🗑️ Cary Trash Pickup
Who collects in Cary, North Carolina, how to find your pickup day, bulk item pickup, holiday delays and what it costs. Checked October 31, 2026.
⚡ Quick Answer
In Cary, residential trash is collected by Town of Cary Public Works. Pickup days depend on your address, so use the official lookup (Cary Collects (address search on the page and in the Cary Collects app)) to find yours. Questions: 311 or (919) 469-4000. Bulk item pickup: $15 for the first item and $8 for each additional item collected on the same trip.
📅 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
Garbage is collected weekly on the same day as yard waste. Recycling is collected at the curb every other week on the same day as garbage and yard waste. Search your address in Cary Collects for your day.
The Town collects single-family garbage weekly at the curb from Town-provided roll-out carts.
| Cart | Sizes | How often |
|---|---|---|
| 🗑️ Trash | Not printed | weekly |
| ♻️ Recycling | Not printed | every other week |
| 🍂 Yard waste | bundles up to 50 pounds each; maximum 240 cubic feet per residence per day | weekly |
🛋️ Bulk Item Pickup
- 💵Cost: $15 for the first item and $8 for each additional item collected on the same trip.
- 📞How to book: Furniture and gas grills can be collected by appointment. Request online through the Town's garbage collection page or call 311. Bulky and special waste must be placed curbside and is picked up only when scheduled with the Town.
- 📏Limits: Bulky trash is defined as items too large to fit inside a Town-provided roll-out cart. No other limits printed.
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🎄 Holiday Delays
Town policy says an annual schedule for holiday collections will be published by the Department of Public Works.
💵 What Residents Pay
| Sanitation Fee | $26 per month no effective date printed |
Copied from the city or hauler rate page. Rates usually change once a year.
🚛 Drop It Off Yourself
- 📍South Wake Landfill, Apex · $37
- 📍Wake County Convenience Center Site 1, Raleigh
- 📍Wake County Convenience Center Site 2, Apex
- 📍Wake County Convenience Center Site 3, Morrisville
- 📍Wake County Convenience Center Site 4, Raleigh
- 📍Wake County Convenience Center Site 5, Raleigh
📚 Where This Comes From
- 🔗Garbage, Recycling & Yard Waste (Town of Cary)
- 🔗Garbage Collection (Town of Cary)
- 🔗Solid Waste Collection policy (Town of Cary)
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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