What day is trash collected in Bowie, MD?
Bowie collects on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday — which of those is yours depends on the route covering your street, so check your address above for the exact day.
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.
- 4 daysBowie collects on four weekdays across its routes44% of cities run four
- 7 amCarts out byThe deadline in 47% of cities
- 2×Trash twice a week
Verified schedule
Bowie collection days, read from City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division.
Trash / garbage: Tuesday, Friday.
The day above is an example from one Bowie address, last checked on September 11, 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.
Bowie collects on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, depending on which route covers your street. Enter your address above for the day that applies to your property.
Some Bowie properties are not on city collection at all — apartments, businesses and streets served by a private hauler. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.
These days are read from City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division and were last checked on August 17, 2026.
Local source
The source stays attached to the answer.
City of Bowie Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division publishes the collection information behind this page. TrashDayNow is independent of the city, so rely on that source for service alerts, cart standards, and missed-pickup reporting.
Good to knowPage information was last checked Sep 2026.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
Why does my Bowie address show no collection day?
Bowie runs city collection for most homes, and we tell you when yours is not one of them. Apartments, commercial sites and some streets are served by a private hauler under contract instead, and for those the day comes from your hauler rather than the city — 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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- Sep 2026
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