions make it unsafe for the public or employees during collection operations. Recyclables and bulk item will be collected every other week.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 9 | Development Ordinance: Supplement 14).
Full Breakdown
The city services residential rollout carts once per week, except the Central Business District, which gets four collections a week. No customer may have more than two garbage carts. Recyclables and bulk items run on a separate every-other-week cycle. Carts go to the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before collection and must be pulled back by 6:00 p.m. the day after, or the owner faces enforcement.
Violations & Fines
Cart left past 6:00 p.m. the day after collection: first offense is a tagged educational notice, second offense a $250 fine on the utility bill, third offense removal of the cart.
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