Chapel Hill, NC
Town of Chapel Hill Public Works — Solid Waste Division.
Durham, NC
Durham, NC trash pickup by address.
Enter a Durham, NC street address to check trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items pickup as published by City of Durham Solid Waste Management.
Setting out in Durham Place the closed garbage cart at the curb after 6 p.m. the evening before your collection day, or by 5 a.m. on the collection morning.
Trash Day Trends · Durham, last 30 days
Monday is a trash day for 55% of Durham homes we checked.
65% of checks here come the day before or the morning of trash day — most on Tuesday. See the national trends.
- 5 amCarts out byThe deadline in 5% of cities
- 100%Homes we checked with recycling on a trash day83% nationally
- 3Published alongside trash: recycling, yard waste, bulk items
Verified schedule
Durham collection days, read from City of Durham Solid Waste Management.
Trash / garbage: Tuesday.
Recycling: Tuesday.
Yard waste: Tuesday.
Bulk / large items: Tuesday.
Tuesday is what one Durham address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Durham.
Place the closed garbage cart at the curb after 6 p.m. the evening before your collection day, or by 5 a.m. on the collection morning.
Keep the cart at least three feet away from other objects, including other carts, parked cars, utility poles, fire hydrants, street signs, trees and mailboxes.
A cart set more than five feet from the curb counts as a set-out violation.
Emptied carts must come off the curb within 24 hours after pickup, or the household may receive a citation.
Holiday weeks normally push collections back one business day.
Read from the official Durham guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Durham days differ by address.
Pickup days in Durham depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Durham Solid Waste Management and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Durham assigns collection days.
Durham publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of Durham Solid Waste Management. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads City of Durham Solid Waste Management's answer for the exact address you enter.
We last checked Durham on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Durham's pickup days.
Local source
City of Durham Solid Waste Management sets Durham's collection days.
City of Durham Solid Waste Management publishes trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items days for Durham; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Durham Solid Waste Management, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Durham Solid Waste Management in Oct 2026: trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items.
Nearby
Around Durham: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Durham are Chapel Hill, Cary, Apex and Raleigh. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Cary, NC
Town of Cary Solid Waste Services.
Apex, NC
Town of Apex Public Works.
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh Reuse solid-waste calendar.
Wake Forest, NC
Town of Wake Forest collection calendar.
Holly Springs, NC
Town of Holly Springs (collection by GFL Environmental). Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Durham, NC?
It depends on your street. City of Durham Solid Waste Management sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Durham?
City of Durham Solid Waste Management publishes trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items for Durham.
Local source
Verify with City of Durham Solid Waste Management.
The Durham address result links City of Durham Solid Waste Management directly.
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- Durham, NC
- Local source
- City of Durham Solid Waste Management
- Schedule
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- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in Durham
- trash
- recycling
- yard
- bulk
Durham schedule lookup