Cheektowaga, NY
Town of Cheektowaga Sanitation Department.
Buffalo, NY
Buffalo, NY trash pickup by address.
Enter a Buffalo, NY street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation.
Setting out in Buffalo Garbage must be in a city-issued tote.
Trash Day Trends · Buffalo, last 30 days
Wednesday is a trash day for 33% of Buffalo homes we checked.
55% of checks here come the day before or the morning of trash day — most on Monday around 8 pm. See the national trends.
- −35%Checks vs last week
- 100%Homes we checked with recycling on a trash day83% nationally
- 1Published alongside trash: recycling
Verified schedule
Buffalo collection days, read from City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation.
Trash / garbage: Monday.
Recycling: Monday.
Monday is what one Buffalo address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Buffalo.
Garbage must be in a city-issued tote.
Bulk trash is collected on your regular collection day, and yard debris counts as bulk trash when it is placed in clear bags.
Carpet must be in 4-foot sections, and one couch plus one 4-foot bundle of tree branches counts as two pieces of bulk trash.
Televisions and computers are not allowed to be disposed of curbside; e-waste must be taken to 1120 Seneca Street.
Read from the official Buffalo guidance on August 23, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Buffalo days differ by address.
Pickup days in Buffalo depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Buffalo assigns collection days.
Buffalo publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation's answer for the exact address you enter.
We last checked Buffalo on October 3, 2026: 8 of 8 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Buffalo's pickup days.
Local source
City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation sets Buffalo's collection days.
City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation publishes trash and recycling days for Buffalo; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation in Oct 2026: trash and recycling.
Nearby
Around Buffalo: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Buffalo are Cheektowaga, Amherst, Tonawanda and Niagara Falls. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Amherst, NY
Town of Amherst Highway Department, Refuse Control.
Tonawanda, NY
Town of Tonawanda Highway Department.
Niagara Falls, ON
Niagara Region.
Welland, ON
Niagara Region.
St. Catharines, ON
Niagara Region.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Buffalo, NY?
It depends on your street. City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Buffalo?
City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation publishes trash and recycling for Buffalo.
Local source
Verify with City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation.
The Buffalo address result links City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation directly.
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- Buffalo, NY
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- City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets & Sanitation
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- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in Buffalo
- trash
- recycling
Buffalo schedule lookup