In response to ongoing concerns from neighbors, the Field Operations Department will begin enforcing the City’s Trash and Recycling Container Compliance program on November 1. A $25 fee may be issued to households who repeatedly leave trash or recycling containers in the street for more than 48 hours per week, creating a nuisance to the neighborhood. In order to avoid a fee, residents should be sure your trash and recycling containers are at the curb no more than 48 hours – from 7 am the day before service to 7 am the day after your service day. This 48-hour window is twice as long as the previous policy, giving residents more flexibility.
The Trash and Recycling Container Compliance program is complaint-driven, meaning residents will identify where trash and recycling containers are creating a nuisance. The Field Operations Department will provide a warning for the first violation and a courtesy removal of containers out of the right-of-way. After that, each occurrence will be charged a $25 fee if City staff have to remove containers from the curb. This will be a rolling 12-month fee; if no violations take place within one year of the previous fee, the resident will again receive a warning for the next violation.
City staff will follow up on complaints reported to the City’s Contact Center. Staff will not patrol neighborhoods, but when they investigate a complaint, they will leave notices for any containers left on the street in the immediate vicinity.
For more details, visit www.greensboro-nc.gov/ContainerCompliance