Davidson Recycling and Garbage

For specific information on collection days, a roll-out garbage cart or recycling bin, or to report service problems, call Allied Waste at 704-393-6900 or visit  Town of Davidso​n Public ​Works.

Recycling in Davidson

Davidson was one of the first communities in the north Mecklenburg area to arrange for curbside recycling.

• Plastic Bottles and Jugs (EXCEPT #6)
• Wide-Mouth Plastic Containers
• Rigid Plastics
• Empty Aerosol Cans
• Milk and Juice Cartons, Juice Boxes
• Metal food cans
• ​Spiral paper cans ( i.e. frozen juice cans)

• Newspapers and inserts
• Magazines and catalogs
• Telephone books
• Cereal and food boxes
• Paperback Books
• Flattened corrugated cardboard 
• ​NOW accepting pizza boxes!​

• Glass jars/bottles - all colors). (NO ceramic cups, window/windshield glass, Pyrex, glass dinnerware--plates and cups)
• ​Junk mail and Mixed Paper: office paper, junk mail, envelopes, cereal boxes without liners, paper bags, gift boxes, gift wrap, dry food boxes, beer and pop cartons, mail tubes, paper towel rolls, index cards, file folders, paper egg cartons and paper food trays. (NO paper contaminated with food residue, diapers, text books, Styrofoam​​, plastic food containers, gift bows and ribbons, and plastic grocery bags!)