Find the City of Philadelphia trash pickup schedule for 2024 including holidays, recycling, and bulk pickup.
There may be changes to your normal collection schedule due to holidays, weather, or roadwork.
Make sure to confirm your collection schedule directly with the city.
If there’s a change to your trash collection schedule, there may also be a change to the street sweeping schedule so verify that too.
Trash Pickup Schedule 2024
The fastest and easiest way to find your trash collection schedule is to enter your street address on the city website here.
Philadelphia Trash Schedule Map
Click on the map below and enter your address to find out when your trash pickup is scheduled
Holiday Trash Schedule
After a City-observed holiday, trash and recycling collection are delayed by one day for the rest of the week. Here’s a list of the Philadelphia trash holidays:
- New Year’s Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Presidents’ Day
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Indigenous Peoples’ Day & Columbus Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
Bulk Trash Schedule
A bulk trash schedule isn’t provided by the City of Philadelphia.
If you have large items you need picked up it may be best to contact a local company like GoLoadUp.com or WeLoveJunkPhilly.com
City of Philadelphia Twitter Updates
You can stay up to date on trash & recycling schedules by following @philadelphiagov on twitter
City services will be curtailed on Friday, April 7, in observance of the Good Friday holiday. There will be no trash and recycling collections. Friday's materials will be collected on Saturday, April 8 https://t.co/nj1tlkwsmh. pic.twitter.com/xiM466Q56y
— philastreets (@PhilaStreets) April 6, 2024
Frequently Asked Questions
To find your trash collection visit this city website and enter your address.
Trash pickup in Philly usually starts at 6 am and goes throughout the day.
Most trash schedules run as normal unless there’s a federal or state holiday during the week.
Did we miss anything?
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Is trash and recycling picked up in Philadelphia on black Friday if your regular pickup is Thursday Thanksgiving?
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed on Monday, January 16th, 2023.
For those with a Monday pick-up, do we put our trash out on Tuesday or Wednesday?
Trash pickup is pushed back 1 day. For those with Monday pick-up, trash will be collected on Tuesday.
Is there trash pickup today?
Trash pickup is delayed 1 day this week due to Columbus Day & Indigenous Peoples Day (Oct 9th) so if your pickup day is today then collection will be tomorrow.