Trash pickup changes for Thanksgiving 2025. Schedules for Charlotte-area towns

Thanksgiving is on Thursday, Nov. 27, which means trash and recycling services in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County will be limited over the next few days.

▪ Charlotte: For Thanksgiving week, all trash and recycling collection services will operate on a one-day delay starting Thursday, according to City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services. This means, for example, collections days scheduled on Friday will receive service on Saturday.

▪ Mecklenburg County solid waste centers will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, but will reopen on Friday.

More information is available on the City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services website, charlottenc.gov. For questions, call the city at 704-336-7600.

Mecklenburg Thanksgiving garbage schedule

Waste Pro, the solid waste collection service that most Mecklenburg County towns use for trash pickup, will operate on a one-day delay beginning Thursday.

This means Thursday and Friday pickups for Cornelius, Davidson, Matthews, Mint Hill and Pineville will instead be Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Here’s where you can find more information on trash collection services for each town:

• Cornelius: cornelius.org, 704-892-6031
• Davidson: townofdavidson.org, 704-892-7591
• Matthews: matthewsnc.gov, 704-847-4411
• Mint Hill: minthill.com, (704) 545-9726
• Pineville: pinevillenc.gov, 704-889-2291

Huntersville Thanksgiving garbage collection schedule

Trash collection in Huntersville will be delayed by one day beginning Thursday. Typical Thursday and Friday pickups will instead be Friday and Saturday, respectively.

You can use the Waste Connection’s online, interactive tool at wasteconnections.com to check your collection schedule. For more information, visit huntersville.org, or call 704-596-9428.

Thanksgiving 2025

Here’s everything you need to know about Thanksgiving week in the Charlotte area.

• Some restaurants are open on Thanksgiving day. Here’s a list.
• Only a handful of grocery stores are open (with limited hours) on Thursday. Learn which ones.
• Flying for the holiday? Follow these travel tips to avoid CLT’s usual Thanksgiving mayhem.
• Know which roads are closed for Charlotte’s Thanksgiving Eve Parade, plus how to watch it from home.
• Trash pickup schedules change for the holiday. Check your town.
• Liquor stores change their hours too, but here’s where you can still buy booze.
• Cold weather is expected around Thanksgiving. Here’s how chilly it could get.
• Thanksgiving travel could be impacted by severe weather conditions throughout the country.
• Many malls and stores are shifting their hours for Black Friday. Here’s how early they’ll open.

This story has been updated.

This story was originally published November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM.

Evan Moore

The Charlotte Observer

Evan Moore is a service journalism reporter for the Charlotte Observer. He grew up in Denver, North Carolina, where he previously worked as a reporter for the Denver Citizen, and is a UNC Charlotte graduate.