Which holidays move trash and recycling pickup in US cities and counties, and the next change in each.

Each city or hauler sets its own holiday trash schedule. Three patterns cover most places: the holiday’s pickup and every later one that week slide a day, with Friday moving to Saturday; the holiday’s pickup is skipped and waits for the next regular day; or only the holiday’s route moves. Many places change collection on a few named holidays only, often Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. The city’s or hauler’s lookup decides for your address.

Recycling and waste sorting stations at Moscone Center in San Francisco

Photo: Recycling and waste sorting stations at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Intel Free Press, 2013-09-02. CC BY 2.0 · Source. Resized for web.

Atlanta

Seven city holidays bring a one-day delay: the city collects nothing that day, and pickup runs a day late for the rest of that week. In the city’s 2026 notices, Friday routes were served on Saturday, carts out by 7 a.m. Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 12, and Veterans Day, November 11, keep the regular schedule. Next delay: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, then Christmas, Friday, December 25. The Solid Waste Holiday Collections ↗ page lists them.

Atlanta trash pickup and recycling rules

Austin

Only New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas move collection. If your day falls on the holiday or later that week, it slides one day; a weekend holiday moves nothing, and My Schedule shows each slide. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday collections go on Friday, November 27, and Friday collections on Saturday, November 28.

Austin trash pickup and recycling rules

Boerne

WM collects in Boerne on every holiday except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. On those three there is no collection, and the city posts the shifted days for the rest of the week. For the 2025-26 season, Thursday routes moved to Friday and Friday routes to Saturday. Bulk and brush stay in the second full week of the month.

Boerne trash pickup and recycling rules

Boston

On City of Boston holidays ↗, pickups are delayed in some neighborhoods during the holiday week; check your address in the Trash Day app. Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day keep the normal schedule. Next: Indigenous Peoples Day, Monday, October 12, 2026, with delays in some neighborhoods that week.

Boston trash pickup and recycling rules

Charlotte

Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks run on a one-day delay; on the other city holidays left in 2026, Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Veterans Day, collection runs as scheduled. Mecklenburg County’s drop-off centers keep their own holiday closings, including Veterans Day. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday collection goes on Friday, November 27, and Friday collection on Saturday, November 28; the county centers close Thursday. The 2026 Holiday Collection Schedule ↗ lists the rest.

Charlotte trash pickup and recycling rules

Chicago

On 11 City holidays in 2026 there is no garbage service citywide and no recycling in zones 2 and 4. Zones 1, 3, 5 and 6 skip recycling only on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. In a holiday week, keep carts accessible all week, because the exact service day may vary. Next: Columbus Day, Monday, October 12, 2026, with no garbage citywide and no recycling in zones 2 and 4; the Holiday Garbage Schedule ↗ lists the rest.

Chicago trash pickup and recycling rules

Columbus

There is no trash collection on 11 city holidays, and color-zone trash days move forward one day after each: a Tuesday becomes a Wednesday until the next holiday. Recycling and yard waste on or after the holiday that week run one day late, with Friday’s on Saturday, and Good Friday changes nothing. Next: Indigenous Peoples Day, Monday, October 12, 2026, with no trash pickup and the colors rotating one day, while recycling and yard waste keep their regular days and the convenience centers close Tuesday, October 13 (details), then Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, when the city convenience centers close too. Find My Collection Day ↗ shows your current day.

Columbus trash pickup and recycling rules

Dallas

For many city holidays, garbage, recycling and brush and bulky collection continue without interruption. When a holiday does change service, Sanitation Services posts a holiday collection advisory on its homepage ↗, so check it before each holiday.

Dallas trash pickup and recycling rules

Denver

On six observed holidays Solid Waste closes, and collection from the holiday onward runs one day late for the rest of that week only. On working holidays, including Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Veterans Day, set carts out as usual. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday and Friday collections each run one day late.

Denver trash pickup and recycling rules

El Paso

El Paso’s Environmental Services Department posts each holiday change in a city news release a few days ahead. In the 2025-26 season, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s each stopped both bins on the Thursday and Friday of that week; a single make-up day took gray trash bins only, and blue recycling bins waited for their next regular day. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026; in 2025 the gray-bin make-up came the following Monday.

El Paso trash pickup and recycling rules

Falls Church

Falls Church posts a Waste and Compost Holiday Service Schedule each year on its Trash, Recycling & Organics page. In 2026 no holiday changes residential collection: every Wednesday pickup runs as usual, including Thanksgiving week (November 26) and Christmas week (December 25), and New Year’s Eve. Only commercial customers slide to Friday after New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. If a holiday ever moves residential collection, carts go out by 7 a.m. Thursday and come back Thursday evening.

Falls Church trash pickup and recycling rules

Fort Worth

Only Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day change collection: that day’s routes and the rest of the week move one day later, into Saturday, and every other holiday, Veterans Day included, runs normally. On the first pickup day after each of the three, two extra bags of garbage beside the cart go without a charge. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday routes go on Friday, November 27, and Friday routes on Saturday, November 28; the Drop-Off Stations close Thursday and Friday. The 2026 Holiday Collection Schedule ↗ lists them.

Fort Worth trash pickup and recycling rules

Glendora

Athens Services, Glendora’s franchise hauler, observes six holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. When one falls on a weekday, collection from that day through the end of the week runs one day late, so Friday routes are picked up on Saturday. A holiday on a Saturday or Sunday changes nothing. Ahead: Thanksgiving, November 26, 2026 (Thursday routes Friday, Friday routes Saturday); Christmas Day, December 25, 2026, and New Year’s Day, January 1, 2027 (Friday routes Saturday); Memorial Day, May 31, 2027, and Labor Day, September 6, 2027 (every route that week one day late). Independence Day 2027 falls on a Sunday, so nothing moves.

Glendora trash pickup and recycling rules

Hillsborough County

County customers get no collection on eight county holidays and no make-up days: garbage, recycling and yard waste skip the holiday and resume on your next regular collection day, and the county drop-off facilities close. Veterans Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas keep the regular schedule, and on New Year’s Day recycling and yard waste run while garbage does not. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, with no collection, then Christmas Day, Friday, December 25; the Holiday Curbside Collection Schedule ↗ lists the rest.

Hillsborough County trash pickup and recycling rules

Honolulu

ENV refuse crews observe only Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, and nothing is collected on either, bulky items included. A gray cart due that day stays at the curb until it is serviced; blue and green carts wait for the next scheduled pickup. Every other holiday, Thanksgiving included, is a regular collection day. Next: Christmas, Friday, December 25, 2026, when the drop-off sites close too.

Honolulu trash pickup and recycling rules

Houston

Houston lists 13 city holidays for 2026 and announces each collection plan on its Holiday Schedule ↗ shortly before the day; skipped routes usually run one day later. In 2026, Presidents Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day moved Monday routes to Tuesday and Tuesday routes to Wednesday. Still ahead: Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. In 2025, Thanksgiving moved Thursday routes to Friday, and the day after Thanksgiving moved Friday routes to Saturday.

Houston trash pickup and recycling rules

Indianapolis

Trash, heavy trash and recycling slide one day on the city’s listed holidays that fall on a weekday: Monday’s collection moves to Tuesday and so on, with Friday’s on Saturday. A holiday on a weekend is not observed, and the ToxDrop sites close on all major holidays. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when collection is delayed one day and Friday pickups go on Saturday, November 28. The city’s holiday list ↗ names the rest.

Indianapolis trash pickup and recycling rules

Jacksonville

Only pickups that fall on Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day move, to that Saturday; every other route that week, and every other holiday, stays on the regular schedule, even when city offices close for several days. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday pickups go on Saturday, November 28, then Christmas, Friday, December 25, when Friday pickups go on Saturday, December 26. New Year’s Day keeps the regular schedule; the Holiday Schedules ↗ page has the details.

Jacksonville trash pickup and recycling rules

Joplin

Joplin’s curbside pickup is by Republic Services under the city contract. When Republic observes a holiday there is no pickup that day; the homes scheduled for it are collected the next day, and the rest of the week runs one day behind, with Friday’s homes collected on Saturday. The city announced that rule for Memorial Day and Labor Day 2026 and has announced shifts for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day in past years. Each change is posted in the city’s News Flash, and Republic’s schedule lookup shows holiday changes by address. The Joplin Recycling Center closes on New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and the Friday after, and Christmas.

Joplin trash pickup and recycling rules

King County (unincorporated)

Each hauler sets and announces its own holiday schedule. WM skips only Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day: pickup on or after the holiday that week is one day later, and Friday customers go on Saturday. Republic Services and Vashon Disposal announce their own changes. Next for WM: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday moves to Friday and Friday to Saturday; all county stations close that day.

King County garbage pickup and recycling rules

Knoxville

Knoxville skips curbside garbage and recycling on just two days a year, Thanksgiving and Christmas. After each one, pickup slides one day through Saturday, and the following Monday returns to normal. In 2026 that means Thursday routes run Friday, November 27, and Friday routes run Saturday, November 28; Christmas Friday routes run Saturday, December 26. Every other holiday, including Veterans Day, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day, keeps the regular day. The Knox County convenience centers close on Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Knoxville trash pickup and recycling rules

Lafayette

Acadiana Waste Services suspends residential collection in Lafayette on four holidays only: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. When one falls on a weekday, that day’s routes are collected the next day and every later day that week moves one day back, so Friday routes are collected Saturday. Ahead: Thanksgiving, November 26, 2026 (Thursday routes Friday, Friday routes Saturday); Christmas, December 25, 2026, and New Year’s Day, January 1, 2027 (Friday routes Saturday); Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 18, 2027 (every route one day later). After Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day, extra garbage bagged and set beside the cart is collected too. All other holidays, Labor Day included, run as normal.

Lafayette trash pickup and recycling rules

Los Angeles

Most holidays do not change LASAN collection. In 2026 only the weeks of New Year’s Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas slide: pickups on and after the holiday move one day later, with Friday routes on Saturday. Buildings served through recycLA follow a separate holiday list. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday bins go on Friday, November 27, and Friday bins on Saturday, November 28.

Los Angeles trash pickup and recycling rules

Miami-Dade County

Garbage is collected on every county holiday except Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Independence Day and Christmas Day as observed; service then resumes on your next regular pickup day. Recycling runs as usual unless your 2026 recycling calendar says otherwise, and the Trash and Recycling Centers close on the same three days. Next: Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 2026, with no garbage pickup and Friday recycling routes on Saturday, December 26.

Miami-Dade trash pickup and recycling rules

Middlebury

Middlebury has no curbside pickup, so holidays change the transfer station’s hours rather than a pickup day. On top of its Sunday and Monday closures, the station closes on Connecticut holidays. Before a trip on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, call the station at 203-758-1616. It closes on Thanksgiving Day and the day after, November 26 and 27, and opens Saturday, November 28, 7:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Middlebury transfer station hours, fees and rules

Minneapolis

When a major holiday falls on a weekday, pickup on and after the holiday is delayed one day; a weekend holiday changes nothing. The lookup tool shows the shifted dates, and reminder emails flag each delay. Indigenous Peoples Day and Veterans Day bring no change. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday and Friday pickups are each delayed one day.

Minneapolis trash pickup and recycling rules

Nashville

When a collection holiday falls Tuesday through Friday, only that day’s pickup moves, to the Monday of the same week; everyone else keeps their day. A Monday holiday changes nothing, and the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve keep regular pickup. Next: Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, when Wednesday routes go on Monday, November 9.

Nashville trash pickup and recycling rules

New Bedford

New Bedford moves collection one day later for the rest of the week when one of its eleven listed holidays falls Monday through Friday: Monday routes go Tuesday and Friday routes go Saturday. Thanksgiving is the exception: Monday through Wednesday keep their days, the Thursday area is collected Friday and the Friday area on Saturday. The next holiday is Columbus Day, Monday, October 12, 2026, and Christmas Day and New Year’s Day 2027 both fall on Fridays, so only Friday routes move to Saturday. Yard waste follows the trash day. Juneteenth changes only downtown pickup.

New Bedford trash pickup and recycling rules

Newburgh

Newburgh has no garbage, recycling or bulk collection on city holidays. When a holiday falls on a Monday, Monday routes are picked up Tuesday, Tuesday routes Wednesday, there is no bulk or yard waste pickup that Wednesday, and Thursday and Friday do not change. For other holidays the city posts the changes on its homepage. Remaining 2026 city holidays: Monday, October 12; Tuesday, November 3; Wednesday, November 11; Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27; Friday, December 25. Orange County’s transfer stations close on their own list, including October 12, November 11, November 26 and December 25.

Newburgh trash pickup and recycling rules

New York City

DSNY does not collect on most federal holidays and announces each holiday’s changes about a week ahead. The 2026 notices from Presidents’ Day through Labor Day said no trash, compost or recycling that day, with that day’s material set out that evening for collection from the next day. Next: the Sanitation holiday on Monday, October 12, 2026, Italian Heritage Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day; in 2025, Monday routes ran from Tuesday. Election Day, November 3, and Veterans Day, November 11, are on the 2026 Sanitation holidays ↗ list too.

New York City trash pickup and recycling rules

Painesville

Major Waste Disposal, the city’s hauler since June 29, 2026, skips six holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. There is no trash or recycling service on the holiday, and routes from that day through Friday run one day late, with Friday’s pickup on Saturday. A holiday that falls on a Saturday changes nothing. Next: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2026, with Thursday and Friday routes one day late; the Holiday Schedule ↗ lists the rest.

Painesville trash pickup and recycling rules

Philadelphia

There is no trash or recycling pickup on City holidays, and collection runs one day behind for the rest of that week; a Sunday holiday is observed the next Monday. The twice-a-week areas get no second trash pickup in a holiday week, and the convenience centers close. Next: Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Monday, October 12, 2026, then Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, each with the rest of the week one day behind. The City’s holidays and closures ↗ page lists them.

Philadelphia trash pickup and recycling rules

Phoenix

Only Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day change collection. On other city holidays, trash and recycling run normally but both transfer stations close. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday routes go on Friday, November 27, and Friday routes on Saturday, November 28.

Phoenix trash pickup and recycling rules

Portland

Christmas Day and New Year’s Day are the only days without collection. When either falls on a weekday, pickups from the holiday on run one day late for the rest of that week, and Friday customers are served Saturday. Thanksgiving is a normal collection day. Next: Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 2026, with Friday pickups on Saturday, December 26.

Portland trash pickup and recycling rules

Raleigh

Raleigh posts each holiday’s curbside change for your address in the Raleigh Reuse app and web tool, and in city alerts shortly before the day. City offices close on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, while the Yard Waste Center stays open. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when city offices close Thursday and Friday and the Yard Waste Center closes Thursday. At the last Christmas and New Year’s Day closings, Thursday routes ran on Friday and Friday routes on Saturday.

Raleigh garbage pickup schedule and recycling rules

Saint Paul

When New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas falls on a weekday, collection on or after the holiday runs one day late for the rest of that week, and Friday moves to Saturday. The 2026 Collection Calendar ↗ marks each delayed day. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday moves to Friday, November 27, and Friday to Saturday, November 28.

Saint Paul trash pickup and recycling rules

San Antonio

San Antonio sets holiday changes by fiscal year, October to September, and posts each year’s schedule on My Collection Day ↗ by early November; customers also get a letter about Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In the 2025-26 schedule, Veterans Day and most other holidays kept the regular days, while Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s weeks moved Thursday collection to Friday and Friday collection to Saturday. The household hazardous waste and brush drop-off centers close on city holidays.

San Antonio trash pickup and recycling rules

San Diego

Only New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day change City collection: nothing is collected that day, and every route runs one day later for the rest of the week, with Friday routes on Saturday. Veterans Day brings no change, and homes served by a private hauler follow that hauler’s schedule. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday routes go on Friday, November 27, and Friday routes on Saturday, November 28; the Miramar Landfill and mattress site close that day.

San Diego trash pickup and recycling rules

San Francisco

Recology collects on every holiday except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Last season, when both fell on Thursdays, Thursday customers were served Friday and Friday customers Saturday. Next: Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 2026, with no collection; Recology’s Holiday Calendar ↗ lists the new schedule as TBD.

San Francisco trash pickup and recycling rules

San Jose

Garbage, recycling and yard trimmings are collected on every holiday except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. When one of those falls Monday to Friday, nothing is collected that day and the rest of the week runs one day later; Veterans Day brings no change. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday pickups move to Friday and Friday pickups to Saturday. The city’s Collection & Setouts ↗ page has the rules.

San Jose trash pickup and recycling rules

Seattle

There is no collection on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day or New Year’s Day. If your day falls on the holiday, pickup moves one day later, and so does every later day that week; other holidays run normally. Next: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday routes go on Friday, November 27, and Friday routes on Saturday, November 28.

Seattle trash pickup and recycling rules

Washington, DC

When a holiday falls on a collection day, trash, recycling and food waste routes move to the next day for the rest of the week, through Saturday. On twice-a-week routes after a Monday holiday, Monday and Thursday move to Tuesday and Friday, and Tuesday and Friday to Wednesday and Saturday. Next: Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Monday, October 12, 2026, when Monday routes go on Tuesday, October 13, and the rest of the week slides through Saturday. DPW’s Slide Guide ↗ covers the year.

Washington, DC trash pickup and recycling rules

Wichita

There is no citywide rule, because Wichita has no city collection: each permitted hauler sets its own holiday schedule. ICT Trash Service observes six holidays and, when one falls on a weekday, moves that day’s pickup and the rest of the week one day later, with Friday routes on Saturday; a weekend holiday changes nothing. Next for ICT customers: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, when Thursday and Friday routes move a day, then Christmas, Friday, December 25, when Friday moves to Saturday. Allen & Sons sends holiday reminders by email and text; WM, Waste Connections, Kansas Waste Recovery, Waste Services of Wichita and English Rentals customers ask their hauler. The ICT Trash holiday schedule ↗ lists 2026 and 2027.

Wichita trash pickup and hauler rules

Holiday pages