During the 2024/2025 holiday season, our office hours and sanitation collection schedule will follow special holiday adjustments.

Monday, December 23 - Friday, December 27

• Monday, December 23 - Trash on the blue and green residential routes, as well as our commercial route, will be collected. Curbside recycling collection will also take place for subscribers to the service. 
• Thursday, Thursday, December 26 - Trash on the blue residential route and our commercial route will be collected.
• Friday, December 27 - Trash on the green residential route will be collected.

Monday, December 30 - Friday, January 3, 2025

• Monday, December 30 - Trash on the blue residential route and our commercial route will be collected. Curbside recycling collection will also take place for subscribers to the service.
• Tuesday, December 31 - Trash on the green residential route will be collected.
• Thursday, January 2 - Trash on the blue residential route and our commercial route will be collected.
• Friday, January 3 - Trash on the green residential route and our commercial route will be collected.

Notes

• All Town administrative offices will be closed Monday, December 23 through Wednesday, December 25 and Wednesday, January 1.
• The bulk/brush yard will be closed Monday, December 23 through Wednesday, December 25.
• If needed, there will be additional trash dumpsters at Town Hall.
• To receive trash collection schedule changes etc., subscribe to the Sanitation news flash.

View the regular residential trash collection schedule and a route map.

Our Board is accepting applications to fill a vacant seat following the resignation of Commissioner Kevin Brinkley on October 2. Brinkley stepped down after moving outside of the town's jurisdiction, as required by North Carolina law.

Qualified Nags Head residents are encouraged to apply for the interim position.

Application Deadline: Friday, December 20, 2024, by 12 p.m.

How to Apply:

Apply online.

Paper applications available upon request by calling 252-441-5508

The appointee will serve until the municipal election in November 2025, and their term will conclude in December 2025. The elected Board member will then finish out the remaining two years of Commissioner Brinkley’s term.

For more info, visit our website or contact Town Hall at 252-441-5508. 

Do you know someone who should be recognized for their contributions to Nags Head? Our Board of Commissioners is accepting nominations for the prestigious "Nags Head Lightkeeper" and "Nags Header" awards through April 15.

The Lightkeeper award distinguishes an individual who shows significant personal and professional leadership in our community. 

The Nags Header award recognizes a special deceased person who has made a difference in the town and who has shaped the culture of Nags Head since its incorporation in 1961. 

If you know of someone who should be recognized for their contributions to Nags Head, please submit a nomination form to the Town of Nags Head through April 15.

The award recipients will be honored at the June 4, 2025 Nags Head Board of Commissioners meeting.

More information can be found on our website. 

Email or call the Town Clerk's office at 252.441.5508.

Did you hear you can’t recycle wrapping paper? Brown paper packages tied up with string — those are a few of our favorite things! 

Remember that glitter and foil may make things sparkly, but wrapping paper and items with bows or sparkly decorations should not go into the recycling containers. 

Source:  Recycle More NC

For a reference guide on what can and cannot go into our recycling containers, click here. 

Happy holidays, and thank you for recycling right!

If you don't have time to haul your recyclables to the recycling centers we have at Town Hall (5401 South Croatan Highway) and our Public Services facility (2203 Lark Avenue), be sure to subscribe to the curbside recycling collection service offered by TFC Recycling. The cost is only $13.35/month.