🗑️ Charlotte Trash Pickup
Who collects in Charlotte, North Carolina, how to find your pickup day, bulk item pickup, holiday delays and what it costs. Checked October 31, 2026.
⚡ Quick Answer
In Charlotte, residential trash is collected by City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services. Pickup days depend on your address, so use the official lookup (My Charlotte Lookup) to find yours. Questions: 311 or (704) 336-7600.
📅 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 and yard waste are collected once a week on your scheduled day; recycling is every other week on the same day. Bulky items must be scheduled. Set everything at the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day and no sooner than the day before; remove garbage and recycling carts from the curb by midnight on collection day. Yard waste set out too early can result in a citation of at least $150.
City Solid Waste Services collects residential garbage, recycling, yard waste and scheduled bulky items.
| Cart | Sizes | How often |
|---|---|---|
| 🗑️ Trash (gray) | Not printed | weekly |
| ♻️ Recycling (green) | Not printed | every other week |
| 🍂 Yard waste | paper bags or containers no larger than 32 gallons (75 lb max when full); no plastic bags | weekly |
🛋️ Bulk Item Pickup
- 📞How to book: Schedule in advance by calling 311 (704-336-7600), using the CLT+ app, or online at https://servicerequest.charlottenc.gov/service/BULKITEM. You must currently receive City of Charlotte garbage collection. Change or cancel by calling 311 by noon on the business day before pickup. Leave about 3 feet between items; unscheduled items are not collected.
- 📏Limits: Eight tires are the maximum for one collection. Not accepted include materials from work by a commercial contractor, concrete, bricks, dirt, drywall, roofing shingles, tree stumps, yard waste, and paint or other hazardous waste (see eligibility list).
Too long a wait, or over the limit? Haul it yourself: 4 public drop-off sites in Mecklenburg County, or get a junk removal quote below.
🎄 Holiday Delays
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day there is no collection that Monday; Monday and Tuesday routes resume Tuesday and collection runs Tuesday through Friday, with no yard waste collected that week. On Thanksgiving and Christmas, collection shifts one day (Friday routes collected Saturday). On New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day and Veterans Day collection is unchanged. Holidays named: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas.
♻️ Recycling
Accepted and unaccepted recycling items are listed on Mecklenburg County's Recycle Right page (https://wipeoutwaste.mecknc.gov/site-menu/curbside-pickup).
🚛 Drop It Off Yourself
- 📍Compost Central Disposal and Recycling Center, Charlotte · $0
- 📍Foxhole Disposal and Recycling Center, Charlotte · $0
- 📍Hickory Grove Disposal and Recycling Center, Charlotte · $0
- 📍North Mecklenburg Disposal and Recycling Center, Huntersville · $0
📚 Where This Comes From
- 🔗Collection Guidelines (City of Charlotte)
- 🔗Solid Waste Service FAQs (City of Charlotte)
- 🔗2026 Holiday Collection Schedule (City of Charlotte)
- 🔗Bulky Item Collection Eligibility (City of Charlotte, PDF)
- 🔗Tax Rates (Mecklenburg County)
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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