Severn, MD
Anne Arundel County Bureau of Waste Management Services.
Bowie, MD
Bowie, MD trash pickup by address.
Enter a Bowie, MD street address to check trash pickup as published by City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division.
Setting out in Bowie Place items for collection at the curb prior to 7 a.m., but not before 5 p.m. on the evening before your collection.
Trash Day Trends · Bowie
Bowie, MD at a glance.
Bowie in the national picture, from its published rules. See the national trends.
- 7 amCarts out byThe deadline in 48% of cities
- 2×Some homes here get trash twice a week or more
Verified schedule
Bowie collection days, read from City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division.
Trash / garbage: Tuesday, Friday.
Tuesday, Friday is what one Bowie address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Bowie.
Place items for collection at the curb prior to 7 a.m., but not before 5 p.m. on the evening before your collection.
Bulk and large trash items are collected on either of your regularly scheduled trash collection days.
Set items at the curb before 7 a.m. on your collection day, but not before 5 p.m. on the evening before.
No single container of trash may weigh more than 50 pounds.
Food waste, cooking oil, pet waste, diapers and anything else that might attract animals has to be bagged and then put inside a trash can with a lid.
Read from the official Bowie guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Bowie days differ by address.
Pickup days in Bowie depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
Some Bowie 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 Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Bowie assigns collection days.
Bowie publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Bowie): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.
We last checked Bowie on August 17, 2026: 9 of 12 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Bowie's pickup days.
Local source
City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division sets Bowie's collection days.
City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division publishes trash days for Bowie; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division in Oct 2026: trash.
Nearby
Around Bowie: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Bowie are Severn, Washington, Glen Burnie and Silver Spring. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Washington, DC
DC DPW — Find Your Collection Schedule.
Glen Burnie, MD
Anne Arundel County Bureau of Waste Management Services.
Silver Spring, MD
Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection.
Wheaton, MD
Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection.
Alexandria, VA
City of Alexandria Resource Recovery Division.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Bowie, MD?
It depends on your street. City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Why does my Bowie address show no collection day?
Bowie'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 Bowie?
City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division publishes trash for Bowie.
Local source
Verify with City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division.
The Bowie address result links City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division directly.
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- Bowie, MD
- Local source
- City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division
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- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in Bowie
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