Last checked: September 9, 2026, against City of High Point Environmental Services information. High Point's 2026 holiday table is year-specific and should not be reused for 2027.
High Point Trash Pickup: The Short Answer
The City of High Point collects household garbage (brown cart) and yard waste (black cart or paper bags) once a week at the curb. Recycling (green cart) and bulky items are collected every other week, on that same day as your weekly pickup.
Your exact day — and whether this is your recycling and bulk week — depends on your street address. The city does not publish a weekday list, a zone table, or a neighborhood schedule, so no guide (including this one) can name your day. The official answer comes from the city's interactive collection map at gisweb10.highpointnc.gov, the HPCollects waste and recycling hub and mobile app, or a phone call to Customer Service at 336-883-3111.
Carts must be at the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day and removed by midnight. Place the cart with the handle and wheels facing the house, and leave 3 feet of clearance from other carts, mailboxes, shrubs, and parked cars. All household trash must be bagged inside the cart.
Two things the city cannot take at the curb: tires and electronics such as televisions and computers. Household hazardous waste never belongs in a cart, a drop-off site, or the landfill.
Everything below describes City of High Point curbside service for residential addresses inside the city limits. High Point is the only North Carolina municipality whose limits reach into four counties, so a "High Point, NC" mailing address does not by itself prove that city collection serves your street. Confirm your address first.
Quick Facts
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Household garbage | Weekly, brown cart, at the curb |
| Yard waste | Weekly, same day as garbage — black cart or paper bags |
| Recycling | Every other week, same day as garbage — green cart |
| Bulky items | Every other week, same day as recyclables |
| Service provider | City of High Point Environmental Services Division, Public Services Department |
| Find your day | Interactive collection map, HPCollects app, or 336-883-3111 |
| Set-out deadline | 6 a.m. on collection day (in effect since January 1, 2022) |
| Carts back in | By midnight after collection |
| Cart placement | Handle and wheels toward the house; 3 feet of clearance |
| Garbage cart limit | Maximum two carts per residence |
| Cart warranty | 10 years, with a free repair attempt arranged through 336-883-3111 |
| Yard waste packaging | Black city cart, paper bags, or bundles up to 50 lb and 4 feet |
| Plastic bags for yard waste | Not accepted (effective July 1, 2023); repeated use may bring a $250 fine |
| Not collected at the curb | Tires, televisions, computers, household hazardous waste |
| County | Guilford County (primary); limits also reach Randolph, Davidson, and Forsyth |
| Customer Service | 336-883-3111 |
Who Collects Trash in High Point
Curbside collection in High Point is a municipal service, run by the City of High Point Environmental Services Division within the Public Services Department. City trucks and city crews do the work — this is not a contracted private hauler for residential routes. That matters when something goes wrong: the department is the single authority for schedules, preparation rules, cart questions, and fees, so there is one place to call instead of a chain of contractors.
Environmental Services contact block:
- Physical address: 3514 Triangle Lake Road, High Point, NC 27260
- Mailing address: P.O. Box 230, High Point, NC 27261
- Phone: 336-883-3111
- City Hall: 211 South Hamilton, High Point
The city's collection routes feed facilities you may hear named when you call: the High Point Material Recovery Facility in Jamestown, the Ingleside Compost Facility in High Point, and the city's Kersey Valley Landfill. The city does not publish the hours, accepted material, or fees for those facilities alongside its collection rules, so confirm them directly before you drive out.
One accommodation worth knowing: the city provides some backyard collection for residents with a verified medical disability. It is not an automatic service — it is arranged through Customer Service, and eligibility is verified.
Find Your Collection Day and Recycling Week (Address Lookup)
This is the part most third-party schedule sites get wrong by pretending they can hand you a weekday. High Point publishes no weekday list and no zone table, because the assignment is specific to the address. Use the official paths in this order:
1. The interactive collection map (primary tool). Open gisweb10.highpointnc.gov and use the recycling routes view. Enter your street address and it returns your collection day and whether you are on this week's or next week's recycling and bulk cycle. The city also publishes an alternate flex view at the same host, under the flex recycling routes path, if the main view does not load for you.
2. HPCollects. The city's waste and recycling hub and mobile app is the resident-facing tool for schedule questions, reminders, and waste guidance. Pairing it with your address keeps the recycling week in front of you instead of in a drawer.
3. Customer Service at 336-883-3111. If the map cannot find your address — common with new construction, private lanes, apartments, and address oddities — call. The same line handles cart repairs, extra carts, missed collections, sharps pickups, and backyard-collection requests.
A key thing to internalize: recycling and bulky items share the same every-other-week cycle as your regular collection day. They are not separate routes on separate days. If this week is a recycling week for your address, it is also a bulk week. If it is not, neither goes out.
Any page that names pickup days by neighborhood, ZIP code, or subdivision in High Point is guessing. Treat those pages as unreliable and check your own address.
What Gets Collected and How Often
| Stream | Frequency | Same day as |
|---|---|---|
| Household garbage | Weekly | Your assigned collection day |
| Yard waste | Weekly | Your garbage day |
| Recycling | Every other week | Your garbage day |
| Bulky items | Every other week | Your recycling day |
Cart limits and support. A residence may have a maximum of two garbage carts, and city carts carry a 10-year warranty with a free repair attempt arranged through 336-883-3111. The city's published price for a 95-gallon yard waste cart is $70, and $70 was the figure recorded for an extra garbage cart; confirm the current amount by phone before you pay.
Two outdated claims to discard. First, bulk pickup is not weekly — it runs every other week with recycling. Second, plastic bags are no longer accepted for yard waste; that change took effect July 1, 2023 after an ordinance amendment and a grace period that ended September 1, 2023. Guides still describing weekly bulk or plastic-bag yard waste are years out of date and will leave material sitting at your curb.
Step-by-Step: Prep Your Carts the Right Way
Prep rules in High Point are enforcement rules. Work through this the night before your collection day.
Garbage (brown cart)
- Bag everything and place it inside the City-approved brown cart. Bagging household trash inside the cart is a city ordinance requirement — no loose garbage.
- Leave nothing outside the cart. Extra bags on the ground are not collected.
- Keep prohibited material out entirely: tires, automotive parts, yard waste, brush, construction and demolition debris, hazardous ashes, cardboard, and plastic bottles.
- Paint cans are accepted only if they are empty, or if the paint is fully dry with the lids off.
- Respect the two-cart maximum per residence.
Recycling (green cart)
- Put the green cart out on your recycling week by 6 a.m.
- Place it with the handle and wheels facing the house.
- Leave 3 feet of clearance from other carts, mailboxes, shrubs, and parked cars. A cart blocked by a car may be skipped.
- Material rules are published separately by the city, and everything collected is processed at the city Material Recovery Facility.
Yard waste (weekly)
- Use the approved black city yard waste cart, paper bags, or bundles up to 50 lb and 4 feet long.
- Never use plastic bags. Repeated plastic-bag use may bring a $250 fine.
- Understand the scope: yard waste service is not a whole-tree removal or lot-clearing service. If you took down a tree or cleared a lot, that is not a curbside yard waste job.
Placement and timing (all streams)
- Carts at the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day.
- Carts removed by midnight.
- If your cart was not at the curb when the truck passed, it waits until the next regularly scheduled pickup day.
Bulk Items: What Counts and What Does Not
Bulk pickup is for the occasional large item — a sofa, a chair, mattresses, carpet, or an appliance. It is explicitly not a whole-house clean-out. Misreading that is the single biggest cause of a bulk pile being left behind.
Bulk runs every other week on the same day as your recyclables, starting at 6 a.m. Items not out when the truck passes wait for the next scheduled day.
The rules that decide whether your pile is taken:
- Do not mix limbs, yard waste, or recyclables into a bulk pile. Mixed piles are not collected.
- Resident-generated lumber must be cut into pieces no longer than 8 feet.
- Carpet must be rolled within the published size limit — rolls no longer than 4 feet, no more than 18 inches in diameter, a maximum of 2 rolls at 50 lb each.
- Contractor-generated waste is the contractor's responsibility. If you hired someone to tear out a kitchen or roof a house, hauling that debris away is part of their job, not a bulk pickup.
- White goods (appliances) are collected at the curb on the scheduled day by a separate truck, so do not assume the recycling truck will take them.
2026 Holiday Collection Shifts
High Point's holiday pattern is not a blanket one-day delay, and assuming it is will cause you to miss a pickup. Learn the pattern, then read the 2026 dates.
The pattern:
- A holiday on Monday shifts all collections one day later for that week.
- Veterans Day on Wednesday November 11 shifts only Wednesday and Thursday collections one day later.
- Thanksgiving on Thursday November 26 moves that Thursday collection to Friday.
- Holidays that fall on Friday leave the schedule unchanged.
The published 2026 table:
| Holiday | Date | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Mon, Jan 19 | All collections postponed one day |
| Good Friday | Fri, Apr 3 | Normal schedule |
| Memorial Day | Mon, May 25 | All collections postponed one day |
| Juneteenth | Fri, Jun 19 | Normal schedule |
| Independence Day | Fri, Jul 3 | Normal schedule |
| Labor Day | Mon, Sep 7 | All collections postponed one day |
| Veterans Day | Wed, Nov 11 | Wednesday and Thursday postponed one day |
| Thanksgiving | Thu, Nov 26 | Thursday collection moves to Friday |
| Christmas | Fri, Dec 25 | Normal schedule |
| New Year's Day | Fri, Jan 1, 2027 | Normal schedule |
Two more cautions from the city. First, during holiday weeks drivers will not return to pick up missed carts because of increased volume — so the 6 a.m. deadline matters more, not less, around holidays. Second, extreme heat, cold, or icy conditions can modify the collection schedule, and changes are announced through local media. This table is specific to 2026 — do not carry it into 2027 without checking the city's current schedule page.
What You Pay (Only What Is Published)
High Point publishes very few dollar figures for solid waste service, and no others are added here. The published amounts are:
- $70 for a 95-gallon yard waste cart, paid at the City Collector's office at 211 S Hamilton Street, requested online, or by check mailed to City Collector, P.O. Box 230, High Point, NC 27261.
- $70 is the published price for an extra garbage cart, with a maximum of two garbage carts per residence.
- A possible $250 fine for repeated plastic-bag use for yard waste.
Everything else stays unpriced. High Point does not publish a per-address curbside service fee or a bulky item charge. Treat every amount here as current as of September 2026, confirm the current figure with Customer Service at 336-883-3111 before paying, and do not assume that a cart price from another North Carolina city applies in High Point.
Tires, Electronics, Hazardous Waste, and Sharps
Some items never ride in a cart. Here is where each one actually goes.
Tires. The city is not allowed to collect tires. Take them to the Guilford County Scrap Tire and White Goods Collection Facility at 2138 Bishop Road, Greensboro, or to a quarterly household hazardous waste event. Published listings for the county facility show two different phone numbers, so confirm the current number and hours with Guilford County directly rather than trusting a single listing.
Electronics. Televisions and computers are banned from landfill disposal under North Carolina Session Law 210-67, and the city does not pick them up at the curb. Free drop-off options published by the city are:
- High Point Material Recovery Center electronics drop-off — 5875 Riverdale Dr., Jamestown, NC, Monday–Thursday. Published hours for this site appear both as 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and as 7:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., so confirm before you drive.
- Ingleside Compost Facility unstaffed drop-off — 3001 Ingleside Dr., High Point, NC, Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–4 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
- EcoFlo Inc. — 2750 Patterson St., Greensboro, NC, Monday–Friday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m.–2 p.m.
- The quarterly High Point household hazardous waste events.
Household hazardous waste. Never in roll-out carts, never at drop-off locations, never at the landfill. The two 2026 collection events are May 16, 2026 and November 14, 2026, and both include secure document shredding.
Sharps. Accepted only in approved containers, and picked up free when the container is full — call 336-883-3111 to arrange it.
Dead animals. Pets under 100 lb are collected free at the curb.
For anything not covered above, the city's Material Disposal Guide maps specific items to the correct disposal route.
Missed Pickups, Broken Carts, and Special Requests
One phone number covers nearly every exception: 336-883-3111. What each call handles:
- A missed collection. Outside holiday weeks, missed pickups are assessed case by case. Report it the same week rather than waiting — and during a holiday week, expect the city's standing warning that drivers will not return for missed carts.
- A broken cart. City carts carry a 10-year warranty, and repair is arranged as a free repair attempt through the same number.
- An extra or replacement cart. Cart limits and any recorded charge apply — confirm before you commit.
- A sharps pickup when the container is full.
- A backyard-collection accommodation for a verified medical disability.
For item routing rather than scheduling, use the Material Disposal Guide instead of calling.
High Point City Limits vs Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, and Forsyth Counties
High Point is the only municipality in North Carolina located in four counties — Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, and Forsyth. That single fact creates the most expensive mistake in this guide: a High Point mailing address does not guarantee city collection.
Everything in this article describes City of High Point curbside service for residential addresses inside the city limits that receive it. Addresses outside the city limits, in unincorporated county areas, or in neighborhoods served by a private hauler or an HOA arrangement are not automatically covered. Those households typically need a private hauler or a county facility — for example, the Guilford County Scrap Tire and White Goods Collection Facility at 2138 Bishop Road.
Apartment and townhome residents should also check before assuming anything: some multi-family properties use private hauling rather than the city program.
Verify by address before you act. Enter your exact street address in the city's interactive collection map, or call 336-883-3111, to confirm both eligibility and pickup day before relying on any rule in this guide.
Resident Scenarios
You just moved into a house in High Point and have no idea which day the truck comes. Do not copy a neighbor's schedule from a different street. Open the collection map, enter your address, read the day and the recycling week, and screenshot the result. Then set a reminder for 5:30 a.m. on that weekday.
Your street is inside the city but your trash was never picked up, and the neighbors' was. Your cart may not have been out at 6 a.m., may have been blocked by a car, or may have been left because of the handle-and-wheels orientation. Check placement, then call 336-883-3111 the same week.
You are replacing a water heater and a sofa in the same month. The sofa and the old appliance are bulk items on your recycling week, at the curb by 6 a.m. Remember that white goods go on a separate truck, so keep them out and visible rather than piled behind other material.
You raked twelve bags of leaves and used plastic bags because that is what you always did. Plastic bags are not accepted. Rebag into paper bags or use the approved black cart, and expect that repeated plastic-bag use may bring a $250 fine.
You are on a High Point mailing address but your road is in unincorporated Randolph County. You are likely outside the city program. Check the map, and if you are not served, arrange a private hauler or use county facilities.
Your neighbor's old TV has been sitting at the curb for a week. It will still be there. Televisions are banned from landfill disposal and are not collected curbside — they go to one of the free drop-off locations listed above.
Mistakes to Avoid
- Assuming a blanket holiday delay. Monday holidays postpone everything one day, but Veterans Day on Wednesday moves only Wednesday and Thursday, Thanksgiving moves Thursday to Friday, and Friday holidays change nothing.
- Putting carts out late. The deadline is 6 a.m. Since January 1, 2022, carts not out when the truck passes wait for the next scheduled day.
- Setting out recycling or bulk on an off week. Both run every other week, tied to your address.
- Mixing a bulk pile. Limbs, yard waste, or recyclables mixed into bulky items can sink the whole pickup.
- Using plastic bags for yard waste. Not accepted since July 1, 2023.
- Expecting the city to take tires, TVs, or paint. Tires and electronics are not curbside items, and paint cans only ride in the garbage cart when empty or fully dry with lids off.
- Leaving carts at the curb overnight. Carts must be removed by midnight.
- Trusting a third-party schedule page. Only the interactive map, HPCollects, or 336-883-3111 reflect your actual address.
Frequently Asked Questions
What day is trash pickup in High Point NC? It depends on your address — High Point does not publish a weekday list. Look up your exact day and your recycling week on the interactive collection map at gisweb10.highpointnc.gov, in the HPCollects hub or app, or by calling Customer Service at 336-883-3111.
How often is recycling collected in High Point? Every other week, on your regular garbage collection day, with the green cart at the curb by 6 a.m. and the handle and wheels facing the house. Your recycling week shows on the city's interactive collection map, and bulky items share that same every-other-week day.
Is yard waste collected weekly in High Point, and can I use plastic bags? Yard waste is collected once a week on your regular collection day using the approved black city cart, paper bags, or bundles up to 50 lb and 4 feet. Plastic bags are not accepted — the change took effect July 1, 2023 — and repeated plastic-bag use may bring a $250 fine.
What time do carts need to be at the curb in High Point? By 6 a.m. on your collection day, and removed by midnight, with the handle and wheels facing the house and 3 feet of clearance from other carts, mailboxes, shrubs, and parked cars. Carts not out when the truck passes wait until the next scheduled pickup day.
How does bulky item pickup work in High Point? Bulk items are collected every other week on the same day as your recyclables, starting at 6 a.m. It is for occasional large items such as a sofa, mattresses, carpet, or appliances — not a whole-house clean-out. Do not mix limbs, yard waste, or recyclables into the pile, and contractor waste must be removed by the contractor.
What holidays change trash collection in High Point in 2026? Monday holidays — MLK Day January 19, Memorial Day May 25, and Labor Day September 7 — postpone all collections one day. Veterans Day on Wednesday November 11 postpones Wednesday and Thursday collections one day, and Thanksgiving on Thursday November 26 moves that Thursday collection to Friday. The Friday holidays (Good Friday April 3, Juneteenth June 19, July 3, Christmas December 25, and New Year's Day January 1, 2027) run a normal schedule.
Can High Point collect tires, TVs, or paint? No. The city is not allowed to collect tires — take them to the Guilford County Scrap Tire and White Goods Collection Facility at 2138 Bishop Road or a quarterly household hazardous waste event. Televisions and computers are banned from North Carolina landfills and are not collected curbside, but free drop-off locations are listed in Jamestown, High Point, and Greensboro. Paint cans are only accepted in the garbage cart if empty or fully dry with the lid off.
My trash was not collected in High Point. What should I do? Call Customer Service at 336-883-3111. Missed collections are assessed case by case outside holiday weeks, but during holiday weeks the city warns that drivers will not return for missed carts because of increased volume — so report it the same week and follow the guidance you are given.
High Point Trash Questions, Answered Quickly
- High Point trash pickup day. Not published as a weekday list — your day is set by address. Look it up on the interactive collection map, in HPCollects, or by calling 336-883-3111.
- Garbage collection schedule. Once a week, in the brown city cart, at the curb by 6 a.m.
- Recycling schedule. Every other week, on your regular garbage day, in the green cart.
- Yard waste and the plastic bag ban. Weekly on the same day, using the black city cart, paper bags, or bundles up to 50 lb and 4 feet. Plastic bags have not been accepted since July 1, 2023, and repeated use may bring a $250 fine.
- Bulk item pickup. Every other week, on the same day as your recyclables, starting at 6 a.m. Occasional large items only — never a mixed pile, and never a whole-house clean-out.
- Holiday trash schedule for 2026. Monday holidays move every collection one day later, Veterans Day on Wednesday moves only Wednesday and Thursday, Thanksgiving moves Thursday to Friday, and Friday holidays change nothing.
- HPCollects. The city's waste and recycling hub and mobile app — pair it with your address so your recycling week stays visible.
- Missed trash pickup. Call Customer Service at 336-883-3111 the same week. During holiday weeks the city warns that drivers will not return for missed carts.
- Extra garbage cart cost. $70 was the published price when this guide was checked, with a maximum of two garbage carts per residence — confirm the current amount by phone.
- Sharps disposal. Approved containers only, picked up free when the container is full; call 336-883-3111 to arrange it.
- Guilford County scrap tire and white goods facility. 2138 Bishop Road, Greensboro — the route for tires the city cannot collect.
- High Point household hazardous waste event 2026. May 16, 2026 and November 14, 2026, with secure document shredding at both.
Verify Before You Act
Three checks settle nearly every High Point waste question:
- Your collection day and recycling week. Open the interactive collection map, enter your street address, read the day and whether this is your recycling and bulk week, then save or screenshot the result and set a reminder for 6 a.m. on that weekday.
- Whether a 2026 holiday shift applies to the coming week. Read the pattern, not a generic delay assumption: Monday holidays move everything one day, Wednesday Veterans Day moves only Wednesday and Thursday, Thanksgiving Thursday moves to Friday, and Friday holidays change nothing.
- Any fee, appointment, or eligibility question. Call Customer Service at 336-883-3111 before you pay or make a trip.
The city information behind this guide was checked in September 2026. A few details are not published in a settled form and are worth confirming directly: whether more household hazardous waste events are added beyond the two published 2026 dates, Kersey Valley Landfill hours and fees, and the fall loose-leaf program specifics. Two listings also disagree with each other — the electronics drop-off hours at the Material Recovery Center and the Guilford County scrap tire facility's phone number — so confirm both with the city or county before you drive.
Sources
Information in this guide was checked on September 9, 2026 against these official City of High Point sources:
- City of High Point — Environmental Services (service hub, HPCollects, contacts): highpointnc.gov/516/Environmental-Services
- City of High Point — Collection Schedule, including the 2026 holiday table: highpointnc.gov/614/Collection-Schedule
- City of High Point — Interactive Collection Map (address lookup for day and recycling week): gisweb10.highpointnc.gov/JS/RecycleRoutes/
- City of High Point — Household Garbage: highpointnc.gov/554/Household-Garbage
- City of High Point — Yard Waste: highpointnc.gov/609/Yard-Waste
- City of High Point — Bulk Item Pickup: highpointnc.gov/530/Bulky-Items-Pickup
- City of High Point — Recycling: highpointnc.gov/2313/Recycling
- City of High Point — Recycling Carts: highpointnc.gov/606/Recycling-Carts
- City of High Point — Recycling Guidelines: highpointnc.gov/647/Recycling-Guidelines
- City of High Point — Medical & Hazardous Waste: highpointnc.gov/598/Medical-Hazardous-Waste
- City of High Point — Electronics Recycling: highpointnc.gov/547/Electronics-Recycling
- City of High Point — Material Disposal Guide ("What Do I Do With"): highpointnc.gov/2074/What-Do-I-Do-With
- City of High Point — Kersey Valley Landfill: highpointnc.gov/629/Kersey-Valley-Landfill
- City of High Point — Doing Business Here (four-county footprint): highpointnc.gov/320/Doing-Business-Here
- City of High Point — Solid Waste FAQ sets: highpointnc.gov/Faq.aspx?TID=48
This guide summarizes official City of High Point information for residents. It does not state fees, schedules, or policies beyond what those sources publish. Always confirm your collection day, recycling week, service eligibility for your exact address, any fee, and any appointment requirement directly with City of High Point Environmental Services or Customer Service at 336-883-3111.