Trash and Recycling

Yard waste is collected from the curb once a week on your scheduled collection day provided the materials meet preparation requirements. Yard waste is made into mulch and compost for reuse.

Items such as household furnishings, appliances, mattresses, box springs, lawn equipment and similar items too large to be placed in the garbage rollout cart and not eligible for recycling or yard waste collection are considered bulky waste and must be scheduled for collection.

There are two specialized services offered under the Curb it! program - small business garbage collection and dead animal collection.

The following specialized street cleaning services are only provided on city-maintained streets and rights-of-way:

• Street sweeping
• Litter control/removal
• Illegal dump cleanup
• After-hours emergency response

Issues on state-maintained streets, including interstates, should be reported to the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Special services also provides a variety of services in Uptown, with primary concentration on the Tryon Street mall. This includes areas from Stonewall to Eighth Streets and the 100 blocks of East and West Trade Street.

Uptown On-Street Recycling Program

Pedestrians have the opportunity to Recycle it! in Uptown by using any of the 80 on-street recycling containers that currently line the streets. The recycling containers were funded by the energy grant awarded to the city in 2010.

If you are taking a stroll through Uptown and have recyclables to dispose of, please remember to recycle it!

If you are a customer with a disability or other physical limitation that does not permit you to roll the cart to the curb, please call 311 or 704.336.7600 to discuss special arrangements for collection.