What day is trash collected in Columbus, OH?
Columbus 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.
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH trash pickup by address.
Enter a Columbus, OH street address to check trash, recycling, organics and yard waste pickup as published by Columbus PickUp CBUS collection calendar.
Setting out in Columbus City code requires trash to be bagged and tied before it goes in the container, and only what's inside the container gets collected.
Verified schedule
Columbus collection days, read from Columbus PickUp CBUS collection calendar.
Trash / garbage: Wednesday, Sep 16; Wednesday, Sep 23; Wednesday, Sep 30; Wednesday, Oct 7.
The day above is for 1500 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43205, last checked on September 11, 2026.
Columbus collects Pink homes on one weekday that moves one day later after every city-observed holiday (no Saturday make-up); the dates above follow the city's 2026 rotating holiday schedule.
Recycling and yard waste run every other week on the same day as refuse; check the city's calendar for your week.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Columbus.
City code requires trash to be bagged and tied before it goes in the container, and only what's inside the container gets collected.
Containers must be out by 6 a.m. on collection day and removed from the collection point by early afternoon the day after.
Bulk items such as furniture are collected free, but only after you schedule a bulk collection with the city.
The city-issued container belongs to the address, not the household — if you move, it stays with the property.
Read from the official Columbus guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Columbus days differ by address.
Columbus 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.
Some Columbus 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 Columbus PickUp CBUS collection calendar and were last checked on August 17, 2026.
Local source
The source stays attached to the answer.
Columbus PickUp CBUS collection calendar 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 Aug 2026.
Before pickup
What Columbus residents should verify.
Columbus PickUp CBUS collection calendar provides address-based collection information for eligible Columbus properties.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
Why does my Columbus address show no collection day?
Columbus 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 Columbus?
Columbus PickUp CBUS collection calendar publishes trash for Columbus.
When is the next Columbus pickup?
Columbus publishes specific dates rather than a fixed weekday. The upcoming dates for the example address are Wednesday, Sep 16; Wednesday, Sep 23; Wednesday, Sep 30; Wednesday, Oct 7. Holiday weeks can shift them — Columbus PickUp CBUS collection calendar is the authority if the two disagree.
Local source
Verify with Columbus PickUp CBUS collection calendar.
The Columbus address result links Columbus PickUp CBUS collection calendar directly.
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Collection services in Columbus
- Trash / garbage
- Recycling
- Organics / compost
- Yard waste
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