We’re here to help you find the Kannapolis trash pickup schedule for 2025 including bulk pickup, recycling, holidays, and maps.
The City of Kannapolis is in North Carolina with Salisbury and Winston-Salem to the northeast, Concord to the south, Charlotte and Huntersville to the southwest, Cornelius to the west.
If there’s a change to your normal trash collection schedule then there’s a good chance your street sweeping schedule has changed too so make sure to check for updates.
Kannapolis Trash Collection Calendar 2025
The City contracts with a firm, Waste Management, to collect garbage and recycling.
For normal trash collection schedules, visit this page and enter your address in the search box.
Trash Pick Up Holidays
Here you can see the city-observed holidays.
Collection of garbage, recycling, bulky items, white goods, and e-waste occurs on all holidays EXCEPT:
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
For those two holidays above, collection will occur on a one-day delay for the remainder of the week to include a Saturday pick-up.
Kannapolis Trash Collection Map
Bulk Waste Pickup Calendar 2025
A 5-cubic yard limit (approximately the bed of a pickup truck) will be collected every other week, the same day as your recycling. Weight limits are up to 50 lb/item.
Do not place bulky items out for collection until the day before your collection day. All items must be placed within 3 feet of the curb, near your recycling cart. If missed, report it within 24 hours or it will not be collected until your next recycling service day.
White Goods – collected bi-weekly, the same day as your recycling.
Acceptable Items for Bulk Pickup
- Household furniture, lawn furniture, carpet (4 ft lengths), extra-large rugs, bicycles, toilets, grills (no propane), mattresses, and box springs.
- Any material not fitting within the contents of the trash cart with the lid closed may be bagged and placed at the curb, collection will be on bulk service days.
- Glass and mirrors must be taped to reduce breaks.
- Weed eater, chain saws, and push mowers (fluid must be removed)
Unacceptable Items for Bulk Pickup
- Tires, hazardous waste of any type, chemicals, paint, car motors, general recycle items, liquid waste, batteries, motor oil and any equipment container oil or gas.
- Lumber scraps, pallets, construction debris (C&D Material).
Have bulky items the city won’t pick up? You need a junk removal service.
If you have large items that the city won’t take from you, you may need to hire a junk removal service.
Junk removal services are not be as picky about the items they’re collecting so if the city won’t take the item, this may be your best bet. There’s usually a fee involved with junk removal but most companies can tell you ahead of time approximately what it’s going to cost.
There are a number of junk removal services in Kannapolis and I’m sure many of them will be able to help you out.
Recycling Collection Calendar 2025
Here’s the link to the recycling collection calendar.
Click here to view the 2023 Recycling Calendar.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is bulk pickup in Kannapolis?
Bulk waste and white goods are accepted for curbside collection bi-weekly on the same day as your recycling. Please place items at the curb no later than 7 a.m. on your collection day.
What day is trash pickup?
To find trash pickup on your street visit this page.
What time does trash collection start?
Trash collection starts at 7 a.m. Make sure to have your bins on the curb by then.
How can I contact the Kannapolis Public Works Department?
Phone: 704-920-4444
Address:
401 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
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