Solid Waste/Recycling

 October - May: Pick-up is every Tuesday

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

Please note:

• All carts must be curbside by 6:00 a.m. on collection days.
•  BAG the trash before putting it in the cart.

Additional garbage carts are available for yearly rental through GFL Environmental. Please call GFL Environmental 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). 

Note: As of April 21, 2021, it is no longer permissible to replace a required garbage cart with a recycling cart. 

  GFL Environmental offers curbside recycling for Town properties that desire to participate in the service. The service cost is $119.35 annually paid in advance to the Town of Holden Beach. The service 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 in the downloads section below and mailing it in with your check payment. The recycling schedule can also be found in the downloads section below.

    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. 

   The Town has hired a contractor to provide island-wide solid waste/ recycling rollback services.

The Town's rollback contractor will move ALL containers to the street side of the house, under the house or to a corral if available. 

    Yard debris is collected on the second and fourth Fridays of March, April, May, October, November and December. 

Debris must be placed in a biodegradable bag (not plastic biodegradable) 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.