Charlotte Solid Waste Services provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection. Trash is collected weekly in city-issued 95-gallon Poly-Carts. Residents must place carts at the curb by 6 AM on their scheduled collection day with handles facing the house. Bulk items and yard waste have separate collection schedules. The city services approximately 200,000+ households.
Charlotte contracts with waste haulers or operates municipal trash collection on a weekly schedule. Residents receive assigned pickup days. Bins must be placed curbside by the designated morning time, typically 6 to 7 AM. Holiday delays shift pickup one day. Contaminated recycling bins may be skipped. Oversized or overweight bins will not be collected. Contact Charlotte public works for schedule changes or missed pickup reports.
Failure to follow schedule may result in missed pickup. Repeated violations of bin rules may incur $50 to $200 fines from code enforcement.
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