🗑️ Greenville Trash Pickup
Who collects in Greenville, North Carolina, how to find your pickup day, bulk item pickup, holiday delays and what it costs. Checked October 31, 2026.
⚡ Quick Answer
In Greenville, residential trash is collected by City of Greenville Public Works, Sanitation Division. Pickup days depend on your address, so use the official lookup (Greenville Collects (also an app for Apple and Android)) to find yours. Questions: (252) 329-4522.
📅 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
Weekly refuse and weekly recycling on your scheduled service day. Different trucks pick up different items throughout your scheduled pickup day. Greenville Collects shows the garbage, recycling and yard waste schedule for your house address and can send reminders.
The City of Greenville provides weekly refuse services to its residents. The Sanitation Division collects recycling.
| Cart | Sizes | How often |
|---|---|---|
| 🗑️ Trash (green) | 64 gallon and 96 gallon carts available for purchase | weekly |
| ♻️ Recycling (blue) | Not printed | weekly |
| 🍂 Yard waste | No cart; leaves and limbs at the curb in separate piles. Limbs no longer than 6 feet and no more than 6 inches in diameter. | Not printed |
🛋️ Bulk Item Pickup
- 📞How to book: By appointment only. Call Public Works at 252-329-4522.
- 📏Limits: For items that won't fit in your garbage cart. The City does not pick up construction and demolition/building debris.
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🎄 Holiday Delays
All City offices are closed on city holidays, and there is no garbage or recycling collection on holidays. Scheduled pickup day changes are aired on the Government Access Channel and published in The Daily Reflector before the holiday. Holidays named: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas.
💵 What Residents Pay
| Monthly curbside refuse service | $19.25 No effective date printed |
| Each additional rollout cart | $10.00 Billing period not stated on the page |
Copied from the city or hauler rate page. Rates usually change once a year.
🏡 New Resident? Starting Service
Service starts when someone in the service area signs up and activates an electric meter with Greenville Utilities. Single-family homes automatically receive curbside service. To buy a City-approved cart, call Public Works at 252-329-4522 or visit 1500 Beatty Street.
Cost: Call for current cart pricing.
♻️ Recycling
Plastic bottles, tubs and jugs (no plastic bags or motor oil containers); paper, cartons and cardboard; all aluminum and steel food and beverage cans. Recyclables go in loose, not in plastic bags.
🚛 Drop It Off Yourself
- 📍Pitt County Transfer Station, Greenville · $55
- 📍Ayden/Grifton Collection Site, Ayden
- 📍Bells Fork/County Home Collection Site, Greenville
- 📍Bethel Collection Site, Bethel
- 📍Falkland Collection Site, Greenville
- 📍Farmville Collection Site, Farmville
📚 Where This Comes From
- 🔗Sanitation (City of Greenville)
- 🔗Recycling (City of Greenville)
- 🔗Sanitation Frequently Asked Questions (City of Greenville)
- 🔗Holiday Schedule (City of Greenville)
- 🔗Greenville Collects news release (City of Greenville)
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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