Rio Rancho, NM
City of Rio Rancho Trash and Recycling FAQ.
Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque, NM trash pickup by address.
Enter an Albuquerque, NM street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department.
Setting out in Albuquerque Carts go out by 7 am and must come off the street within 24 hours.
Trash Day Trends · Albuquerque, last 30 days
Wednesday is a trash day for 50% of Albuquerque homes we checked.
Tuesday is the busiest day to check here. See the national trends.
- +400%Checks vs last week
- 100%Homes we checked with recycling on a trash day83% nationally
- 1Published alongside trash: recycling
Verified schedule
Albuquerque collection days, read from City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department.
Trash / garbage: Wednesday.
Recycling: Wednesday.
Wednesday is what one Albuquerque address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Albuquerque.
Carts go out by 7 am and must come off the street within 24 hours.
Carts are placed in the street with wheels and handles toward the curb, keeping at least five feet clear of other carts, mailboxes, fire hydrants, parked cars, and low-hanging trees.
Only a handful of major holidays delay collection, each by a single day.
Read from the official Albuquerque guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Albuquerque days differ by address.
Pickup days in Albuquerque depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Albuquerque assigns collection days.
Albuquerque publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.
Trash and recycling are collected weekly. Six neighborhoods are in an every-other-week recycling pilot that began September 28, 2026; recycling there is collected every other week.
We last checked Albuquerque on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Albuquerque's pickup days.
Local source
City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department sets Albuquerque's collection days.
City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department publishes trash and recycling days for Albuquerque; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department in Oct 2026: trash and recycling.
Nearby
Around Albuquerque: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Albuquerque are Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Las Cruces and El Paso. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Santa Fe, NM
City of Santa Fe Environmental Services Division.
Las Cruces, NM
Las Cruces Utilities, Solid Waste (City of Las Cruces).
El Paso, TX
City of El Paso.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Albuquerque, NM?
It depends on your street. City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Albuquerque?
City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department publishes trash and recycling for Albuquerque.
Local source
Verify with City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department.
The Albuquerque address result links City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department directly.
Open local source (opens in a new tab)- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
- Local source
- City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department
- Schedule
- Checked by full address
- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in Albuquerque
- trash
- recycling
Albuquerque schedule lookup