Concord Trash Pickup & Garbage Schedule 2026

The City of Concord Solid Waste Services says garbage collection is weekly with no advanced scheduling necessary. Yard waste is also collected weekly on your regular collection day, while recycling and bulky waste are bi-weekly services. Residents are encouraged to use the CARTology app or the city’s What’s My Day page for collection-day lookup and service alerts.

How to Find Your Concord Trash Pickup Day

Concord gives residents a simple way to check garbage, recycling, bulky, and yard-waste schedules. The city’s What’s My Day page and CARTology app are the easiest tools for address-based reminders.

1. Open What’s My Day. Go to Concord’s official lookup page.
2. Enter your address. The city says the tool will show your collection days and help you learn how services work.
3. Check your recycling week. Concord uses blue and green recycling weeks on the 2026 calendar.
4. Turn on reminders. The city encourages residents to download the free CARTology app for service alerts and schedule changes.
5. Review bulky and yard-waste rules separately. Bulky waste is bi-weekly, while yard waste is weekly.

Concord Trash Pickup Schedule: What Runs When

Concord’s residential system is easy once you know the pattern: garbage and yard waste every week, and recycling plus bulky waste every other week on your regular garbage day.

The city’s 2026 calendar says recycling and bulky waste are collected every other week on your regularly scheduled garbage day, and the Solid Waste department page says garbage and yard waste are collected weekly. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

Concord Garbage, Recycling, Yard Waste, and Bulky System

Concord uses separate handling for household garbage, curbside recycling, yard waste, and bulky items. Keeping these streams separate is the easiest way to avoid missed pickups and code-enforcement issues.

Concord says all garbage must be in tied plastic bags and fit inside the roll-out garbage cart with the lid closed. Recycling should not be bagged, and yard waste should never go into the garbage or recycling cart. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}

Concord Set-Out Rules

Concord’s curbside rules are straightforward, but the city is specific about timing, spacing, and packaging.

• Place garbage, recycling, bulky, and yard waste out by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day.
• Keep roll-out carts at least 2 feet apart and 2 feet from obstructions like parked cars, mailboxes, hydrants, and poles.
• Retrieve carts by 9:00 p.m. on collection day.
• Bag all garbage. Bags outside the garbage cart will not be collected.
• Do not bag recyclables. Concord’s 2026 calendar specifically says not to bag recyclables.

Concord Bulky Waste Pickup

Concord’s bulky waste is a bi-weekly service collected on your regularly scheduled recycling day. It covers items too large to fit into the roll-out carts, including furniture, appliances, scrap metal, tires, carpet and padding, and some construction or demolition debris.

Common bulky items include:

• Furniture
• Appliances
• Scrap metal
• Tires
• Carpet and padding
• Construction or demolition debris within city limits

1. Use your recycling day. The city says bulky waste is collected on your regularly scheduled recycling collection day.
2. Stay within volume limits. Up to 10 cubic yards of regular bulky waste or 6 cubic yards of bulky plus 4 cubic yards of construction debris may be placed at the curb.
3. Watch the weight limits. Individual bulky items should not weigh more than 65 pounds, except for wheeled items that can be rolled to the truck.
4. Use clear bags or open boxes where required. Concord says loose bulky waste and loose construction debris should be contained as directed.
5. Place items correctly. Bulky items should be about 2 feet from the garbage cart and away from parked cars and overhead obstacles.

The city also says clear plastic bags should be used for loose bulky waste, and more than 10 cubic yards of bulky waste requires calling Waste Pro at 980-255-3800 for paid roll-off service. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}

Concord 2026 Holiday Trash Schedule

Concord’s 2026 collection calendar and city holiday notices say city-observed holidays create a one-day delay for the rest of the collection week. The clearest 2026 examples already posted by the city are below.

The city’s 2026 recycling and bulky calendar marks city holidays as one-day-delay weeks, and the January 2026 city news posts confirm that garbage, recycling, bulky waste, yard waste, and loose leaves all move back one day when those observed holidays occur. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}

What to Do If Concord Missed Your Pickup

If your garbage, recycling, bulky waste, or yard waste was missed, the city directs residents to use Customer Care and its collection-day tools.

1. Check your exact day first. Use What’s My Day or CARTology to make sure it was the correct service day.
2. Review the holiday rule. A city-observed holiday may have shifted all services one day later.
3. Confirm your set-out time and spacing. Carts should have been out by 6:00 a.m. with required clearance.
4. Call Customer Care. The city lists 704-920-5555 for service questions and help.
5. Leave properly set-out materials accessible. Keep carts or correctly prepared materials at the curb until the issue is resolved.

Concord Drop-Off and Extra-Disposal Options

Concord’s solid-waste pages focus mainly on curbside residential service, but the city also directs residents to paid roll-off service for oversized bulky quantities and to Cabarrus County sites for certain special materials like paint and household hazardous waste.

Frequently Asked Questions About Concord Trash Pickup

Official Concord Trash Collection Resources

Reminder: In Concord, the easiest way to avoid mistakes is to verify your collection day first, then check whether your recycling week is blue or green before putting anything out.