Kill Devil Hills, NC Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection frequency
- Weekly, same day as trash
- Earliest route start
- 6:00 a.m. unless authorized
- Cart removal deadline
- Within 24 hours of pickup
- Landfill/incinerate cap
- Max 5% by weight
- Missed-pickup fix deadline
- 9:30 a.m. next business day
- Alternative option
- Town recycling drop-off center
Summary
Kill Devil Hills runs curbside recycling through a town-awarded franchise under Chapter 117 of the Town Code. The franchisee collects commingled recyclables weekly on the same day as regular trash pickup, and residents must pull their carts back off the curb within 24 hours of collection.
On a weekly basis, collect commingled recyclable materials within the corporate limits of Kill Devil Hills on the same day as regular refuse collection or as determined by the Town Administrator, including, but not limited to, old newsprint, clear and colored glass, aluminum beverage containers, tin cans, steel cans, bi-metal cans, #1 and #2 plastics, magazines, phonebooks, corrugated cardboard, pressboard, paperboard and junk mail from the contractual customers. ... All carts must be removed by residents from the curbside collection area within 24 hours of collection. ... Routes shall begin no earlier than 6:00 a.m. unless authorized by the Town Administrator.
Full Breakdown
09. The franchisee must collect commingled recyclable materials weekly within the corporate limits on the same day as regular refuse collection, or on whatever day the Town Administrator sets, and the accepted stream includes old newsprint, clear and colored glass, aluminum beverage containers, tin cans, steel cans, bi-metal cans, #1 and #2 plastics, magazines, phonebooks, corrugated cardboard, pressboard, paperboard and junk mail. unless the Town Administrator authorizes an earlier start, and no more than 5% by weight of collected material may be landfilled or incinerated without the Town Administrator's written permission.
Residents hold up their end too: every roll-cart supplied for the program must be removed from the curbside collection area within 24 hours after pickup, and the 90 to 98-gallon containers themselves stay the franchisee's property. the next business day, after notifying the Town Administrator the same day the refusal happened. 30 keeps a town recycling drop-off center open to residents, businesses and visitors under procedures issued by the Public Services and Administration Departments. 12.
Violations & Fines
No chapter-specific penalty applies to Chapter 117, so the town's general penalty in § 10.99 governs: violating any provision of the code is a Class 3 misdemeanor under G.S. § 14-4, punishable by a fine up to $50 or up to 30 days imprisonment. The town can also impose escalating civil penalties of $50 per day for the first 15 days a violation continues after notice, $100 per day for days 16 through 30, and $500 or more per day after that.
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