Join Solid Waste Services for Charlotte Recycle It! Week 2013

Recycle It!, Charlotte's residential recycling program has been improved with new recyclable items, a 96-gallon rollout recycling cart and a new collection schedule. 

Recyclables are collected every-other-week on the same day as garbage and yard waste collection.  To find your collection day and recycling week, visit the GeoPortal system, enter your address in the Search box, and then click on Services. If you already know your collection day and your recycling collection week (Orange or Green), you can refer to the Recycle It! Collection Calendar to stay up-to-date on your collection schedule.

Do you know why it's important to recycle? Interested in what happens to the items you recycle? Wondering why certain items can't be recycled? Click here for all the answers and a variety of additional recycling information.

How To Prepare Recyclables For Collection:

• Rinse and remove all food/liquid residue from recyclable items
• Remove caps/lids from bottles and containers
• Do not bag recyclables. Place recyclables loosely in the recycling cart. Do not overfill the recycling cart. The cart lid must be closed. 
• Cut (not fold) cardboard into three feet by three feet sections and place it in the recycling cart
• Place the recycling cart at the curb no sooner than the day before your scheduled collection day and no later than 6:30 am on collection day.
• Place the recycling cart within six feet of the curb and at least three feet away from the garbage rollout cart, yard waste and bulky items. Make sure it's also three feet away from obstacles such as mailboxes, phone poles, vehicles, etc. Please do not block sidewalks with collection items.
• The recycling cart must be removed from the curb by midnight on the day of collection. A minimum $50 citation may be issued if you place the recycling cart out sooner than the day before your scheduled collection or leave it at the curb past midnight on your collection day.

Additional Recycling Carts

Need a second recycling cart? Call 311 (704.336.7600) to order a second recycling cart. The price for the additional cart is $40.

The second recycling cart will have a different color lid which will easily identify it as a second cart. Collection service for 2 recycling carts will only be provided to residences with a primary recycling cart and identified second recycling cart.

Red Bin Recycling 

If you're recycling using the red bin instead of the recycling cart, a maximum of two red bins will be collected every-other-week on your scheduled collection day. If you no longer want your red recycling bin, you may place it inside the recycling cart for collection or you can take it to one of Mecklenburg County's Full-Service Recycling Centers.