Recycling
It's Second Nature. And - It's At Your Disposal Now!
Recycle With Us
Our recycling program is easy and convenient. We want to encourage everyone to make recycling part of their daily routine!
The city issues one 96-gallon blue Rollout Cart to each qualifying residence, for recyclable materials only. Contact the call center at 910-433-1FAY(1329) to find out if you qualify.
Recycling is collected every other week, on an A week/B week schedule. To find your collection day, enter your address in our generator found at the top of our page.
All recyclables must be placed in the blue rollout cart only and can be mixed in that cart (ex. glass items set in with cardboard and water bottles). Items are separated at a local Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), so you don't have to separate them yourself.
Please do not place any recyclable materials inside a bag. If items are placed in bags, those items will be sent to the landfill and that is something we want to avoid.
Recycling keeps materials that can have a "second life" out of our landfills, so they don't overflow. It also preserves resources, keeps our environment safe and clean, as well as conserves fuel used to make new materials.
Every-Other-Week Recycling Schedule
On Aug. 1, 2021, the City of Fayetteville moved to a bi-weekly recycling collection schedule.
More Information:
What We Recycle
The following items can be put in your blue rollout cart for collection:
Plastic
- Plastic bottles (with or without caps)
- Milk jugs
- Detergent containers
Glass
- Food and beverage bottles and containers (clear, brown, and green)
Paper
- Brown paper bags
- Corrugated cardboard (thick with multiple layers)
- Food/Cereal Boxes
- Clean food and beverage cartons (milk, juice, soup, broth, and wine)
- Junk mail
- Phone books
- Magazines, catalogs, and newspapers
- Office paper
- Mixed paper
Metal
- Aluminum and steel bottles and cans
- Metal lids from cans and bottles
- Aluminum pie pans and food trays
*Please rinse out and dry all contaminated food and beverage containers to clear them of waste, before placing them in your blue rollout cart.
Prohibited Items
The following items can be put in the household waste (green or brown) rollout carts:
- Pizza boxes with grease or food residue
- Paper or cardboard with a wax coating (example: fast food cups)
- Soggy paper or wet cardboard
- Plastic bags (bring to Harris Teeter, Food Lion, or Target)
- Plastic Wrap
- Styrofoam (placed in a bag)
The following items can be taken to one of the 16 Cumberland County Containers Sites for disposal:
- Sheet glass and mirrors
- China, porcelain, or ceramic dishes
- Oil containers (plastic or otherwise)
- Bulky plastic items such as toys and outdoor furniture (Bulky)
- Petroleum product containers
- Cellophane wrap
- Aerosol Containers (take to the Hazardous Household Waste Collection Center)
- Electronics of any kind
Banned Materials - ABC Permits
Why We Recycle
It makes sense in so many ways!
Recycling saves resources used to make new materials.
- It takes about 24 trees to produce one ton of non-recycled office paper.
- Producing a ton of steel from recycled materials saves 2,500-pounds of iron ore, 1,400-pounds of coal and 120-pounds of limestone.
Recycling saves energy.
- 30% less energy for recycled glass
- 60% less energy for recycled paper
- 66% less energy for recycled plastic
- 95% less energy for recycled aluminum cans
Recycling significantly reduces air and water pollution.
- Producing paper from trees requires more water than any other industrial process in the U.S, and dumps billions of gallons of wastewater into our waterways each year.
- Producing one ton of recycled steel creates 86% less air pollution.
- Recycling also reduces the need for landfills and incinerators, which create pollutants that contaminate the air and groundwater.
Recycling is good for the economy.
- It enables valuable raw materials, resources, and energy to be used more wisely.
- Projections show that a 20% increase in recycling would create up to 500 new jobs in North Carolina.
How We Recycle
It’s easy! All acceptable recyclable items may be placed together, in the blue rollout cart. Set the blue rollout cart at the curb, by 6 a.m., on your collection day.
Multi-family Recycling
All multi-family complexes of more than seven units on a single parcel are required to provide recycling for residents, according to an ordinance approved by City Council in 2011. Complex owners and/or managers are to contract with a commercial recycling hauler for weekly pickup and provide an area for blue rollout cart placement. Property owners and/or managers also provide a bi-annual report to the City’s Solid Waste Division advising of the amount of recyclables collected.
The State of North Carolina prohibits the disposal of plastic bottles, aluminum cans and other recyclable items in landfills.
Thanks for recycling. It's good for all of us!
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