🗑️ Jacksonville Trash Pickup
Who collects in Jacksonville, North Carolina, how to find your pickup day, bulk item pickup, holiday delays and what it costs. Checked October 31, 2026.
⚡ Quick Answer
In Jacksonville, residential trash is collected by City of Jacksonville Sanitation. Pickup days depend on your address, so use the official lookup (Garbage Pick Up Days (map)) to find yours. Questions: (910) 938-5337. Bulk item pickup: Up to three bulk items will be picked up each week at no charge; subsequent items $10.00 per item.
📅 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 household waste, recycling and yard waste. Recycling is collected the same day as your household waste. Items are normally placed at the curb by 7:30 AM; during summer months, have items ready by 6 AM. Containers go out no earlier than 6 p.m. the night before and are removed by 6 a.m. the day after collection.
The Household Trash page says Jacksonville Sanitation collects household trash weekly. Sonoco is the recycling contractor for the City of Jacksonville and Onslow County; the City collects recycling.
| Cart | Sizes | How often |
|---|---|---|
| 🗑️ Trash | 96 gallon | weekly |
| ♻️ Recycling | Not printed | weekly, same day as trash |
| 🍂 Yard waste | Optional 96 gallon vegetation container for $3.00 per month (max 2 per residential account); bagged yard waste limited to 200 gallons per week | weekly |
🛋️ Bulk Item Pickup
- 💵Cost: Up to three bulk items will be picked up each week at no charge; subsequent items $10.00 per item. Two appliances included; subsequent appliances $10.00 each. Construction and remodeling material $50.00 per cord. Limb piles under one cord free; $20 per cord over one cord. Dial-A-Trailer flat fee $50.
- 📞How to book: Use the online Bulky Item Pick Up request form, email Sanitation, or call (910) 938-5337. Collection normally happens on your regular trash or recycling day.
- 📏Limits: Three bulk items per week free. Dial-A-Trailer is 12 x 8 x 4 ft, picked up by 12:00 PM on the third day; no liquids, chemicals, appliances, electronics, batteries, metal, tires, pallets, propane tanks, rocks, bricks, concrete, dirt or sod in the trailer.
Too long a wait, or over the limit? Haul it yourself: 8 public drop-off sites in Onslow County, or get a junk removal quote below.
🎄 Holiday Delays
Changes in the collection service schedule may occur during holidays. Check the Sanitation Holiday Calendar for specific changes.
🏡 New Resident? Starting Service
New and current residents can email [email protected] or call (910) 938-5338 to acquire a City-issued container for household trash.
♻️ Recycling
The City collects only: plastic bottles, tubs and jars; aluminum and metal cans; glass bottles and jars (all empty and rinsed); paper, cartons and cardboard free from food waste. Flatten large empty cardboard boxes and stack them at the curb on recycling day.
🚛 Drop It Off Yourself
- 📍Onslow County Landfill, Jacksonville · $3
- 📍Swansboro Convenience Site, Swansboro · $3.50
- 📍Folkstone Convenience Site, Holly Ridge · $3.50
- 📍Ramsey Road Convenience Site, Jacksonville · $3.50
- 📍Midway Park Convenience Site, Jacksonville · $3.50
- 📍Verona Convenience Site, Jacksonville · $3.50
Rates are not shown here because the city's own pages print conflicting or undated amounts. See the official rate page in the sources below.
📚 Where This Comes From
- 🔗Sanitation (City of Jacksonville)
- 🔗Bulky Items & Dial-A-Trailer (City of Jacksonville)
- 🔗Garbage Pick Up Days (City of Jacksonville)
- 🔗Household Trash (City of Jacksonville)
- 🔗Recycling (City of Jacksonville)
- 🔗City of Jacksonville FY 2026-2027 Fee Schedules, effective July 1, 2026 (PDF)
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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