Charleston, SC trash pickup by address.

Trash / garbage: Monday.

Monday is what one Charleston address returned on October 26, 2026.

Garbage containers should reach the curb no earlier than 6 p.m. the day before pickup and come off the street no later than 6 p.m. on the scheduled pickup day.

Set the container within 2 feet of the curb with the handle facing away from the curb and at least 3 feet from any obstruction.

Cardboard and other items that are not inside the green garbage cart will not be collected, for the safety of the crews.

City residential containers come in three sizes, and most customers use the 96-gallon container.

Read from the official Charleston guidance on August 23, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.

Pickup days in Charleston depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.

The example days above are read from City of Charleston Environmental Services and were last checked on October 26, 2026.

Charleston publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Charleston — Garbage Collection Areas): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.

We last checked Charleston on August 17, 2026: 8 of 8 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Charleston's pickup days.

City of Charleston Environmental Services publishes trash days for Charleston; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Charleston Environmental Services, not here.

The nearest guides to Charleston are Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Goose Creek and Summerville. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.