Oakland, CA
Oakland Recycles solid-waste calendar.
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Berkeley, CA street address to check trash, organics and yard waste pickup as published by City of Berkeley Zero Waste Division.
Setting out in Berkeley Place your carts at the curb by 7 a.m. on your scheduled weekly collection day.
Trash Day Trends · Berkeley, last 30 days
Tuesday and Friday are each a trash day for 40% of Berkeley homes we checked.
Monday and Tuesday tie as the busiest days to check here. See the national trends.
- 7 amCarts out byThe deadline in 48% of cities
- 2Published alongside trash: organics, yard waste
Verified schedule
Berkeley collection days, read from City of Berkeley Zero Waste Division.
Trash / garbage: Tuesday.
Organics / compost: Tuesday.
Yard waste: Tuesday.
Tuesday is what one Berkeley address returned on September 11, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Berkeley.
Place your carts at the curb by 7 a.m. on your scheduled weekly collection day.
Carts should be at least one foot apart and at least three feet from parked vehicles.
If your collection day is also street sweeping day, place carts on the parking strip instead.
Read from the official Berkeley guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Berkeley days differ by address.
Pickup days in Berkeley depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Berkeley Zero Waste Division and were last checked on September 11, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Berkeley assigns collection days.
Berkeley publishes a per-address collection calendar (Berkeley Zero Waste collection calendar) through the ReCollect service. There is no single citywide weekday to quote: each address has its own dated calendar, which is why the lookup shows upcoming dates for your property.
We last checked Berkeley on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Berkeley's pickup days.
Local source
City of Berkeley Zero Waste Division sets Berkeley's collection days.
City of Berkeley Zero Waste Division publishes trash, organics and yard waste days for Berkeley; this page last read it on September 11, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Berkeley Zero Waste Division, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Berkeley Zero Waste Division in Oct 2026: trash, organics and yard waste.
Nearby
Around Berkeley: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Berkeley are Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco and Danville. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Richmond, CA
City of Richmond (collection by Republic Services).
San Francisco, CA
Recology San Francisco.
Danville, CA
Republic Services (RecycleSmart).
Concord, CA
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery.
Brentwood, CA
City of Brentwood, CA — Engineering Department.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Berkeley, CA?
It depends on your street. City of Berkeley Zero Waste Division sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Berkeley?
City of Berkeley Zero Waste Division publishes trash, organics and yard waste for Berkeley.
Local source
Verify with City of Berkeley Zero Waste Division.
The Berkeley address result links City of Berkeley Zero Waste Division directly.
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- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in Berkeley
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