Bulk Trash Collection

Service Overview

The City offers weekly residential collection of bulk trash at curbside. Bulk trash are items inappropriate to place in the garbage truck for compacting and size restrictions.

While crews make every effort to follow the schedule posted below, excessive amounts of bulk trash, inclement weather, equipment failures and City-observed holidays can delay bulk trash collection. If your bulk trash isn’t collected on your scheduled day, please allow us until the end of the week to complete collection.

Bulk items should be left at curbside or at the city’s right-of way. All bulk trash should remain in front of the property from which the waste originated. Bulk trash items must be placed at the curb by 7am on your scheduled pickup day. All items must be arranged into separate piles for servicing.

Example items of bulk trash include:

Furniture
Mattresses and box springs
Appliances
Toilets
Bicycles
Metal
Other like materials

Things to know:

The City does not intend to provide whole house cleanout services. Only 6 cubic yards of approved bulk waste materials will be collected per household each week.

Bulk trash from contractors and/or commercial workers will be the sole responsibility of the contractor to remove from the property. Note: Contract work is any work provided by a third party either paid or voluntary service.

All paint cans must be empty and/or dried out with sand or kitty litter.

Bulk trash pickup will be from occupied residences only -- not from vacant lots or unoccupied properties.

Tires will be collected on your normal bulk trash schedule or by request.

For any questions about the disposal of batteries or any other hazardous waste please see refer to Lee County's Household Hazardous Waste information.

Items that will not be collected with Bulk Trash:

Construction & demolition debris (Code 1985, § 97.05; Ord. No. 1992-6, 1-21-1992)
Debris placed from contractor and/or commercial workers
Remodeling material
Brick
Pallets
Any liquids
Propane tanks

For a fee, construction, and demolition debris can be hauled to the following locations:

Waste Industries (GFL) Transfer Station
3290 McDonald Drive
Sanford, NC 27330
Direct Phone Line: 919-775-1443
Alternate Phone Line: 910-423-4122
Waste Management Transfer Station
2720 Wilkins Drive
Sanford, NC 27330
Direct Phone Line: 919-776-7800

For more information, please call the Public Works Service Center at 919-775-8247.