Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. A working holiday on the City's 2026 list: set your cart out on your regular collection day.
Denver, CO
Denver, CO trash pickup by address.
Enter a Denver, CO street address to check trash, recycling, organics and yard waste pickup as published by Denver Trash and Recycling calendar.
Setting out in Denver Have the cart out by 6 a.m. on service day — collection can come any time through late afternoon and trucks won't return for late set-outs.
Trash Day Trends · Denver, last 30 days
Wednesday is a trash day for 42% of Denver homes we checked.
66% of checks here come the day before or the morning of trash day — most on Monday around 5 pm. See the national trends.
- −15%Checks vs last week
- 6 amCarts out byThe deadline in 34% of cities
- 100%Homes we checked with recycling on a trash day82% nationally
- 3Published alongside trash: recycling, organics, bulk items
Verified schedule
Denver collection days, read from Denver Trash and Recycling calendar.
Trash / garbage: Thursday, Nov 5; Thursday, Nov 12; Thursday, Nov 19; Thursday, Dec 3.
Recycling: Thursday, Nov 12; Thursday, Dec 10; Thursday, Dec 24; Thursday, Jan 7.
Organics / compost: Thursday, Nov 5; Thursday, Nov 12; Thursday, Nov 19; Thursday, Dec 3.
Bulk / large items: Thursday, Dec 3.
These dates are what one Denver address returned on November 2, 2026.
The official city collection calendar returned address-level pickup events.
Dates can shift around holidays; verify official alerts before putting bins out.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Denver.
Have the cart out by 6 a.m. on service day — collection can come any time through late afternoon and trucks won't return for late set-outs.
Leave two feet of clearance on each side of the cart, with its front facing the street; in alleys keep it at least four feet from fences, cars, and other obstructions.
Missed pickups are reported through 311 or Denver Utilities Online.
Read from the official Denver guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Denver days differ by address.
Pickup days in Denver depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from Denver Trash and Recycling calendar and were last checked on November 2, 2026.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in Denver for the rest of 2026.
Denver follows the most common pattern: collection slides a day after a holiday. The city's published rule: When service falls on or after an observed holiday, collection is delayed one day for the rest of that week only; Thanksgiving week instead runs a modified Monday-to-Wednesday schedule.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what the city's own calendar does in each of those weeks.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. Thanksgiving week runs a modified Monday-to-Wednesday schedule for trash and scheduled recycling only: Monday and Tuesday customers set carts out Monday, Wednesday customers Tuesday and Thursday customers Wednesday, a day early. Compost is suspended that week.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. An observed holiday, but the City's residential trash routes run Monday to Thursday, so it moves no residential pickup.
Good to knowRule transcribed from Denver Trash and Recycling calendar; that source governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How Denver assigns collection days.
Denver publishes a per-address collection calendar (Denver Trash and Recycling calendar) through the ReCollect service. There is no single citywide weekday to quote: each address has its own dated calendar, which is why the lookup shows upcoming dates for your property.
We last checked Denver on August 17, 2026: 6 of 12 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Tuesday and Wednesday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Denver's pickup days.
Local source
Where Denver's collection days are published: Denver Trash and Recycling calendar.
This page reads Denver's trash, recycling, organics and bulk items days from Denver Trash and Recycling calendar, last on November 2, 2026. This page does not take missed-pickup reports or post service alerts.
Good to knowChecked against Denver Trash and Recycling calendar in Aug 2026: trash, recycling, organics and bulk items.
Before pickup
What Denver residents should verify.
Denver Trash and Recycling calendar provides address-based collection information for eligible Denver properties.
Nearby
Around Denver: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Denver are Commerce City, Arvada, Lakewood and Aurora. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Commerce City, CO
City of Commerce City (collection by Republic Services).
Arvada, CO
City of Arvada Recycling and Trash Services.
Lakewood, CO
City of Lakewood Trash and Recycling.
Aurora, CO
City of Aurora trash and recycling guidance.
Thornton, CO
City of Thornton Environmental Services.
Westminster, CO
City of Westminster, Trash & Recycling.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Denver, CO?
It depends on your street. Each address's day is listed in Denver Trash and Recycling calendar, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Denver?
Trash, recycling, organics and bulk items days for Denver are published in Denver Trash and Recycling calendar.
When is the next Denver pickup?
The next pickups for the example address are Thursday, Nov 5; Thursday, Nov 12; Thursday, Nov 19; Thursday, Dec 3. Holiday weeks can shift them — Denver Trash and Recycling calendar is the authority if the two disagree.
What happens to Denver trash pickup in a holiday week?
Denver follows the most common pattern: collection slides a day after a holiday. When service falls on or after an observed holiday, collection is delayed one day for the rest of that week only; Thanksgiving week instead runs a modified Monday-to-Wednesday schedule.
Local source
Verify with Denver Trash and Recycling calendar.
The Denver address result links Denver Trash and Recycling calendar directly.
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