🗑️ Concord Trash Pickup
Who collects in Concord, North Carolina, how to find your pickup day, bulk item pickup, holiday delays and what it costs. Checked October 31, 2026.
⚡ Quick Answer
In Concord, residential trash is collected by City of Concord Solid Waste Services. Pickup days depend on your address, so use the official lookup (What's My Day? (also the CARTology app)) to find yours. Questions: (704) 920-5555 (Customer CARE Center). Bulk item pickup: Free within the curbside limits.
📅 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 weekly; recycling and bulky waste are collected biweekly on Blue/Green weeks, with bulky waste on your recycling day. Place items at the curb by 6 a.m. on your scheduled collection day.
The City's Solid Waste Services Department provides garbage, recycling, bulky and yard waste collection. Waste Pro is named only for paid roll-off service on loads larger than the curbside limits.
| Cart | Sizes | How often |
|---|---|---|
| 🗑️ Trash (brownstone (extra cart)) | Not printed | weekly |
| ♻️ Recycling | Not printed | every other week (Blue/Green weeks) |
🛋️ Bulk Item Pickup
- 💵Cost: Free within the curbside limits. Roll-off service for larger loads is paid through Waste Pro (price not printed).
- 📞How to book: Bulky waste is a biweekly service picked up on your regular recycling collection day; no appointment is described. Place items 2 feet from your roll-out cart by 6 a.m., away from overhead lines and parked cars. For more than 10 cubic yards of bulky waste or more than 4 cubic yards of construction debris, call Waste Pro at 980-255-3800 to schedule and pay for roll-off service.
- 📏Limits: Up to 10 cubic yards of bulky waste, or 6 cubic yards of bulky plus 4 cubic yards of construction debris. Individual items no more than 65 pounds (wheeled items exempt). Construction debris bags or boxes limited to 35 pounds. Carpet and padding: 2 collections per calendar year, rolls 6 feet or less and under 65 pounds. Tires: 2 collections per calendar year, maximum 8, rims removed. Loose bulky waste in clear plastic bags; items encased in concrete are not collected.
Too long a wait, or over the limit? Haul it yourself: 2 public drop-off sites in Cabarrus County, or get a junk removal quote below.
🎄 Holiday Delays
For Christmas 2025 and New Year's Day 2026 the City announced a one-day delay: holiday collections move to the next day and Thursday routes move to Friday. Holidays named: Christmas, New Year's Day.
💵 What Residents Pay
| Solid Waste Fee | $3.66 per month the City says this covers an estimated 18% of residential service costs; the rest comes from General Fund tax dollars, about $21.66 per month in total |
| Extra garbage cart | $12 per month added to utility bill; contract required; request through Customer Care at 704-920-5555 |
Copied from the city or hauler rate page. Rates usually change once a year.
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📚 Where This Comes From
- 🔗Solid Waste (City of Concord)
- 🔗Bulky Waste (City of Concord)
- 🔗Solid Waste FAQs (City of Concord)
- 🔗Holiday Closures and Solid Waste Services Collection Schedule, Dec. 22, 2025 (City of Concord)
- 🔗Garbage & Recycling (City of Concord)
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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