Delano, CA
City of Delano Refuse & Recycling (STRR franchise).
Bakersfield, CA
Bakersfield, CA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Bakersfield, CA street address to check trash, recycling, organics and yard waste pickup as published by City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division.
Setting out in Bakersfield Carts should be at the curb for service by 6 a.m. on your assigned collection day.
Trash Day Trends · Bakersfield, last 30 days
Thursday is a trash day for 30% of Bakersfield homes we checked.
38% of checks here come the day before or the morning of trash day — most on Monday around 9 am. See the national trends.
- −35%Checks vs last week
- 6 amCarts out byThe deadline in 34% of cities
- 9%Homes we checked with recycling on a trash day83% nationally
- 3Published alongside trash: recycling, organics, yard waste
Verified schedule
Bakersfield collection days, read from City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division.
Trash / garbage: Thursday.
Recycling: Monday.
Organics / compost: Monday.
Yard waste: Monday.
Thursday is what one Bakersfield address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Bakersfield.
Carts should be at the curb for service by 6 a.m. on your assigned collection day.
Face carts toward the street or alley with the handle side away from the street, and leave at least four feet of space around each cart.
Households are provided a 96-gallon garbage cart, a 96-gallon blue recycling cart and a 64-gallon green organics cart.
Read from the official Bakersfield guidance on August 23, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Bakersfield days differ by address.
Pickup days in Bakersfield depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Bakersfield assigns collection days.
Bakersfield publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division's answer for the exact address you enter.
We last checked Bakersfield on August 17, 2026: 12 of 12 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Bakersfield's pickup days.
Local source
City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division sets Bakersfield's collection days.
City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division publishes trash, recycling, organics and yard waste days for Bakersfield; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division in Oct 2026: trash, recycling, organics and yard waste.
Nearby
Around Bakersfield: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Bakersfield are Delano, Porterville, Tulare and Visalia. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Porterville, CA
City of Porterville Public Works, Solid Waste (Refuse) Division. Trash routes run Thursday and Friday.
Tulare, CA
City of Tulare Solid Waste & Recycling.
Visalia, CA
City of Visalia.
Lancaster, CA
WM (Waste Management).
Santa Clarita, CA
Burrtec Waste Industries.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Bakersfield, CA?
It depends on your street. City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Bakersfield?
City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division publishes trash, recycling, organics and yard waste for Bakersfield.
Local source
Verify with City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division.
The Bakersfield address result links City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division directly.
Open local source (opens in a new tab)- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
- Local source
- City of Bakersfield Public Works, Solid Waste Division
- Schedule
- Checked by full address
- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in Bakersfield
- trash
- recycling
- organics
- yard
Bakersfield schedule lookup