Recycling
Residential recycling is a free every other week service and is collected on your regularly scheduled collection day.
- Place all recycling at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day.
- Retrieve carts by 9:00 p.m. on your collection day.
How to Obtain a Recycling Cart
- If you are a City of Concord resident, recycling roll-out carts are free, just call 704.920.5555.
- If you are a business, call 704.920.5361 to learn about City recycling services available to you.
Properly Prepare Your Recyclables
- Please rinse all bottles, cans, etc. before placing these items into your recycling cart. Remove and discard all plastic lids and pumps.
Yes! Put these Items in Your Roll-Out Recycling Cart
- Plastic bottles, jugs and jars
- Metal cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Paper, cartons and cardboard
Recycling Cardboard Boxes
- Remove all packing materials. Place these in your trash - be sure they are in tied, plastic bags before they go into the garbage cart.
- Break down (flatten) all cardboard boxes and cut down into 3 feet x 3 feet sections (or smaller) and place inside of your recycling cart with the lid closed.
- Lay smaller boxes near the top of your cart to prevent jamming.
- Boxes filled with items unacceptable for recycling will not be collected.
No! Do NOT put These Items in Your Roll-Out Recycling Cart
- Please do not bag recyclables
- Plastic Bags, Plastic Film, or Plastic Wrap (recycle these at participating stores)
- Batteries
- Shredded Paper
- Diapers
- Disposable cups, cutlery, plates or bowls (plastic and paper)
- Electronics
- Food-tainted items
- Hazardous waste
- Medical Waste
- Scrap Metal or Wood
- Ceramic items
- Tanglers (cords, hoses, wires, etc)
- Toys
- Styrofoam or Peanuts
- Audio & Video Cassettes, or Photographic Film
- CDs & DVDs
- Rubber or Tires
- Paint Cans
- Household Glassware
- Clothing (or other fabric)
- Household Garbage
- Gift Wrapping Paper with Foil Backing
- Aluminum Foil
- Pesticides, or Herbicides, or Oil Containers
- Garden Hoses
- Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulbs and Fluorescent Tubes
Place your CFL bulb into a sealed plastic sandwich bag in case of breakage. CHL bulbs are accepted at the following locations (from residential customers only):
- Cabarrus County Household Hazardous Waste Facility
- Cabarrus County Governmental Center
- Cabarrus County Cooperative Extension Building
- Concord Public Library
- Kannapolis Library
- Mount Pleasant Library
- Harrisburg Library
- Concord Senior Center
- Cabarrus County C&D Landfill
Cabarrus County Recycling Centers
(for multi-family developments without recycling)
For a complete list of items accepted at the recycling centers, go to: www.cabarruscounty.us.
In addition to curbside recycling, items can be dropped off at one of these recycling centers:
Cabarrus County Landfill Recycling Convenience Center
4441 Irish Potato Road, Concord
Mon - Fri 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sat 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
HHW Facility Recycling Convenience Center
246 General Services Drive, Concord
Mon - Fri 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Additional items accepted at the Cabarrus County Household Hazardous Waste Facility:
- Used Motor Oil & Oil Filters
- Automotive Batteries
- Scrap Metal (bicycles, aluminum siding, metal ducts, copper pipes, power equipment – drained, and more)
- Appliances
- Electronics
- Used Tires (maximum 5 per load)
- Used Cooking Oil
- Oyster Shells (Cabarrus County Landfill Only)