Concord Trash Pickup, Garbage Collection & CARTology Schedule 2026
This guide is written like a Concord resident’s practical checklist: how to find your pickup day, what goes in the green garbage cart, how blue/green recycling weeks work, when bulky waste comes, what to do with yard waste, why extra bags get left behind, and who to call when service is missed.
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Concord trash pickup schedule garbage collection is address-based. Use the official CARTology tool or the City’s “What’s My Day?” page to confirm your garbage, recycling, bulky waste and yard waste schedule. Garbage and yard waste are weekly. Recycling and bulky waste are biweekly on the blue/green collection calendar.
Put carts and eligible materials at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on collection day. Retrieve carts by 9:00 p.m. on collection day. Call Customer Care at 704-920-5555 if you need help confirming your schedule, reporting a problem, or arranging a courtesy collection for extra clear bags.
Concord Trash Pickup Day Lookup — Use CARTology to Find Garbage, Recycling, Bulky and Yard Waste Days
The most reliable way to find your Concord pickup day is CARTology. The City says residents can use CARTology to track collection days for garbage, recycling, bulky and yard waste, set reminders, get service alerts, report issues and search how to dispose of specific items.
Do not guess your blue or green recycling week from a neighbour’s cart. Garbage and yard waste are weekly, but recycling and bulky waste are biweekly. A home across a main road, cul-de-sac or collection boundary may be on a different blue/green week.
Open the City’s “What’s My Day?” page
Use the official page or download the CARTology mobile app. This is the safest way to find your address-specific schedule and service alerts.
Check garbage and yard waste first
These are weekly services. Set materials out by 6:00 a.m. on your assigned day.
Check recycling and bulky week
Recycling and bulky waste are collected every other week on your regularly scheduled collection day using the City’s blue/green calendar.
Turn on reminders
Use CARTology reminders if you regularly miss biweekly bulky or recycling service. This matters during holiday weeks and loose leaf season.
Official lookup: Open Concord’s “What’s My Day?” page to confirm your collection day and blue/green week.
Find My DayConcord NC Garbage Collection Rules — Green Cart, Extra Bags, Paint, Pet Waste and Dangerous Items
Residential garbage collection is weekly. The City provides one green roll-out garbage cart per household. If you recycle correctly, one cart is usually enough. If your household regularly needs more space, the City says residents must rent a brown garbage cart, with a limit of two additional carts.
- Place garbage at the curb by 6:00 a.m.
- Place carts at least 2 feet from other carts and obstructions.
- Keep carts away from mailboxes, fire hydrants, parked cars and other barriers.
- All garbage must be in tied plastic bags.
- All bags must fit inside the roll-out cart with the lid closed.
- Retrieve carts by 9:00 p.m. on collection day.
- Bags outside the cart are not automatically collected.
- Unbagged garbage can cause litter and resident responsibility issues.
- Paint cans do not belong in garbage or recycling carts.
- Dangerous items must be securely wrapped before disposal.
- Needles must be rendered inoperable and placed in a rigid plastic container.
- Medication should not be flushed, drained or thrown into regular garbage.
Extra Garbage Bags in Concord
If you have extra trash bags, call Customer Care at 704-920-5555 at least 24 hours in advance. The City notes that up to five transparent bags may be accepted for courtesy collection. This is the detail many residents miss: extra bags outside the cart without notice can be left behind and can create code enforcement problems.
Holiday practical tip: After Christmas, Concord allows extra clear bags outside the roll-out cart beginning the day following Christmas until Friday of the next full week after New Year’s Day. Use transparent bags and still check CARTology for holiday delays.
Concord NC Recycling Schedule — Blue and Green Weeks, Free Cart, Cardboard Rules and Top Contaminants
Residential recycling is collected every other week on the regularly scheduled collection day. The City’s 2026 recycling and bulky waste calendar shows blue and green collection weeks. Residents can use CARTology or the City website to confirm whether the home is on a blue or green week.
- Plastic bottles, jugs and jars.
- Metal cans.
- Glass bottles and jars.
- Paper, cartons and cardboard.
- Rinsed bottles and cans.
- Flattened cardboard cut to 3 feet by 3 feet or smaller.
- No bagged recyclables.
- No plastic bags, film or plastic wrap.
- No batteries.
- No shredded paper.
- No diapers, disposable cups, cutlery, plates or bowls.
- No Styrofoam, textiles, tanglers, hoses, cords or garbage.
Concord’s 2026 calendar highlights five major recycling contaminants: plastic bags, Styrofoam, textiles, tanglers such as cords and rope, and garbage. These should go somewhere else, not in the recycling cart. If the cart is repeatedly contaminated, the City may remove the recycling cart and require an assessment before restoring service.
Cardboard trap: Cardboard boxes are not bulky waste. Flatten them, cut them to 3 feet by 3 feet or smaller, and place them inside the recycling cart with the lid closed. If boxes are too large to fit, contact CARTology or Customer Care at least 24 hours before your scheduled recycling collection day.
Concord Bulky Waste Pickup Schedule — Furniture, Appliances, E-Waste, Tires and Construction Debris
Bulky waste is collected every other week on your regularly scheduled recycling collection day. The City defines bulky waste as items too large to fit into roll-out carts, including furniture, appliances, scrap metal, tires, carpet and padding, and construction or demolition debris.
- Furniture.
- Appliances.
- Scrap metal.
- Tires.
- Carpet and padding.
- Construction or demolition debris, within the City’s limits.
- E-waste when placed according to City guidance.
- Up to 10 cubic yards of regular bulky waste may be placed at the curb.
- Or use up to 6 cubic yards regular bulky and 4 cubic yards construction debris.
- Place loose bulky waste in clear plastic bags when appropriate.
- Wrap mattresses and box springs when contamination or infestation is possible.
- Search CARTology Waste Wizard when you are unsure about an item.
Do not treat bulky waste as weekly garbage. It is biweekly with recycling. If you place furniture on the wrong week, it can sit at the curb and look like a missed pickup even when the issue is simply the wrong collection week.
Concord Yard Waste Pickup — Brown Paper Bags, Limb Piles, Loose Leaves and the 6 Cubic Yard Fee Rule
Yard waste is collected weekly on your regular collection day. Yard waste must be in compostable brown paper bags or in personal containers clearly marked “YARD WASTE ONLY.” Tree limbs and tree piles may be placed loosely at the curb for collection when prepared properly.
- Place yard waste at the curb by 6:00 a.m.
- Use brown compostable paper lawn bags.
- Or use a personal container clearly marked “YARD WASTE ONLY.”
- Personal yard waste containers must be 44 gallons or less and have handles.
- Containers and bags must weigh less than 35 pounds.
- Live Christmas trees and greenery are yard waste after removing lights, stands and decorations.
- No plastic bags.
- Do not put yard waste in garbage or recycling carts.
- Do not mix dirt, rocks, animal waste or trash with yard waste.
- Do not block sidewalks or traffic lanes.
- Do not place yard waste under low-hanging power or phone lines.
- The City does not collect yard waste placed by a commercial landscaper or tree company.
Large Limb Piles and Door Tags
Beginning in October 2024, tree limb piles over 6 cubic yards, or about three bites of the knuckleboom truck, incur a user fee before collection. The City says crews will leave a door tag when excessive limb piles are found, showing the fee and instructions for payment and collection.
Loose Leaf Season
Loose leaves are collected curbside from late October or early November through the published seasonal schedule. Properly bagged leaves are collected year-round on your scheduled collection day. After loose leaf season ends, leaves at the curb must be placed in brown compostable lawn paper bags. The City also lists a Second Chance Leaf Collection option after the last week of leaf season with a $75 collection fee.
Concord 2026 Holiday Trash Schedule — One-Day Delay Weeks and CARTology Alerts
Concord’s 2026 Recycling and Bulky Waste Collection Calendar notes City-observed holidays when there is no collection and customers receive a one-day delay for the remainder of the collection week. The safest way to verify your address during a holiday week is CARTology because it can show changes and service alerts.
| Holiday / Situation | Resident Impact | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| City-observed no-collection holiday | Collection operates on a one-day delay for the remainder of that week. | Check CARTology before placing carts out. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2026 | City news states solid waste services operate on a one-day delay. | Put garbage, recycling, bulky, yard waste or leaves out one day later if affected. |
| Christmas / New Year period | Holiday closure notices may shift service and allow extra transparent garbage bags after Christmas. | Use the 2026 calendar and CARTology alerts before setting out extra material. |
| Non-observed service day | Collection may remain normal. | Do not assume a delay unless the City calendar or CARTology shows one. |
Holiday-week shortcut: If your normal day is after a City-observed no-collection holiday, expect a one-day delay unless CARTology says otherwise. If your normal day is before the holiday, your pickup may remain normal.
Concord Household Hazardous Waste, Recycling Centers and Landfill Options — Where to Take Items Curbside Will Not Accept
Some items should not go in the garbage cart, recycling cart, bulky waste pile or yard waste pile. Paint, oil, batteries, electronics, CFL bulbs, tires, hazardous waste and construction materials may need Cabarrus County facilities, landfill options or special handling.
- Cabarrus County Landfill Recycling Convenience Center, 4441 Irish Potato Road, Concord.
- HHW Facility Recycling Convenience Center, 246 General Services Drive, Concord.
- Cabarrus County HHW Facility for paint reuse or proper disposal.
- Cabarrus County Landfill for some tires and certain non-yard waste items.
- Paint cans.
- Used motor oil and filters.
- Automotive batteries.
- Electronics and appliances.
- CFL bulbs and fluorescent tubes.
- Scrap metal, tires, cooking oil and oyster shells where accepted.
Cabarrus County Landfill Recycling Convenience Center Map
Concord Waste Video Guide — Recycling Contamination Video Status
The official City of Concord Education & Resources page references a recycling contamination video for residents, but the linked SharePoint video was not available as a stable public embeddable iframe at the time of writing. Because no reliably embeddable official video URL was found, this article does not embed a random YouTube or creator video.
Best for: New Concord residents, recycling users, households that lost a recycling cart after contamination, and residents unsure about plastic bags, Styrofoam, textiles, tanglers or garbage in the recycling cart.
If the City later publishes a public official embed link for recycling, CARTology, bulky waste or yard waste, it should be added here using only the official embed URL. Until then, use the official written City pages and the CARTology Waste Wizard for item-by-item disposal instructions.
Missed Trash Pickup Concord NC — What to Check Before You Call Customer Care
A missed pickup is not always a missed route. In Concord, the most common causes are late set-out, wrong blue/green week, items outside the cart without advance notice, bagged recycling, blocked carts, yard waste in plastic bags, excessive limb piles requiring payment, or bulky waste placed out on a non-bulky week.
Check CARTology first
Confirm today is your correct service day and whether recycling or bulky waste is on the blue/green week for your address.
Check set-out time
Materials must be out by 6:00 a.m. If you placed the cart out later, the truck may already have passed.
Check preparation rules
Garbage must be bagged and inside the cart with the lid closed. Yard waste must be in brown paper bags or marked containers. Recycling should not be bagged.
Call Customer Care
Call 704-920-5555 with your address, missed material type and what was placed at the curb.
Do not wait several days to report a problem. The longer a pile sits at the curb, the harder it becomes to tell whether the issue was a missed route, wrong week, contamination, payment door tag or a code enforcement problem.
Concord Solid Waste Phone Number, Address, Map and Official Trash Resources
| Need | Official Contact | Use This For |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Care Center | 704-920-5555 | Collection day help, extra clear bag courtesy collection, recycling cart, missed pickup, solid waste questions. |
| Operations Center | 635 Alfred Brown Jr Court SW, Concord, NC 28026 | Solid Waste Services address listed by the City. |
| Solid Waste Director | 704-920-5351 | Department leadership contact listed by the City. |
| Deputy Director | 704-920-5371 | Department administration contact listed by the City. |
| Door Tag Payment | Official City payment link on Solid Waste pages | Use when staff leave a door tag for excessive limb piles or other required payment. |
Alfred M. Brown Operations Center Map
Official Concord Waste Links
Related Trash Pickup Guides — Nearby and Similar Collection Schedule Help
Use these related trash-pickup.org guides when comparing pickup calendars, holiday delay rules, bulky item service and recycling mistakes in other cities.
Concord Trash Pickup FAQ — Real Resident Questions Answered
Source Verification and Editorial Note
Independent information guide — not affiliated with the City of Concord NC. trash-pickup.org is a public information resource. We do not operate Concord garbage pickup, recycling pickup, bulky waste collection, yard waste pickup, loose leaf collection, CARTology, Customer Care or Cabarrus County disposal facilities.
Collection frequency, set-out timing, cart rules, extra bag guidance, recycling accepted items, top recycling contaminants, bulky waste limits, yard waste restrictions, limb pile fee rules, loose leaf notes and official contacts were checked against City of Concord NC and related official resources as of May 2026. Schedules, fees, blue/green weeks, forms, facility hours and holiday delays can change. Always verify through CARTology or official City links before placing items out.
Official Sources — Verified May 2026
- City of Concord NC — Solid Waste
- City of Concord NC — What’s My Day / CARTology
- City of Concord NC — Residential Garbage
- City of Concord NC — Residential Recycling
- City of Concord NC — Bulky Waste
- City of Concord NC — Yard Waste
- City of Concord NC — Loose Leaf Collection
- City of Concord NC — 2026 Recycling & Bulky Waste Calendar News
- City of Concord NC — Education & Resources
- City of Concord NC — Solid Waste FAQs
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