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Dated changes to US trash and recycling collection, each checked against the city or hauler’s own notice.
NYC trash collection paused on October 12, 2026
NYC skipped trash, compost and recycling on October 12; Monday material begins moving Tuesday.
Columbus trash pickup moves a day for Indigenous Peoples Day
No Columbus trash pickup on Monday, October 12; color routes rotate a day, while recycling and yard waste stay put.
Benbrook trash rate drops to $16.60 with Best Trash in 2027
Best Trash replaces Republic Services on January 1, 2027, at $16.60 a month; bags stay and collection days are redrawn.
Evesham October bulk pickup: zones and set-out deadlines
Zones 3 and 4 collect October 13–16, but the township's set-out deadline is Monday, October 12.
Fort Worth garbage rates rise to $16.50–$30.90 a month
Fort Worth's new monthly garbage rates run from $16.50 for a 32-gallon cart to $30.90 for a 96-gallon cart.
Copperas Cove Columbus Day Trash Schedule: October 12–16
Copperas Cove closes its transfer station October 12; residential collection moves to October 13–16.
Ann Arbor opens locked food scrap drop-off bins
Ann Arbor's three locked food scrap bins open to approved multi-family residents who apply online.
Moline leaf collection 2026: vacuuming starts October 12
Leaf vacuuming runs October 12 to December 11, and yard waste bags need no sticker in that window.
Coppell trash carts start October 1: bags go inside the cart
Coppell switches to city-issued trash carts on October 1, 2026; bags left outside the cart will not be picked up.
Raleigh leaf collection: vacuum trucks gone, yard waste weekly
Raleigh ended curbside leaf vacuuming; since September 8, 2026, leaves go in the yard cart or paper bags, weekly.
Waco trash rate rises to $22.34 a month from October 1
Base pickup now costs $22.34 a month, grass and leaves go in the gray cart, and some routes change October 5.
Upper Arlington leaf collection starts week of October 19
Curbside leaf pickup runs from the week of October 19 through the week of December 7. Leaves go out from October 10.
Gainesville garbage day changes October 5 for 65% of homes
About 65% of Gainesville homes get a new pickup day on October 5; unincorporated Alachua County changes October 1.
Joplin trash cart rules take effect October 2026
Joplin's new Republic Services contract starts Oct. 1: one trash cart, separate yard waste, bulky pickups by call.
Shelby County garbage rates rise October 1 for WM customers
Shelby County, Alabama garbage rates go up 4.7% on October 1; the basic weekly cart goes to $26.05 a month.
New Bedford food scrap pickup program starts September 25
Enrollment is open for a paid, opt-in curbside food scrap service in New Bedford; first pickup is September 25.
Honolulu's G.R.O.W. pilot puts food scraps in the green compost cart
Honolulu's G.R.O.W. pilot lets six neighborhoods put food scraps in the green compost cart.
Knoxville trash pickup day change starts October 5, 2026
About 19,000 Knoxville households get a new recycling day and 2,800 a new garbage day on October 5.
Nashville's Tuesday-Friday pickup still stands after the 2026 change
Metro Nashville Waste Services moved residential trash and recycling off Monday routes on February 2, 2026.
Fort Walton Beach twice-weekly trash pickup starts October 5
Fort Walton Beach adds a second weekly trash day on October 5, 2026; recycling may move to a new day.
NYC's official trash bin rule is now fined, from September 8, 2026
DSNY started fining 1-to-9-unit buildings that set trash out without an official NYC Bin on September 8, 2026.
Lafayette, Louisiana: permanent trash collection day change
About 7,000 Lafayette-area households got a new collection day the week of August 3, 2026, in a route rebalance.
Glendora trash rate increase 2026 and a 3-container rule
Glendora homes pay 5% more from July 1, 2026; businesses and apartments get a $23.05 yearly fee and three containers.
Painesville, Ohio switched trash haulers to Major Waste
Painesville's trash hauler is now Major Waste, after a 6-0 council vote dropped Republic Services.