Snap a photo and text or email it. The city's rules are quoted below.
The city has a truck that already takes most of what people call junk. The notes below quote its rules.
Concord, North Carolina is a city in Cabarrus County with its own Solid Waste department. Charlotte's bulky-item rules do not apply here, and neither do the programs in Pineville or Mint Hill. Copying any of those pages with the city name swapped would be a lie. The three notes below are quoted from three different City of Concord Solid Waste pages: bulky waste, yard waste, and garbage.
We take requests from Concord for furniture, appliances, mattresses, garage and estate cleanouts, and construction debris. We make the referral to a local hauler. Your hauler comes inside and does the lifting. Starting prices live on the published rate card and in the 2026 cost guide. This page does not reprint those figures, because the local fact here is the city's program.
Text a photo to (704) 459-5052 or email quotes@704junk.com. If the item is ordinary bulky the city collects, on the bi-weekly day, under the city's 10-cubic-yard curbside ceiling, that pickup is the city's. A Concord resident does not need a private hauler for that job. If the pile sits outside those city rules, tell us what's going and we'll pass it along to your hauler.
Three city facts from three pages: the bulky truck takes a lot, free, then it stops; yard waste is weekly with a measured fee threshold; the garbage cart is the boundary.
The city truck already takes ordinary bulky — furniture, appliances, scrap metal and construction debris — free, up to a measured ceiling; tires and carpet only twice a year. Concord's Solid Waste department defines the stream: “Bulky waste refers to items too large to fit into roll-out carts, including furniture, appliances, scrap metal, tires, carpet & padding, and construction or demolition debris.” Most Concord residents do not need a private hauler for it.
It is not on-demand. The city writes: “Bulky Waste is a bi-weekly service.” If it can wait for the next bulky day, it is the city's.
The free ceiling is 10 cubic yards of regular bulky total, or 6 plus 4 cubic yards of construction debris. Concord's Solid Waste department puts it this way: “A combination of bulky waste and 4 cubic yards construction debris not exceeding 10 cubic yards may be placed curbside for collection without cost”
One class is out at any weight. The city writes: “Any item totally or partially encased in concrete will not be collected regardless of weight.”
Two of those items are capped by frequency. Concord's Solid Waste department puts it this way: “Carpet and padding can be collected 2 times per calendar year from single family residential properties.” Tires sit under their own heading with the same two qualifiers. Carpet adds a 65-pound-per-roll weight limit and a length rule. The city writes: “Carpet and padding must be rolled and tied into rolls 6 feet or less in length.”
The resident dismantles and stages at the curb. The city writes: “Dismantle items such as swing sets, pool tables, basketball goals, and any items that are too heavy to be carried by two people before placing curbside.”
Quoted from the City of Concord, Solid Waste, Bulky Waste: Bulky Waste (concordnc.gov), fetched September 18, 2026, HTTP 200. This is a city bulky-waste rule. It is not a hauler's price, and not a City of Charlotte curbside rule. Checked September 2026.Yard waste is a weekly city service, with a measured pile size above which a city user fee applies. Concord's Solid Waste department writes: “Yard Waste is a weekly service collected on your regularly scheduled collection day.” Ordinary grass, leaves, and limbs that meet the city's set-out rules ride the city truck. That pickup is the city's.
Limb piles have a published threshold. Concord's Solid Waste department puts it this way: “Beginning in October 2024, tree limb piles over 6 cubic yards (or 3 bites of the knuckleboom truck) will incur a user fee before collection.” The city states the threshold and the consequence. This page does not print that fee as a figure. The city also writes: “Limbs longer than 6 feet or greater than 12 inches in diameter are prohibited and will not be collected.”
How the smaller yard waste has to sit, in the city's words: “Grass clippings, tree and shrubbery trimmings, and leaves must be placed in brown paper lawn bags or a container clearly marked "yard waste only", weighing less than 35 pounds.”
Mixing is out. The city writes: “Do not mix dirt, rocks, animal waste or trash with yard waste.” Placement is a separate rule. Concord's Solid Waste department puts it this way: “Do not block sidewalks or traffic lanes, or place yard waste below low-hanging power or phone lines.” A pile that meets those rules is a city pickup. Ordinary weekly yard waste does not need a private hauler. Concord's Solid Waste department also writes: “The city does not collect yard waste that was put at the curb by a commercial landscaping company or tree company.” A pile the resident will not bag, stage, or keep under the limb threshold is a different job, and a private hauler is one option for that job.
Quoted from the City of Concord, Solid Waste, Yard Waste: Yard Waste (concordnc.gov), fetched September 18, 2026, HTTP 200. This is a city yard-waste rule. It is not a hauler's price, and not a City of Charlotte curbside rule. Checked September 2026.The cart is the boundary, but the city has three ways past it — a rented second cart, a courtesy call, and a holiday window for extra bags. The unannounced non-holiday bag is the code-enforcement matter. Concord's Solid Waste department writes: “Residents are provided one green roll-out garbage cart per household.” One cart is the city's ordinary garbage service, not a volume to talk past on pickup day.
Ongoing overflow is a rented cart. The city writes: “If your garbage does not fit into your green roll-out cart, you must rent a brown garbage cart (limit of 2) for your additional garbage.” That second cart is rented from the city. For a one-off, the same page offers a courtesy collection of extra bags when a resident calls the city's Customer Care Center 24 hours ahead, up to five transparent bags, and its published holiday window allows extra bags with no call well past New Year's Day.
How the garbage has to sit in that cart, in the city's words: “All garbage must be in tied plastic bags and fit within the roll-out cart with the lid closed.” An extra non-holiday bag left out without that call is not a near-miss. Concord's Solid Waste department puts it this way: “Bags that are placed outside of the garbage roll-out cart will not be picked up and will result in code enforcement action.”
The city states the one-cart case flatly. Concord's Solid Waste department puts it this way: “Residents who recycle will find one garbage cart adequate.” Ordinary household garbage that fits the green cart with the lid closed is the city's. A Concord resident does not need a private hauler for that. A cleanout, a garage pile, or a load that is not bagged garbage in a roll-out cart is a different job.
Quoted from the City of Concord, Solid Waste, Garbage: Garbage (concordnc.gov), fetched September 20, 2026, HTTP 200. This is a city garbage-cart rule. It is not a hauler's price, and not a City of Charlotte curbside rule. Checked September 2026.What Concord residents ask before they hire a hauler, including when they do not need one.
Yes. We take requests from Concord and connect you with a local hauler. For ordinary bulky the city already collects, the city truck is the right truck.
Usually, yes. Concord's own Solid Waste truck takes furniture, appliances, scrap metal, and construction or demolition debris, free, as a bi-weekly bulky service, up to 10 cubic yards of regular bulky total, or 6 cubic yards of regular bulky plus 4 cubic yards of construction debris. Tires and carpet ride that same truck, but only 2 times per calendar year and only from single-family residential properties. Most Concord residents do not need a private hauler for that ordinary bulky pickup. Past those limits, you can send us the details.
Anything totally or partially encased in concrete is not collected at any weight, and the city page caps an individual item at 65 pounds, with an exception for items that roll to the truck, such as mowers and refrigerators. Carpet is collected only twice per calendar year, and only from single-family residential properties, and only if it is rolled and tied into rolls 6 feet or less, with each roll under 65 pounds. Tires carry the same twice-a-year, single-family cap, plus a maximum of 8 car- or pickup-sized tires per collection, rims removed, and businesses do not qualify. Construction and demolition debris must not exceed 4 cubic yards, and individual bags or boxes of it are limited to 35 pounds; above 4 cubic yards the city routes the load to a paid roll-off container service instead of the free bulky truck. Scrap metal itself is broad — bicycles, tools, wheelbarrows, rims with the tires off, old mowers and large metal items are all on the city's list — and only its trailing catch-all for other metal items carries the no-lift-equipment qualifier, with the dismantling and 65-pound rules still applying. The resident has to dismantle items two people cannot carry and place them curbside. Those are city rules from the City of Concord Solid Waste pages.
Yard waste is a weekly city service on the regular collection day. Tree limb piles over 6 cubic yards, or 3 bites of the knuckleboom truck, incur a city user fee before collection. Grass, trimmings, and leaves have to sit in brown paper lawn bags or a container marked for yard waste only, under 35 pounds, not mixed with dirt, rocks, animal waste or trash, and not blocking sidewalks, traffic lanes, or low-hanging lines. The city will not collect limbs longer than 6 feet or greater than 12 inches in diameter, or yard waste a commercial landscaping or tree company put at the curb. Ordinary weekly yard waste that meets those rules is the City of Concord's. This page does not print the city's fee as a figure.
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