Fayetteville, NC Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Household waste
- Weekly
- Recycling
- Every other week, A/B
- Yard waste
- Weekly, ten containers max
- Collection begins
- 6 a.m.
- Find your day
- Address lookup at fayettevillenc.gov
Summary
Household waste and yard waste are collected weekly. Recycling runs every other week on an A/B week schedule, on the same weekday as your trash. Bulky items come on B week and large limbs on A week, both on your yard waste day.
Collection of Household Waste and other materials begins at 6:00 a.m. and containers not available for Collection on the scheduled day will not be collected until the next regularly scheduled day.
Full Breakdown
Find your day by entering your address in the lookup widget on the city's Trash & Recycling page, or call 910-433-1329. Collection begins at 6 a.m. Monday holidays including MLK Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day shift trash and yard waste to Wednesday while Monday recycling runs as usual. Thanksgiving 2026 moves Thursday service to Wednesday, Nov. 25, with recycling Saturday, Nov. 28. Christmas moves Friday service to Wednesday, Dec. 23, with recycling Saturday, Dec. 26. Good Friday, Juneteenth, and the observed July 3 holiday run normally. Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2026, has no Wednesday collection.
Violations & Fines
Carts not out by 6 a.m. wait until the next scheduled day. Leaving carts at the curb past collection day draws two written warnings, then $50 citations.
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