Bethlehem, PA
City of Bethlehem Recycling Bureau.
Allentown, PA
Allentown, PA trash pickup by address.
Enter an Allentown, PA street address to check trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items pickup as published by City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste.
Setting out in Allentown Allentown collects at night, so trash and recycling go out in the evening window between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. on your collection night.
Trash Day Trends · Allentown
Allentown, PA at a glance.
Allentown in the national picture, from its published rules. See the national trends.
- 2×Some homes here get trash twice a week or more
- 3Published alongside trash: recycling, yard waste, bulk items
Verified schedule
Allentown collection days, read from City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste.
Trash / garbage: Tuesday, Friday.
Recycling: Tuesday.
Yard waste: Tuesday.
Bulk / large items: Friday.
Tuesday, Friday is what one Allentown address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Allentown.
Allentown collects at night, so trash and recycling go out in the evening window between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. on your collection night.
Emptied containers and anything crews rejected have to come off the curb within 12 hours of collection.
Curbside recycling is unlimited in the City of Allentown.
Read from the official Allentown guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Allentown days differ by address.
Pickup days in Allentown depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Allentown assigns collection days.
Allentown publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste's answer for the exact address you enter.
We last checked Allentown on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Allentown's pickup days.
Local source
City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste sets Allentown's collection days.
City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste publishes trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items days for Allentown; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste in Oct 2026: trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items.
Nearby
Around Allentown: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Allentown are Bethlehem, Reading, Abington and Lower Merion. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Reading, PA
City of Reading, Pennsylvania.
Abington, PA
Abington Township Public Works Refuse Division.
Lower Merion, PA
Lower Merion Township Public Works, Refuse and Recycling Division.
Haverford Township, PA
Haverford Township Public Works, Sanitation Division. Trash routes run Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Bensalem, PA
Bensalem Township Public Works: Residential Recycling.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Allentown, PA?
It depends on your street. City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Allentown?
City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste publishes trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items for Allentown.
Local source
Verify with City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste.
The Allentown address result links City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste directly.
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- Allentown, PA
- Local source
- City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste
- Schedule
- Checked by full address
- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in Allentown
- trash
- recycling
- yard
- bulk
Allentown schedule lookup