Charlotte, NC Trash Pickup Schedule by Address

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Verified schedule

Charlotte collection days, read from My Charlotte Lookup solid-waste.

Trash / garbage: Wednesday.

Recycling: Wednesday · GREEN week.

Yard waste: Wednesday.

Wednesday is what one Charlotte address returned on October 26, 2026.

Charlotte's official My Charlotte returned garbage, recycling, and yard-waste service fields for this address.

Holiday changes, bulky-item scheduling, and missed pickup issues should still be verified with Charlotte Solid Waste Services.

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Set-out rules

Cart and set-out rules in Charlotte.

Place the cart within six feet of the curb with the handle facing your property, leaving three feet between carts and obstacles like mailboxes, poles, and vehicles.

Carts go out no later than 6 a.m. on collection day — no sooner than the day before — and must be pulled back by midnight that night.

All garbage must be bagged inside the rollout cart; anything left outside the cart is not collected.

Bulky items are picked up only by appointment scheduled through 311, the CLT+ app, or online — unscheduled items left at the curb are skipped.

Read from the official Charlotte guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.

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Your collection day

Why Charlotte days differ by address.

Pickup days in Charlotte depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.

The example days above are read from My Charlotte Lookup solid-waste and were last checked on October 26, 2026.

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How days are assigned

How Charlotte assigns collection days.

Charlotte publishes its own address-level collection lookup, My Charlotte Lookup solid-waste. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads My Charlotte Lookup solid-waste's answer for the exact address you enter.

We last checked Charlotte on August 17, 2026: 12 of 12 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Charlotte's pickup days.

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Local source

Where Charlotte's collection days are published: My Charlotte Lookup solid-waste.

This page reads Charlotte's trash, recycling and yard waste days from My Charlotte Lookup solid-waste, last on October 26, 2026. This page does not take missed-pickup reports or post service alerts.

Good to knowChecked against My Charlotte Lookup solid-waste in Aug 2026: trash, recycling and yard waste.

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Before pickup

What Charlotte residents should verify.

Charlotte's local collection source provides address-based collection information for eligible Charlotte properties.

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Nearby

Around Charlotte: nearby guides and who collects there.

The nearest guides to Charlotte are Huntersville, Concord, Gastonia and Kannapolis. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.

Huntersville, NC

Town of Huntersville (collection by Waste Connections).

Concord, NC

City of Concord NC Solid Waste Department.

Gastonia, NC

Gastonia collection calendar.

Kannapolis, NC

City of Kannapolis Garbage/Recycling.

Rock Hill, SC

City of Rock Hill Public Works.

Mooresville, NC

Town of Mooresville Sanitation Department.

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Common questions

Questions residents ask.

What day is trash collected in Charlotte, NC?

It depends on your street. Each address's day is listed in My Charlotte Lookup solid-waste, and the lookup above reads it for yours.

Which collections are published for Charlotte?

Trash, recycling and yard waste days for Charlotte are published in My Charlotte Lookup solid-waste.

Charlotte, NC trash pickup by address.

Wednesday is a trash day for 30% of Charlotte homes we checked.