Durham provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection to residential customers. Trash is collected weekly and single-stream recycling is collected every other week. Yard waste is collected weekly in season. Carts must be placed at the curb by 7:00 AM on collection day with handles facing the house. All waste must fit inside the provided cart with the lid fully closed.
Durham 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 Durham 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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