Household Trash Collection

The City of Wilmington provides curbside trash pick up for all residents within the city limits. A choice of two cart sizes is available, depending on your trash volume. By maximizing the amount you recycle, your household may require only a small cart.

The monthly rates include weekly refuse, recycling and yard waste collections as well as bulky item collection on an as-needed basis (call 910.341.7875 to schedule). At the present time, the fee for the regular sized (maxi) cart is $23.50 per month and the mini cart fee is $19.40 per month.

Household trash that will not fit in the cart must be bagged and have an orange trash sticker attached. Customers may obtain a minimum of 12 orange extra trash stickers at the Office of Solid Waste Management. The charge ($13.92) will be added to the next trash bill.  Bagged trash outside the cart without an orange sticker will not be picked up.  We recommend keeping extra stickers on hand for that unexpected heavy trash week.

Trash will be picked up at least once a week, even during holiday weeks.  The holiday trash pick-up schedule will be announced in the newspaper and on the TV and radio.

We are unable to pick up:

• Dirt, rocks or commercial demolition materials
• Hot ashes
• Paint liquids (paint cans must be dried out completely before placing them in your trash cart)
• Hazardous Materials
• Chemicals or pesticides
• Medical waste
• Flammables
• Tires (however you may take up to 5 tires to the New Hanover County landfill to dispose of at no charge)

For your specific trash pick up day, call the Office of Solid Waste Management at 910.341.7875.