Public Works
Garbage & Recycling Collection
Listed below is a chart of the current rates and number of pickups allowed for residential and commercial customers
Rate Type | Number of Carts | Monthly Charge | |
Residential | 1 | $9.00 | |
Residential | 2 | $12.00 | |
Commercial | 1 | $10.00 | |
Commercial | 2 | $13.00 | |
Commercial | 3 | $15.00 |
Calendar for Trash and Recycle dates - 2023 please click here.
Beginning April 1, 2023:
The Town of Elkin recycling collection that occurs on Mondays every other week will move to Fridays. With this change, recycling collection will occur every other week on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Trash collection will continue to be every week on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays (no change for trash). The ONLY change is for recycling that currently is collected on Monday – those collections will now occur on Friday.
List of Schedule of Fees for Water and Solid Waste (approved 2018-19)
For yearly schedule please click the Public Works Calendar Tab.
Household Recycling
The Town of Elkin provides recycle collection every other week. Co-mingled recycling, or being able to throw paper, cardboard, glass, and plastic in one bin makes it easy.
Recycling Do’s
The following items can be recycled in your recycle roll carts:
- Some paper – newspaper, glossy magazines, junk mail, envelopes, telephone books
- Corrugated cardboard with a wavy middle
- Paper towel rolls and toilet tissue rolls
- Cereal boxes and paper milk/juice cartons
- Glass bottles and jars (labels and lids are okay)
- Plastic bottles # 1-7 (lids and labels are okay)
- Egg cartons
- Aluminum/tin/steel cans and foil
- Metal pots, pans, and lids
Recycling Don’ts
Don’t throw these items in your recycling bins:
- Some paper – books, napkins, tissues, paper towels, wax or parchment paper
- Pizza boxes
- Plastic bags
- Clamshell/hinged plastic containers
- Unnumbered plastics
- Coat hangers
- Broken glass, mirror glass, and ceramic
- Light bulbs
Other Recycling Guidelines
Following these guidelines make picking up your recycling easy:
- Place bins in the street by 7 pm on evening prior to your collection day
- Point the arrows on the lid towards the street (on trash bins, too)
- Try to place bins away from parked cars, mailboxes and fire hydrants
- Don’t cram items into the bins and break down cardboard boxes