Jacksonville, NC Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

Section 9-10(d) sets the placement rules for curbside recycling: containers must be placed at the curb for collection, though the ordinance carves out an exception for medical and physical problems, letting a resident who qualifies get a written exemption from the city rather than hauling a cart to the curb themselves. Placement also can't create hazards, recycling containers shall not be placed in the paved street as to create a hazard or interfere with street traffic, and they're barred from sidewalks where they'd block children or pedestrians.

The same subsection sets a timing window matching the garbage rules elsewhere in Chapter 9: containers may go out no earlier than 6:00 PM the day before the scheduled collection day and must be pulled back by 6:00 AM the day after. Section 9-10(e) then sets the collection cadence itself, curbside recycling normally runs on a regular schedule once a week, except during severe weather, holidays or mechanical events, mirroring the flexibility built into the garbage and yard waste schedules. Finally, § 9-10(f) handles items the city won't take: a list of non-recyclable materials is maintained in the administrative operations manual for solid waste management and posted on the city's sanitation website, rather than spelled out item-by-item in the ordinance text itself.