We’re here to help you find the Mountain View trash pickup schedule for 2025 including bulk pickup, recycling, holidays, and maps.
The City of Mountain View is in California with Redwood City and Belmont to the northwest, Sunnyvale and Cupertino to the southeast.
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.
Mountain View Trash Collection Calendar 2025
For normal trash collections schedules, visit https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/departments/public-works/recycling-zero-waste/trash-recycling-services/curbside-cart-collection
Trash Pick Up Holidays
Here you can see the city-observed holidays.
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
- New Year’s Day
If your collection day falls on or after the holiday, collection will occur one day later that week. For example, for the Thanksgiving holiday, Thursday collection would be made on Friday, and Friday collection on Saturday.
Mountain View Trash Collection Map
Bulk Waste Pickup Calendar 2025
To find your bulk item pickup schedule visit: https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/departments/public-works/recycling-zero-waste/trash-recycling-services/curbside-cart-collection/bulky-items-dump-vouchers
Acceptable Items for Bulk Pickup
- Refrigerators, air conditioners, computers, televisions, household furniture, washer, dryer, water heater, couch, chair, mattress, up to 4 passenger tires, lawnmower, BBQ
- Garbage (Bag, box or bundle (50 lb. weight limit per item)
- Cardboard boxes (Flatten and tie or tape into bundles up to 3’ x 3’ in size)
- Carpet (no more than 6” in diameter) – Tie into bundles no more than 4’ long
- Consumer electronics (radios, CPUs, VCRs, printers, etc.) and small household goods (Place items in bags or boxes)
- Light construction materials (doors, windows, plastic sheds, lumber, sinks, toilets, drywall, electrical, plumbing) – Bag, box or bundle (50 lb. weight limit per item)**
- Yard trimmings (Keep cactus or palm fronds separated from other yard trimmings
- Tree branches (no more than 6” in diameter) – Tie into bundles, no more than 4’ long. No stumps.
Unacceptable Items for Bulk Pickup
- Concrete, soil, rock, and tree stumps
- Household hazardous waste (such as paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, solvents, fertilizers), creosote timbers, vehicle parts or batteries, fluorescent tube lights
- Construction materials and debris too large, heavy or dangerous for pick up service (boxes of tiles, concrete, rock, stumps, and windows)
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 Mountain View and I’m sure many of them will be able to help you out.
Recycling Collection Calendar 2025
Here’s the link to the recycling collection calendar: https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/departments/public-works/recycling-zero-waste/trash-recycling-services/curbside-cart-collection
Frequently Asked Questions
When is bulk pickup in Mountain View?
To find your bulky item pickup in your area visit: https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/departments/public-works/recycling-zero-waste/trash-recycling-services/curbside-cart-collection/bulky-items-dump-vouchers
What day is trash pickup?
To find trash pickup on your street visit: https://www.recology.com/recology-mountain-view/collection-calendar/
What time does trash collection start?
Trash collection starts at 7:00 a.m. Make sure to have your bins on the curb by then.
How can I contact the Mountain View Public Works Department?
Public Works Counter
Phone: 650-903-6311
Email: [email protected]
Address: 500 Castro Street, 1st Floor, Mountain View, CA 94041
Recology
Phone: (650) 967-3034
Did we miss anything?
Hope you were able to find everything you need for the Mountain View trash pickup schedule. We strive to provide the most up to date information so please let us know if you need anything else.
