SOLID WASTE/ RECYCLING

Solid Waste Pick-Up Schedule

October - May: Pick-up is every Tuesday.

The Saturday before Memorial Day (additional pick-up the Saturday after Easter) - the Saturday after Labor Day: Pick-up is every Tuesday and Saturday.

Please note:

• Trash carts must be at the street by 6:00 a.m. on the pickup day.
• Carts on OCEAN BOULEVARD ONLY will be rolled back to the front of the house. 
•  BAG the trash before putting it in the cart.

Additional garbage carts are available for yearly rental through Waste Industries. Please call Waste Industries at (910) 253-4177 for more information or to request your additional garbage cart.

Rental homes need to make sure they have the proper amount of garbage carts to meet Town ordinance. All rental homes need to have at least one trash cart per two bedrooms (example: 1 - 2 bedrooms - 1 cart, 3 - 4 bedrooms - 2 carts, 5 - 6 bedrooms - 3 carts). Click here to view the full ordinance.

Curbside Recycling

Waste Industries offers curbside recycling for Town properties that desire to participate in the service. The service cost is $54.00 annually paid in advance to the Town of Holden Beach and consists of a 96 gallon cart that is emptied every other week. You may apply in person at Town Hall or by downloading the application by clicking here and mailing it in with your check payment. Click here to view the details on what materials are accepted. Click here to view the collection schedule.

Recycling Center

***Effective September 6, 2016 The Recycling Center under the water tower will no longer be operational. Brunswick County operates a manned facility at 1709 Oxpen Road. The site is open 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.***

  
Yard Waste Service

Yard debris is collected on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of March, April, May, October, November and December.

Debris must be placed in a biodegradable bag or bundled in a length not to exceed five (5) feet and fifty (50) pounds. Each residence is allowed a total of ten (10) items, which can include a combination of bundles of brush and limbs meeting the required length and weight and/ or biodegradable bags with grass clippings, leaves, etc.

Picks-ups are not provided for vacant lots or construction sites.