Covington, KY
City of Covington Solid Waste & Recycling.
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH trash pickup by address.
Enter a Cincinnati, OH street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services.
Setting out in Cincinnati Carts should be at the curb no later than 6 a.m. on collection day and no earlier than 5 p.m. the previous day.
Trash Day Trends · Cincinnati, last 30 days
Wednesday is a trash day for 40% of Cincinnati homes we checked.
83% of checks here come the day before or the morning of trash day — most on Monday and Tuesday. See the national trends.
- +140%Checks vs last week
- 6 amCarts out byThe deadline in 34% of cities
- 100%Homes we checked with recycling on a trash day83% nationally
- Every 2 wksRecycling every other week at the example address
- 1Published alongside trash: recycling
Verified schedule
Cincinnati collection days, read from City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services.
Trash / garbage: Wednesday, October 28, 2026; Wednesday, November 4, 2026; Thursday, November 12, 2026.
Recycling: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · GREEN week.
These dates are what one Cincinnati address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Cincinnati.
Carts should be at the curb no later than 6 a.m. on collection day and no earlier than 5 p.m. the previous day.
Carts have to be pulled back off the curb by midnight on the day of collection.
Households granted a cart exemption may set out up to eight heavy-duty 3-mil plastic bags, each weighing under 25 pounds when full.
Read from the official Cincinnati guidance on August 23, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Cincinnati days differ by address.
Pickup days in Cincinnati depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Cincinnati assigns collection days.
Cincinnati publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services' answer for the exact address you enter.
We last checked Cincinnati on August 17, 2026: 11 of 12 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Cincinnati's pickup days.
Local source
City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services sets Cincinnati's collection days.
City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services publishes trash and recycling days for Cincinnati; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services in Oct 2026: trash and recycling.
Nearby
Around Cincinnati: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Cincinnati are Covington, Fairfield, Hamilton and Middletown. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Fairfield, OH
City of Fairfield (collection by Rumpke).
Hamilton, OH
City of Hamilton.
Middletown, OH
City of Middletown Public Works.
Kettering, OH
City of Kettering, Ohio.
Dayton, OH
City of Dayton Public Works, Waste Collection.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Cincinnati, OH?
It depends on your street. City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Cincinnati?
City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services publishes trash and recycling for Cincinnati.
When is the next Cincinnati pickup?
The next pickups for the example address are Wednesday, October 28, 2026; Wednesday, November 4, 2026; Thursday, November 12, 2026. Holiday weeks can shift them — City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services is the authority if the two disagree.
Local source
Verify with City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services.
The Cincinnati address result links City of Cincinnati Department of Public Services directly.
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- Oct 2026
Collection services in Cincinnati
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