What day is trash collected in Cedar Rapids, IA?
Cedar Rapids collects on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday — which of those is yours depends on the route covering your street, so check your address above for the exact day.
Cedar Rapids, IA
Cedar Rapids, IA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Cedar Rapids, IA street address to check trash, recycling and yard waste pickup as published by Cedar Rapids Solid Waste & Recycling.
Setting out in Cedar Rapids All containers must be out at 7 a.m. to ensure collection.
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Cedar Rapids, IA at a glance.
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- 5 daysCedar Rapids collects on five weekdays across its routes15% of cities run five
- 2Published alongside trash: recycling, yard waste
Verified schedule
Cedar Rapids collection days, read from Cedar Rapids Solid Waste & Recycling.
Trash / garbage: Monday.
Recycling: Monday.
Yard waste: Monday.
The day above is an example from one Cedar Rapids address, last checked on September 11, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Cedar Rapids.
All containers must be out at 7 a.m. to ensure collection.
Place carts behind the curb rather than in the street, with the bottoms at street-level height — not perched on a high curb or snow bank.
Leave about three feet between a cart and other objects such as other containers, telephone poles or street signs, and place carts with the arrows pointing toward the street.
The lid must be able to close; crews will not collect overfilled carts.
Read from the official Cedar Rapids guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Cedar Rapids days differ by address.
Cedar Rapids collects on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, depending on which route covers your street. Enter your address above for the day that applies to your property.
These days are read from Cedar Rapids Solid Waste & Recycling and were last checked on August 17, 2026.
Local source
The source stays attached to the answer.
Cedar Rapids Solid Waste & Recycling 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.
Which collections are published for Cedar Rapids?
Cedar Rapids Solid Waste & Recycling publishes trash, recycling and yard waste for Cedar Rapids.
Local source
Verify with Cedar Rapids Solid Waste & Recycling.
The Cedar Rapids address result links Cedar Rapids Solid Waste & Recycling directly.
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- Sep 2026
Collection services in Cedar Rapids
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