Thanksgiving trash pickup schedules in Charlotte, Mecklenburg towns this week

Evan Moore
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Charlotte and Mecklenburg County are gearing up for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, Nov. 23, which means trash and recycling services will be limited in the coming days.

Charlotte: For Thanksgiving week, all trash and recycling collection services will operate on a one-day delay starting Thursday, according to City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services. This means, for example, collections days scheduled on Black Friday will receive service on Saturday.

Mecklenburg County solid waste centers will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, but will reopen on Black Friday.

More information is available on the City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services website, charlottenc.gov. For questions, call the city at 704-336-7600.

Mecklenburg County towns Thanksgiving garbage collection schedule

Waste Pro, the solid waste collection service that most Mecklenburg County towns use for trash pickup, will operate on a one day delay beginning Thursday.

This means Thursday and Friday pickups for Cornelius, Davidson, Matthews, Mint Hill and Pineville will instead be Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Here’s where you can find more information on trash collection services for each town:

Huntersville Thanksgiving garbage collection schedule

Trash collection in Huntersville will be delayed by one day beginning Thursday. Typical Thursday and Friday pickups will instead be Friday and Saturday, respectively.

You can use the Waste Connection’s online, interactive tool at wasteconnections.com to check your collection schedule.

For more information, visit huntersville.org, or call 704-596-9428.