The Town of Mount Pleasant provides residential garbage collection at no charge for a single rollout container. Normal household garbage is picked up every Friday. Please have ALL garbage at the curb by 6:30am on the day of collection. The Town also contracts for residential recycling at a cost of $2.75 /can/month, which is automatically assessed to utility bills. One recycling can and roll out container is provided to each residence at no charge. Charges apply for additional containers. Arrangements for a container may be made at Town Hall.

Many other types of solid waste collection are also provided. Please refer to the Fee Schedule and Solid Waste Guidelines for more information. Some items not collected by the Town may be dropped off at Cabarrus County Household Hazardous Waste Centers.

Solid Waste Guidelines

Rollout Garbage Collection (See pamphlet for complete guidelines)
Garbage should be placed in appropriate bags and placed within a Mount Pleasant rollout container. Containers other than Mount Pleasant containers will not be picked up. No garbage should be placed on top of the container. Garbage outside of the container may be left. Recyclables and yard waste should not be placed in a garbage container. Hazardous household waste or dead animals must not be set out for garbage collection. Containers should be placed at the curb by 6:30 am  or the night before scheduled collection. Pick-up is Friday of each week at the curb. Rollout containers should be placed within 5 feet off the road. Rollout containers should be placed 3 feet away from mailboxes or other permanent fixtures. Wheels of rollout containers should be away from the road. (The lid hinge should be placed away from the road.) Place everything in the roll out container. Additional containers must be bought from the Town; the Town is only responsible for providing one trash and one recycle container per household.

All collection is curbside. However, special arrangements can be made at Town Hall for elderly and disabled residents with a letter from a doctor. The Town does not provide rollout garbage collection for multifamily housing with more than 6 units, or large commercial generators. The Town reserves the right not to pick-up any items that it deems to be too large or unsafe.

Banned From NC Landfills:

The Town of Mount Pleasant provides many types of residential solid waste collection. Garbage that cannot be recycled must be disposed of at local landfills. In recent years, the State of North Carolina has banned many items from landfills due to their impact on the environment or value as a recyclable material.

The following items are currently banned from NC landfills:
Used Oil, White Goods (Appliances), Yard Trash (unless the landfill is specifically authorized to accept yard trash),  Antifreeze, Aluminum Cans, Whole Scrap Tires, Wooden Pallets, Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Electronics, and Lead-Acid Batteries

Effective October 1, 2009, the following items will be banned from NC Landfills: Plastic Bottles, Recyclable Rigid Plastic Containers (#1 & #2 plastics), Wooden Pallets, Oil Filters, and Oyster Shells

Effective January 1, 2011, the following items will be banned: Discarded Computer Equipment and Discarded Televisions

North Carolina DENR Banned Landfill Items

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