Sanitation

Sanitation, Convenience Center & Recycle

Hours of Operation 7AM–3:30PM
Closed Wednesday & Sunday

Convenience Center

The regulations governing solid waste management adopted by the Solid Waste Section of the Department of Environmental Quality in accordance with EPA guidelines and other federal regulations.

Town of Beech Mountain provides solid waste and recycling passes for the convenience of it’s utility customers paying the monthly sanitation fee. Passes are issued every April to the named utility account owner. Passes maybe picked up at Town Hall and are effective July 1–June 30.

Beech Mountain customers of Republic Services may purchase recycling pases. This allows for disposal of corigated cardboard, paper, plastics, glass, and aluminum.

Contact Town Hall with questions.
2026 Convenience Center Scheule

No:

• Tires
• Clothing, styrofoam, or water hoses
• Medical waste or ridged plastics
• Used tissues, used napkins, or used paper towels
• Liquids, food, or wax coated
• Paints, pesticides, or hazardous material (these violate NC regulations)
• Window glass, light bulbs, mirrors, or heat-resistant glass (ie pyrex)
• Plastic bags (recycle them your grocery store)
• Treated lumber or construction materials (see details under the accepted recycling)

Attendant Center:

• Flat corrugated cardboard boxes
• Dry cell batteries

Recycling Center:

• Furnature/mattress
• TV’s & monitors
• Metal and white goods
• Paper, pizza boxes and mail
• Plastics 1-7 (free of food and liquid)
• Glass (free of food and liquid)
• Aluminum (free of food and liquid)

*Homeowner generated treated lumber and construction materials are recycled at the Beech Mountain convienice center on the second and last Saturday of each month.*

Beech Mountain residents without a monthly sanitation fee may purchase homeowners recycling pass at
Town Hall 828-387-4236.

All the items and/or materials listed must be deposited within a container specifically designated for those items and/or materials to avoid contamination.

Curbside Service

Solid Waste Collection:

Town of Beech Mountain utility customers who pay a monthly sanitation fee receive curbside services twice a week. All solid waste, properly bagged and secured in a 35 gallon trash can, must be in a bin accessable at the curb. Bins must structurally meet the Town of Beech Mountains chapter 50 ordinace. Regardless of bin type, a red flag is required to indicate service. This allows our crews to provide a level of efficant service to you and your neighbors. Collection times may vary between 8AM–3:30PM. All items must be curbside, subject to alternate sanitation schedule and weather conditions.

During winter months, ensure bins are free of ice and snow that will prevent collection.

2026 Curbside Service Schedule
Curbside Service Map

Special Pick-up:

Town of Beech Mountain utility customers who pay the monthly sanitation fee receive special pick-up services, up to four times per 12-month period per address.

Pick-up requests maybe any combination of:

• Homeowner generated brush, less than six inches in diamater, piles no larger than 4×6 feet, availble April through October
• Homeowner generbagged leaves x20
• White goods

Pickups exceeding the allotted four per 12-month period per address in total shall be subjected to an additional fee in accordance with cost of workers and trucks needed as outlined in the schedule of fees.

All items must be curbside, subject to alternate sanitation schedule and weather conditions.

Request a Special Pick-up

Additional Services

Service providers commonly working on Beech Mountain

County Landfills:

Watauga County Landfill
336 Landfill Road, Boone, NC 28607
Phone: (828) 264-5305

Avery County Landfill
175 Prison Camp Rd, Newland, NC 28657
Phone: (828) 765-8818

Republic Services Contact Information:

24/7 Emergency Response Hotline: 800-899-4672
Republicservices.com

Karalyn Dean
Email: kdean@republicservices.com
Office: 828-719-3257

Samantha Millsaps
Email: smillsasps@republicservices.com
Office: 828-719-3250