Cambridge, MA
City of Cambridge Department of Public Works.
Boston, MA
Boston, MA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Boston, MA street address to check trash, recycling, organics and yard waste pickup as published by Boston Trash and Recycling Day Schedule.
Setting out in Boston Trash may go out after 5 p.m. the evening before pickup, and it must be in lidded barrels with everything fitting inside.
Trash Day Trends · Boston, last 30 days
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday are each a trash day for 50% of Boston homes we checked.
Monday is the busiest day to check here. See the national trends.
- 5 daysBoston's trash routes run on five weekdays67% of the 83 cities whose full route map we have read run five
- 2×Some homes here get trash twice a week or more
Verified schedule
Boston collection days, read from Boston Trash and Recycling Day Schedule.
Trash / garbage: Thursday.
Thursday is what one Boston address returned on October 26, 2026.
Boston Trash and Recycling Day Schedule publishes the collection weekday for this address but not the frequency; confirm cadence with the city.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Boston.
Trash may go out after 5 p.m. the evening before pickup, and it must be in lidded barrels with everything fitting inside.
If you set out bags instead of barrels, the city requires heavy-duty bags — 2-ply or at least 0.9 millimeter plastic.
Missed pickups and other trash issues are handled through Boston 311.
Read from the official Boston guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Boston days differ by address.
Boston's trash routes run on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and some streets are collected more than once a week. That list comes from City of Boston trash collection districts, read in full on September 28, 2026. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from Boston Trash and Recycling Day Schedule and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Boston assigns collection days.
Boston publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Boston Public Works Department — Trash Collection Days): each route area carries fixed weekdays (two a week in some areas) for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address and turns the city's route codes into plain weekdays.
We last checked Boston on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day.
Local source
Where Boston's collection days are published: Boston Trash and Recycling Day Schedule.
This page reads Boston's trash days from Boston Trash and Recycling Day Schedule, last on October 26, 2026. This page does not take missed-pickup reports or post service alerts.
Good to knowChecked against Boston Trash and Recycling Day Schedule in Aug 2026: trash.
Before pickup
What Boston residents should verify.
Boston Trash and Recycling Day Schedule provides address-based collection information for eligible Boston properties.
Nearby
Around Boston: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Boston are Cambridge, Somerville, Everett and Brookline. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Somerville, MA
City of Somerville Department of Public Works.
Everett, MA
City of Everett. Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Brookline, MA
Town of Brookline collection calendar.
Revere, MA
City of Revere Department of Public Works.
Malden, MA
City of Malden Department of Public Works.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Boston, MA?
Boston's trash routes run on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and some streets are collected more than once a week (City of Boston trash collection districts, read September 28, 2026). The day for your home depends on your street; enter your address above to see it.
Which collections are published for Boston?
Trash days for Boston are published in Boston Trash and Recycling Day Schedule.
Does Boston collect trash on Saturdays?
Not on a normal week: none of Boston's trash routes runs on a Saturday (City of Boston trash collection districts, read September 28, 2026). We have not transcribed Boston's holiday rule yet; the city's own notice says whether a holiday week moves a route to Saturday.
Local source
Verify with Boston Trash and Recycling Day Schedule.
The Boston address result links Boston Trash and Recycling Day Schedule directly.
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Collection services in Boston
- Trash / garbage
- Recycling
- Organics / compost
- Yard waste
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