We’re here to help you find the Cedar Park trash pickup schedule for 2023 including bulk pickup, recycling, holidays, and maps.
The City of Cedar Park is in Texas with Georgetown and Leander to the north, Austin to the south, Round Rock to the east.
If there’s a change to your normal trash collection schedule then there’s a good chance your street sweeping schedule has changed too so make sure to check for updates.
Cedar Park Trash Collection Calendar 2023
For normal trash collections schedules, visit https://www.cedarparktexas.gov/305/Residential-Collection
Trash Pick Up Holidays
Here you can see the city-observed holidays.
For the week of the Christmas holiday, normal trash and recycling will be picked up on Monday and Tuesday, December 23 and 24. Trash and recycling will not be picked up on December 25 (Christmas Day). It will slide one day Wednesday (Christmas Day) through Friday. So if your regular scheduled day is Wednesday, December 25 it will be picked up Thursday; if your regular scheduled day is Friday it will be picked up Saturday.
Please note: During Thursday, December 26 – Tuesday, December 31, both A & B week recycling will be picked up.
City offices will be closed Wednesday, January 1 in observance of New Year’s Day.
For the week of the New Year’s Day holiday, normal trash and recycling will be picked up on Monday and Tuesday, December 30 and 31. Trash and recycling will not be picked up on January 1 (New Year’s Day). It will slide one day Wednesday through Friday. So if your regular scheduled day is Wednesday, January 1 it will be picked up Thursday; if your regular scheduled day is Friday it will be picked up Saturday.
Cedar Park Trash Collection Map

Bulk Waste Pickup Calendar 2023
To find your bulk item pickup schedule visit: https://www.cedarparktexas.gov/276/Bulk-Trash for find the collection day for your bulk waste.
Acceptable Items for Bulk Pickup
- Washers/dryers
- Stoves
- Mattresses
- Refrigerant-free refrigerators (door removed)
- Freezers and air conditioners tagged by a licensed refrigerant technician (tag certifies that refrigerant has been removed)
- Tree, shrub and brush trimmings no longer than 4 feet in length, no more than 4 inches in diameter, and 40 pounds in weight and must be bundled and tied.
- Fencing material is accepted but must have nails removed, be bundled and tied, be no longer than 4 feet and weigh no more than 40 pounds
- Cardboard that will not fit in the blue recycling cart bundled and placed next to green trash cart
Unacceptable Items for Bulk Pickup
- Absolutely no hazardous materials of any kind can be accepted for pick up
- Household hazardous waste
- Construction material
- Televisions
- Tires
- Dirt
- Rocks
- Concrete
- Batteries
- Roofing shingles
- Ammunition
- Explosives
- Compressed gasses and propane tanks
- Wet cardboard/paper/paper bags cannot be collected
- Any construction debris
Have bulky items the city won’t pick up? You need a junk removal service.
If you have large items that the city won’t take from you, you may need to hire a junk removal service.
Junk removal services are not be as picky about the items they’re collecting so if the city won’t take the item, this may be your best bet. There’s usually a fee involved with junk removal but most companies can tell you ahead of time approximately what it’s going to cost.
There are a number of junk removal services in Cedar Park and I’m sure many of them will be able to help you out.
Recycling Collection Calendar 2023
Here’s the link to the recycling collection calendar: https://www.cedarparktexas.gov/305/Residential-Collection
Frequently Asked Questions
When is bulk pickup in Cedar Park?
To find your bulky item pickup in your area visit: https://www.cedarparktexas.gov/276/Bulk-Trash
What day is trash pickup?
To find trash pickup on your street visit: https://www.cedarparktexas.gov/305/Residential-Collection
What time does trash collection start?
Trash collection starts at 7 a.m. Make sure to have your bins on the curb by then.
How can I contact the Cedar Park Public Works Department?
Cedar Park’s solid waste pickup provider is Central Texas Refuse (CTR).
Call CTR at 512-243-2833
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