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 end of September: Pick-up is every Tuesday and Saturday.

Please note:

• All carts shall be secured next to non-elevated or underneath elevated houses, except on collection days when they are to be placed steet side.
• Trash carts shall not be located at street side earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before designated collection days during the summer rental season. For the rest of the year containers shall not be located at street side no more than 48 hours before the designated collection.  The summer rental season is defined as the period of time that garbage collection occurs twice weekly per Town contract.
• Return all containers to the normal house-side storage location by 6:00 p.m. the day after collection.
•  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). In instances where three trash cans or more are required, one can may be substituted with a contractor approved recycling bin.

The Board of Commissioners approved a new solid waste ordinance in December 2018. 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 $82.48 annually paid in advance to the Town of Holden Beach and consists of a 96 gallon cart that is emptied every other week during the months of October  - May and weekly during the months of June  - September. 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 2019 pickup schedule.

Recycling Center
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.