Mount Prospect, IL
Village of Mount Prospect, IL. Collects Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines, IL trash pickup by address.
Enter a Des Plaines, IL street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day.
Trash Day Trends · Des Plaines
Des Plaines, IL at a glance.
Des Plaines in the national picture, from its published rules. See the national trends.
- 5 daysDes Plaines collects on five weekdays across its routes11% of cities run five
- 1Published alongside trash: recycling
Verified schedule
Des Plaines collection days, read from City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day.
Trash / garbage: Monday.
Recycling: Monday.
Monday is what one Des Plaines address returned on September 17, 2026.
Your collection day
Why Des Plaines days differ by address.
Des Plaines runs 5 collection days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; the route covering your street sets which one is yours.
These days are read from City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day and were last checked on September 17, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Des Plaines assigns collection days.
Des Plaines publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day map (City of Des Plaines Open Data Portal)): every property sits inside a route area, and each area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.
We last measured Des Plaines on September 17, 2026: 8 of 8 addresses returned an exact collection day. Across those addresses collection ran Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Local source
City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day sets Des Plaines's collection days.
City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day publishes trash and recycling days for Des Plaines; this page last read it on September 17, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day in Sep 2026: trash and recycling.
Nearby
Around Des Plaines: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Des Plaines are Mount Prospect, Park Ridge, Glenview and Arlington Heights; each sets its own routes and holiday rule at the town line.
Park Ridge, IL
City of Park Ridge IL. Collects Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Glenview, IL
Village of Glenview. Collects Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Arlington Heights, IL
Village of Arlington Heights. Collects Tuesday and Friday.
Wheeling, IL
Village of Wheeling Public Works Department. Collects Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
Downers Grove, IL
Village of Downers Grove — Waste and Recycling. Collects Thursday and Friday.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Des Plaines, IL?
Des Plaines collects on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day assigns each street one of those 5 days; the lookup above reads it for your address.
Which collections are published for Des Plaines?
City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day publishes trash and recycling for Des Plaines.
Does Des Plaines collect trash on Saturdays?
Not on a normal week. Every Des Plaines address we have checked collects Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Des Plaines has not published a holiday rule we could transcribe; its own notice says whether a holiday week moves a route to Saturday.
Local source
Verify with City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day.
The Des Plaines address result links City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day directly.
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- Des Plaines, IL
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- Page updated
- Sep 2026
Collection services in Des Plaines
- trash
- recycling
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