All Dare County offices and facilities will be closed on Monday, December 25, 2023; Tuesday, December 26, 2023; and Wednesday, December 27, 2023 in observance of the Christmas holiday. 

The Dare County C&D Landfill, Buxton Transfer Station and Manteo Recycle Yard will also therefore be closed on Monday, December 25, 2023; Tuesday, December 26, 2023; and Wednesday, December 27, 2023. These sites will reopen on Thursday, December 28, 2023. 

Dare County Public Works—which provides trash collection for the unincorporated areas of Dare County, as well as the Town of Kitty Hawk—has announced a revised collection schedule in observance of the 2023 Christmas holiday as follows.

The Week of Christmas 2023:

There will be one residential pickup per area during the week of Christmas, which runs from Monday, December 25, 2023 through Friday, December 29, 2023. 

• Monday, December 25, 2023: Closed - No trash collection
• Tuesday, December 26, 2023: Closed - No trash collection
• Wednesday, December 27, 2023: Commercial trash collection only
• Thursday, December 28, 2023: Kitty Hawk, Colington, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras
• Friday, December 29, 2023: Manteo, Wanchese, East lake, Manns Harbor, Stumpy Point, Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo and Avon

Commercial trash collection will take place on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 and Friday, December 29, 2023. 

REMINDER:  The Dare County Public Works Department only provides trash collection for the Town of Kitty Hawk and the unincorporated areas of Dare County. Unincorporated Dare County does not include areas within a town’s limits. 

If you are located within one of the incorporated towns within Dare County, please contact your municipality for information regarding any trash collection schedule changes in your area.