Philadelphia, PA

Trash pickup schedule

There is no single day. Philadelphia collection days follow the collection route, not the neighborhood, and two houses on the same street can differ when a route boundary runs between them. Your house number decides it.

Just the street address. We add Philadelphia for you, and we do not store it.

Philadelphia holiday collection

No collection on these days. Your own day may also move, and the lookup above says whether yours does.

  1. Mon, Oct 12, 2026Columbus Day
  2. Wed, Nov 11, 2026Veterans Day
  3. Thu, Nov 26, 2026Thanksgiving Day
  4. Fri, Nov 27, 2026Day after Thanksgiving
  5. Fri, Dec 25, 2026Christmas Day
  6. Fri, Jan 1, 2027New Year's Day
  7. Mon, Jan 18, 2027Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  8. Mon, Feb 15, 2027Presidents' Day
  9. Fri, Mar 26, 2027Good Friday
  10. Mon, May 31, 2027Memorial Day
  11. Sat, Jun 19, 2027Juneteenth
  12. Mon, Sep 6, 2027Labor Day
  13. Mon, Oct 11, 2027Columbus Day

Collection runs as normal on these, whatever the federal calendar says.

  1. Tue, Nov 3, 2026Election Day
  2. Thu, Dec 24, 2026Christmas Eve
  3. Fri, Feb 12, 2027Lincoln
  4. Fri, Apr 16, 2027Emancipation Dc
  5. Mon, Apr 19, 2027Patriots Day

About collection in Philadelphia

Philadelphia collection schedule

Philadelphia collects recycling and trash every week.

Holiday schedule changes

When a holiday falls in your collection week, there is no pickup on the holiday and every remaining day that week shifts forward by 1 day. Friday collection moves to Saturday. Philadelphia observes 13 collection-affecting holidays, which is not the same list as the federal calendar. A holiday landing on a weekend is observed on the nearest weekday, so it still moves that week. Checked against the city's own published schedule on September 7, 2026. Philadelphia also says that households on its twice-a-week collection do not receive a second collection during a holiday week. We show the regular days for those addresses, so in a holiday week treat the second one as unlikely.

Philadelphia recycling schedule

Philadelphia collects recycling every week. Your address shows the day. It goes out on the same day as your trash.

Schedule last checked September 25, 2026