Raleigh, NC Trash Pickup Schedule
Collection days, holiday changes, recycling rules, and drop-off options for Raleigh, North Carolina — in one page, with sources.
Trash in Raleigh, NC runs on a set schedule — your exact day depends on your address. Rules and holiday shifts below.
Pickup days are assigned by address — the city's lookup gives your day, and the schedule repeats each week unless a holiday shifts it.
When is each service collected?
Recurring schedule for Raleigh services.
| Service | When | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | Tuesday-Friday collection week (no Monday) assigned per address across 129231 points... | Tuesday-Friday collection week (no Monday) assigned per address across 129231 points, with separate garbage/recycling/yard-waste route codes. |
| Recycling | Depends on your address | Bi-weekly on collection day; (63910) / (65321). |
| Yard waste | Depends on your address | Bi-weekly with its own route code per address. |
Who collects what?
The provider for each service and how to reach them.
| Service | Provider | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | City of Raleigh Solid Waste Services (city-collected) | |
| Recycling | Raleigh recycling (A/B weeks) | |
| Yard waste | Raleigh yard waste |
Common questions
The things Raleigh residents ask most.
What day is garbage pickup in Raleigh?
Tuesday-Friday (no Monday routes) - your address is one of 129231 mapped collection points with separate garbage, recycling and yard-waste routes; recycling and yard waste alternate A/B weeks.
What changed recently?
Every update to this page, newest first.
- Record created from Raleigh's Solid Waste Collection Points: 129231 addresses with day + A/B week + per-stream route codes. Largest address-level dataset in the national folder.
- QA: population corrected to Census Vintage 2023 estimate (Raleigh city: 482,295; prior estimate 475000).
- QA: Solid Waste Services page captured via browser - holiday impacts route through Raleigh Reuse + printable Curbside Collection Calendar.
- Holiday QA round 2 INCONCLUSIVE: raleighnc.gov returns HTTP 403 to plain fetches (bot protection); 'Thanksgiving-only' holiday claim remains third-party and unverified. Needs browser/manual check of the official Curbside Collection Calendar.
- Holiday QA round 3 (2026-09-23): INCONCLUSIVE - raleighnc.gov still 403s plain fetches; archived solid-waste-services page (Wayback 2026-08-10) only points to the Raleigh Reuse app for 'how holidays impact your pickup schedule'; no static rule published.
- Holiday QA R4 (2026-09-23): INCONCLUSIVE - raleighnc.gov still 403s plain fetches; Wayback CDX returned no raleighnc.gov holiday/calendar URLs; 'Thanksgiving-only' delay claim remains third-party. Authoritative source is the printable Curbside Collection Calendar / Raleigh Reuse app, neither machine-readable from here.
- Holiday QA R6 (2026-09-24) INCONCLUSIVE: raleighnc.gov now 403s both WebFetch and curl with browser UA (Akamai); Wayback CDX contains no captures of solid-waste or holiday pages (only 2004-05 homepage 302 redirects) - the Sept 22 page verification predates this block. Third-party Thanksgiving-only claim still.
Population 482,295 · Sources: City of Raleigh Solid Waste Collection Points (owner RaleighGIS), raleighnc.gov · Summarized from municipal, hauler, and public-data records; schedules change without notice.