How to find your trash day in Horry County
Horry County does not run on one collection system. A home in Conway, a home in Myrtle Beach and a home in Carolina Forest can all have different haulers, different rules and different days. That surprises people who move here from places with a single county route.
We are asked about trash day every week, because our crews clean cans on that day, right after the hauler empties them. We never guess. We confirm your day with you before the first visit. This guide covers how to find it yourself, what can move it, and how it connects to cleaning for a whole street or an HOA neighborhood.
We will not list pickup days here. Days change, and the only reliable answer comes from the office that collects at your address.
Who collects your trash depends on your address
The first question is not what day. It is who. Inside city limits, the city or town usually runs or contracts collection. Outside city limits, in unincorporated Horry County, collection runs through the county system and the Horry County Solid Waste Authority.
Here is how the main areas break down, using the same names you will see on official notices.
- City of Myrtle Beach: homes inside the city limits, including Market Common and the Withers Swash neighborhoods.
- City of Conway: homes inside Conway, from downtown near the Riverwalk out along Highway 501 and Highway 544.
- City of North Myrtle Beach: homes in the city, including Cherry Grove and Barefoot Resort addresses that sit inside city limits.
- Town of Surfside Beach: homes in the town, where many properties are rentals.
- City of Loris: homes inside Loris town limits. Farms and homes around Loris may fall under county routes instead.
- Horry County Solid Waste Authority: unincorporated areas such as Socastee, Forestbrook, Red Hill, Longs and much of Carolina Forest.
A mailing address can mislead you. A Myrtle Beach mailing address does not always mean City of Myrtle Beach collection. Carolina Forest and Socastee are both unincorporated, even though many addresses there say Myrtle Beach. If you are not sure whether your street is inside city limits, ask the city office or the county before you assume.
Practical ways to find your trash day
No single method works for everyone. Start with the first one on this list and move down until you have an answer you trust.
- Check the official source for your address. Search for your city or town by name, or for the Horry County Solid Waste Authority if you live in an unincorporated area. Look for a collection schedule page, a lookup tool by address, or a printable route map.
- Call or visit the office. Public works or solid waste staff can tell you your day in a minute. Use the number printed on your utility bill or on the official site, not a number from a random listing.
- Read your utility bill or city mailer. Some billing statements and annual notices carry service information or point you to the schedule.
- Look at the cart. Many roll carts have stickers, numbers or a service tag from the hauler. These help staff identify your account, even if they do not show the day.
- Ask your HOA or property manager. Community managers know the route for the whole neighborhood, and many post it in a welcome packet or on the community site.
- Ask a neighbor, then confirm. Watching which evening carts appear at the curb tells you a lot. Treat it as a hint only, since your side of the street could be on a different route.
Write the answer down once you have it. Put the day, the hauler, and the time carts need to be at the curb in your phone. That one note saves a lot of missed pickups later.
What can move your trash day
A schedule that was right last spring can be wrong this fall. These are the usual reasons.
Holidays
Many collection offices shift pickup after a holiday week. Your day might slide by a day for the rest of that week, then return to normal. The city or county posts these changes ahead of time. Check before the holiday, not after you hear the truck miss your street.
Storms and heavy weather
Hurricane season and summer thunderstorms can delay collection. Flooded roads, downed trees and debris loads all slow the trucks. Official county and city channels announce delays. Our hurricane season guide covers the can side of that.
Route changes
Growth along Highway 9, Highway 57 and Carolina Forest keeps adding homes, and routes get rebalanced to match. A new subdivision can shift an older street to a different day. If a pickup day stops matching what you wrote down, ask the office whether the route changed.
Moving to a new address
A new house often has a different day than your old one, even a few streets away. Confirm it in your first week, before you set out a full cart on the wrong evening.
Where to ask, by collection system
This table compares the kinds of collection you will meet in Horry County. It shows who to ask and what to expect, not prices.
| Compare | City or town curbside | City of Loris | Unincorporated Horry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who to ask | The City of Myrtle Beach, City of Conway, City of North Myrtle Beach or Town of Surfside Beach, depending on your address | The City of Loris, for homes inside town limits | Horry County Solid Waste Authority |
| Where to look | The city or town website, public works office or utility notices | The town office and its posted notices | The Solid Waste Authority and county notices |
| Who else knows | Neighbors and property managers | Neighbors and local residents | HOA managers, especially in planned communities |
| What can change it | Holidays, storms and route updates the city announces | Holidays, storms and town announcements | Holidays, storms and county route changes |
| What we do | We clean cans after the hauler empties them on your day | We clean cans after your pickup, inside town or on county routes | We clean cans after the county roll cart pickup |
If your home sits on a boundary, the answer can differ from the house next door. Always confirm with the office that serves your exact address.
How your trash day affects the cleaning schedule
We clean on your trash day, after the hauler leaves. That timing is deliberate. The can is empty, which means we can wash the inside right away, before the next bag goes in. A can cleaned at the start of its week stays fresh longer than a can cleaned on the last day before pickup.
You leave your cans at the curb as usual. We lift each one onto the cleaning rig, wash it with 200-degree water, sanitize and deodorize it, and set it back where you keep it. It takes about three minutes per can and you do not need to be home. We text a photo when we finish.
The truck leaves our Conway base each morning and typically reaches a street within a few hours after the hauler empties the cans. If your hauler comes late in the day, tell us. We will plan around it.
When your pickup moves, tell us by text or phone. A holiday shift or a storm delay is easy for us to follow if we know about it. If the hauler skips your street, leave the cans out and let us know, and we will adjust the visit rather than wash a full can.
Streets and neighborhoods
When many homes on one street share a trash day, they share a cleaning route too. Ten or more homes in one community can sign up together, and every home gets community pricing on one route day. A neighbor, a board member or a property manager can start that conversation. It starts with everyone knowing the same trash day.
When to call us
If you cannot find your trash day after trying the steps above, call the office that serves your address first. They are the final word on it.
If you already know your day and want the cans cleaned, you can book a clean and tell us your day when we text to confirm. We will check it with you before the first visit, so nothing depends on a guess. Our line is (843) 222-0207, Monday to Saturday, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Rather not do it yourself?
We clean on your trash day and text a photo when the can is done.
