🗑️ Asheville Trash Pickup
Who collects in Asheville, North Carolina, how to find your pickup day, bulk item pickup, holiday delays and what it costs. Checked October 31, 2026.
⚡ Quick Answer
In Asheville, residential trash is collected by City of Asheville Sanitation Division, Curbside Management (recycling). Pickup days depend on your address, so use the official lookup (Find your trash or recycling schedule) to find yours. Questions: (828) 259-5857.
📅 Find my pickup dayOfficial trash page
Checked October 31, 2026 against the city's and its hauler's own pages. We never print a pickup day for a whole city, because it changes by street.
🗓️ How Pickup Works
Trash must be placed out for collection by 7 a.m. on your collection day. Brush and bagged leaves go at the curb on the Monday of your scheduled collection week. Collection day depends on your address; use the city's schedule lookup.
The Sanitation Division manages trash, recycling and brush collection. The city's sanitation page lists Curbside Management as the contact for missed recycling at (828) 252-2532; missed garbage goes to the city's Customer Service line.
| Cart | Sizes | How often |
|---|---|---|
| 🗑️ Trash | 95 gallon (only city-issued 95-gallon roll carts can be used with automated collection) | Not printed |
🛋️ Bulk Item Pickup
- 📞How to book: Call (828) 251-1122 or use The Asheville App to schedule collection. Once you schedule collection, place the item(s) at your curb by 7 a.m.
- 📏Limits: Accepts chairs, beds, mattresses and box springs, sofas, and other bulky items on request. A large collection (large amounts of trash, such as from a move into or out of a home) is one time only. Appliances (ranges, ovens, fridges, freezers, dishwashers, washers, dryers, AC units, trash compactors, water heaters) are $10.00 per item.
Too long a wait, or over the limit? Haul it yourself: 3 public drop-off sites in Buncombe County, or get a junk removal quote below.
🎄 Holiday Delays
Set holiday by holiday. When a Monday holiday closes collection, collections operate Tuesday through Friday and most customers are one day later. On Thanksgiving, Thursday customers are collected on Friday. Juneteenth, July 4th and Christmas Day are listed as not affecting Sanitation schedules. Around Christmas Eve through New Year's, collection may come earlier than usual, so carts should be out by 7 a.m. Holidays named: Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, New Year's Day.
💵 What Residents Pay
| Monthly solid waste fee | $20.00 Effective July 1, 2026, billed on the combined utility bill (billed every other month). The city does not charge a fee for residential recycling. |
| Additional roll cart | $20.00 per month For each additional cart |
| Appliance collection | $10.00 per item Stoves, ovens, refrigerators, freezers and similar appliances; assessed on the combined utility bill |
Copied from the city or hauler rate page. Rates usually change once a year.
🏡 New Resident? Starting Service
Contact the Sanitation Division at (828) 259-5857 or [email protected] to request trash or recycling roll carts.
🚛 Drop It Off Yourself
- 📍Buncombe County Landfill, Alexander · $10
- 📍Buncombe County Transfer Station, Asheville · $12
- 📍Buncombe County Household Hazardous Waste Collection, Alexander · $2
📚 Where This Comes From
- 🔗Sanitation (City of Asheville)
- 🔗Sanitation Fees (City of Asheville)
- 🔗Appliances & Scrap Metal / Bulky Item Collection (City of Asheville)
- 🔗Holiday schedule updates (City of Asheville)
- 🔗Find your trash or recycling schedule (City of Asheville)
- 🔗How to Prepare Items for Service (City of Asheville)
Checked October 31, 2026. Trash rules and rates change; the official pages above are the final word. See something out of date? Tell us.
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