The town offers trash collection which occurs every Monday morning. Please have your trash can by the road no later than 6 a.m. In addition, recycling is picked up every other Saturday. GFL Environmental Inc. will not pick trash up on the following holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. If the collection day for Cape Carteret falls on one of those holidays, the trash/recycle pick up will be rescheduled for a different day. For more information and the recycling schedule, please see the blue buttons to right. A friendly reminder that the Town contracts for one and only one trash and recycle receptacle for residential locations. If you have specific questions about recyclable items or garbage can rental/purchase, please contact GFL Environmental Inc. at 252-223-4176.