Keep Bears Out of Your Trash
Useful tips for keeping bears out of your trash and co-existing with these curious creatures.
Department: Sanitation
Find a recycling location
View an interactive map of recycling locations where certain items may be taken in person for recycling.
Dispose of household hazardous waste
Rules and instructions for disposing of hazardous household waste safely.
Find your trash or recycling schedule
Determine your trash and recycling collection schedules based on your address, view collection area maps, and print your schedule.
What can I recycle?
Learn about what items can be recycled in the City of Asheville, and how to prepare them for pickup.
Asheville residents asked to bag leaves in sturdy paper
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Be ‘bear wise’ to deter urban bear encounters
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Dispose of leaves, brush, or Christmas trees
Collection schedules and information on how to prepare tree limbs, leaves, or shrub trimmings for pickup.
Composting comes to Thomas Wolfe Auditorium!
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