What day is trash collected in Costa Mesa, CA?
Costa Mesa 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.
Costa Mesa, CA
Costa Mesa, CA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Costa Mesa, CA street address to check trash pickup as published by Costa Mesa Sanitary District.
Setting out in Costa Mesa Carts may go out no earlier than 5 p.m. the evening before and must be at the curb by 7 a.m. on collection day.
Trash Day Trends · Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa, CA at a glance.
Costa Mesa in the national picture, from its published rules. See the national trends.
- 5 daysCosta Mesa collects on five weekdays across its routes15% of cities run five
- 7 amCarts out byThe deadline in 47% of cities
Verified schedule
Costa Mesa collection days, read from Costa Mesa Sanitary District.
Trash / garbage: Tuesday.
The day above is an example from one Costa Mesa address, last checked on September 11, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Costa Mesa.
Carts may go out no earlier than 5 p.m. the evening before and must be at the curb by 7 a.m. on collection day.
The District runs no routes at all on its observed holidays, and every remaining pickup that week is pushed back by one day.
Carts can go out at the curb or in the alley no earlier than 5 p.m. the evening before collection.
Each cart should sit with its wheels and handle turned toward the residence.
Stand the carts side by side about one foot apart, and at least three feet from parked cars, a fire hydrant or a bicycle.
Read from the official Costa Mesa guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Costa Mesa days differ by address.
Costa Mesa 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.
In Costa Mesa, residents at 1 home have confirmed their collection day matched (last report August 20, 2026).
Some Costa Mesa 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 Costa Mesa Sanitary District and were last checked on August 17, 2026.
Local source
The source stays attached to the answer.
Costa Mesa Sanitary District 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.
Why does my Costa Mesa address show no collection day?
Costa Mesa 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 Costa Mesa?
Costa Mesa Sanitary District publishes trash for Costa Mesa.
Local source
Verify with Costa Mesa Sanitary District.
The Costa Mesa address result links Costa Mesa Sanitary District directly.
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