Ankeny, IA
City of Ankeny Trash & Recycling.
Ames, IA
Ames, IA trash pickup by address.
Enter an Ames, IA street address to check recycling pickup as published by City of Ames Recycling Pickup Days.
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Ames, IA at a glance.
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- 1Published alongside trash: recycling
Verified schedule
Ames collection days, read from City of Ames Recycling Pickup Days.
Recycling: Friday.
Friday is what one Ames address returned on November 2, 2026.
Your collection day
Finding your Ames pickup day.
Recycling days in Ames are set address by address. Enter your address above to see yours.
Some Ames addresses have no collection day in the source this lookup reads. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.
The example days above are read from City of Ames Recycling Pickup Days and were last checked on November 2, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Ames assigns collection days.
Ames publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Ames Recycling Pickup Days): each route area carries a fixed weekday for recycling; the lookup reads that area for your address.
Recycling is collected every other week. Ames collects curbside recycling on a two-week cycle (Gray and Green zone weeks). Household garbage in Ames is arranged directly with a private hauler, so the city publishes a recycling day per address but no garbage day.
We last checked Ames on September 17, 2026: 6 of 8 addresses returned a recycling day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Ames's pickup days.
Local source
Where Ames's recycling days are published: City of Ames Recycling Pickup Days.
This page reads Ames's recycling days from City of Ames Recycling Pickup Days, last on November 2, 2026. This page does not take missed-pickup reports or post service alerts.
Good to knowChecked against City of Ames Recycling Pickup Days in Nov 2026: recycling.
Nearby
Around Ames: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Ames are Ankeny, Des Moines, West Des Moines and Cedar Falls. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Des Moines, IA
City of Des Moines Public Works — Garbage Collection.
West Des Moines, IA
Metro Waste Authority, West Des Moines collection.
Cedar Falls, IA
City of Cedar Falls.
Waterloo, IA
City of Waterloo Sanitation Department.
Cedar Rapids, IA
Cedar Rapids Solid Waste & Recycling.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Ames, IA?
City of Ames Recycling Pickup Days lists only recycling days and gives no trash day. The City of Ames does not pick up household garbage: households arrange collection with one of the licensed area haulers, whose route sets the trash day.
Why does my Ames address show no collection day?
Ames's collection days are read from a route map, and not every address is on a residential route in it. An address that is not on one has no collection day here, and we say so rather than showing a day that is not yours.
Which collections are published for Ames?
Recycling days for Ames are published in City of Ames Recycling Pickup Days.
Local source
Verify with City of Ames Recycling Pickup Days.
The Ames address result links City of Ames Recycling Pickup Days directly.
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- Nov 2026
Collection services in Ames
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