This is not your recycling week.
- Find your schedule and set weekly reminders with the Raleigh Reuse App.
Yard waste / recycling / garbage was mixed with yard waste / recycling / garbage.
- Ensure that there is no contamination in your bins
- No plastic bags, Styrofoam, batteries, or trash in the blue recycling bin.
- ONLY yard waste in the bright green yard waste bin. No rocks, construction debris or plastics.
- No yard waste in the recycling or trash bins.
Cart contained construction materials, like dirt, mulch, rocks, or concrete.
- The City of Raleigh does not accept construction material waste.
- Household construction debris can be dropped off at a Wake County Convince Center.
Plastic bags are not permitted in recycling/yard waste carts.
- Plastic bags are NOT recycled through the City curbside recycling program. NEVER place your recycling or yard waste in a plastic garbage bag.
- Plastic bags can be recycled at grocery stores.
Cart lid is open more than 12 inches.
- For safety, bin lids can’t be open more than 12 inches.
All garbage/recycling must be inside of the cart.
- Solid Waste Services will not collect bags of trash, boxes, or excess recycling left next to bins.
Keep carts at least 3 feet away from other objects, like mailboxes, light poles, cars, etc.
- Our trucks cannot safely access your bins if they are less than 3 feet away from other objects.
Cart is too heavy.
- The City of Raleigh code mandates that bins must weigh less than 50 pounds.
Exceeded yard waste bundle/bag count.
- Maximum of 5 bundles, less than 5 feet long and 18 inches wide.
Exceeded yard waste bundle/bag weight.
- Bundles must weigh less than 50 pounds.
Your cart is no longer functional and can’t be picked up by our trucks.
- Call 919-996-3245 to request a repair or replacement.