Hoover, AL
City of Hoover.
Birmingham, AL
Birmingham, AL trash pickup by address.
Enter a Birmingham, AL street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services.
Setting out in Birmingham Place bulk trash out by 6 a.m. on your collection day.
Trash Day Trends · Birmingham, last 30 days
Birmingham, AL at a glance.
Wednesday is the busiest day to check here. See the national trends.
- Every 2 wksRecycling every other week at the example address
- 1Published alongside trash: recycling
Verified schedule
Birmingham collection days, read from City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services.
Trash / garbage: Tuesday.
Recycling: Tuesday · Schedule 1 alternating recycling week.
Tuesday is what one Birmingham address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Birmingham.
Place bulk trash out by 6 a.m. on your collection day.
Recycling is collected every other week on the same day as household trash.
The city takes complaints about illegal dumping or missed bulk trash pickups.
Read from the official Birmingham guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Birmingham days differ by address.
Pickup days in Birmingham depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Birmingham assigns collection days.
Birmingham publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services' answer for the exact address you enter.
We last checked Birmingham on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Birmingham's pickup days.
Local source
City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services sets Birmingham's collection days.
City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services publishes trash and recycling days for Birmingham; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services in Oct 2026: trash and recycling.
Nearby
Around Birmingham: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Birmingham are Hoover, Tuscaloosa, Decatur and Madison. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Tuscaloosa, AL
City of Tuscaloosa Environmental Services.
Decatur, AL
City of Decatur Solid Waste Department.
Madison, AL
City of Madison, Garbage and Trash Service.
Huntsville, AL
City of Huntsville Sanitation Department.
Montgomery, AL
City of Montgomery Sanitation Department.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Birmingham, AL?
It depends on your street. City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Birmingham?
City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services publishes trash and recycling for Birmingham.
Local source
Verify with City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services.
The Birmingham address result links City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services directly.
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- Birmingham, AL
- Local source
- City of Birmingham Department of Public Works Waste Services
- Schedule
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- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in Birmingham
- trash
- recycling
Birmingham schedule lookup