Nash County, NC Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

S. 130A-290, including stumps, leaves, grass and untreated wood. That definition matters because § 20-30(e) bans yard waste, in accordance with the state Solid Waste Management Act, from the county landfill, alongside whole tires, used motor oil, white goods and lead-acid batteries. The county's solid waste convenience centers, the more common drop-off point for unincorporated county residents, add their own restrictions under § 20-31(c)(3): no tires, bricks, large stumps, logs, concrete, shingles, animal carcasses, animal waste, autos or other waste the board of health designates will be accepted there, and the ordinance directs that such materials be taken to an approved landfill or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the article.

Read together, the two sections mean a resident's leaves and grass clippings, the smaller categories within the yard waste definition, are the material most likely to be accepted through ordinary yard waste handling, while stumps and logs specifically are turned away at both the convenience centers and, as banned yard waste, at the county landfill itself. Violating the disposal article, whether by dumping yard waste at the landfill or a convenience center in violation of these sections, is a misdemeanor under § 20-27, punishable by up to $500 under the county's general penalty section, § 1-7, with each day of a continuing violation counted as a separate offense.