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News from the City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services - December 2013

Holiday Collection Schedule

Solid Waste Services will not provide Curb It! collection services - garbage, recycling, yard waste and bulky waste - on Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25. Residents who normally receive service on Thursday will be serviced on Friday, December 27. Residents who normally receive service on Friday will be serviced on Saturday, December 28. 

Extra bagged garbage outside of the rollout cart will be accepted for collection until January 1. Garbage must be bagged and placed beside of (not on top of) the rollout cart.

Collection services will be provided according to the normal schedule on New Year's Day, Wednesday, January 1, 2014. 

Christmas Tree Collection

Christmas Tree

Beginning January 6, Solid Waste Services will collect natural Christmas trees as yard waste.  Artificial trees should be scheduled for bulky waste collection.  To schedule a bulky waste collection, call 311 (704.336.7600) or schedule online.  Before placing trees at the curb, all decorations must be removed. 

Residents living in multi-family communities (apartment, townhome, condo, etc.) on the City’s multi-family contract can call 311 to schedule Christmas tree collection.

Have A Grease Free Holiday Season

Tis the season to Recycle It! While enjoying the holidays, please remember to properly dispose or recycle the oil leftover from holiday cooking. To properly prepare oil for disposal/recycling:

  • Mix cooled oils/fats with an absorbent material, such as coffee grounds, and place in a lidded container and dispose of in the garbage cart.
  •  Place cooking oils/grease in containers and take them to one of Mecklenburg County's Full-Service Recycling Centers for recycling.

For more information, click here. 

Household Hazardous Waste Disposal

HHW

Solid Waste Services collection crews will only collect the following household hazardous waste (HHW) materials in your garbage rollout cart:

  • Dried paint cans with lids removed
  • Kitty litter placed in double plastic bags and securely tied
  • Soiled infant diapers placed in double plastic bags and securely tied

Mecklenburg County's Full-Service Recycling Centers offer residents an opportunity to dispose of other HHW items such as fluorescent light bulbs, pesticides, batteries and flammable oils. Many of the items brought in are recycled into new products.

For more information, click here.