Windsor, ON
City of Windsor My Collection Calendar.
Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI trash pickup by address.
Enter a Detroit, MI street address to check trash, recycling, bulk items and yard waste pickup as published by City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection.
Setting out in Detroit Your Courville container may only be at the curb from 6 p.m. the day before collection until 9 p.m. on collection day, and it cannot be stored in the front yard.
Trash Day Trends · Detroit
Detroit, MI at a glance.
Detroit in the national picture, from its published rules. See the national trends.
- Every 2 wksRecycling every other week at the example address
- 3Published alongside trash: recycling, bulk items, yard waste
Verified schedule
Detroit collection days, read from City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection.
Trash / garbage: Monday.
Recycling: Monday · every other week A.
Bulk / large items: Monday.
Yard waste: Monday.
Monday is what one Detroit address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Detroit.
Your Courville container may only be at the curb from 6 p.m. the day before collection until 9 p.m. on collection day, and it cannot be stored in the front yard.
The solid waste fee on your tax bill covers one Courville container of household waste each week, plus one container of recycling every other week.
Keep all yard waste at least 6 feet away from your trash and recycling containers, and never put it out in plastic bags, which will not be collected.
Set bulk items only in front of your own property, not in front of a vacant lot or someone else's property.
Read from the official Detroit guidance on August 22, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Detroit days differ by address.
Pickup days in Detroit depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Detroit assigns collection days.
Detroit publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection's answer for the exact address you enter.
We last checked Detroit on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Detroit's pickup days.
Local source
City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection sets Detroit's collection days.
City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection publishes trash, recycling, bulk items and yard waste days for Detroit; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection in Oct 2026: trash, recycling, bulk items and yard waste.
Nearby
Around Detroit: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Detroit are Windsor, Dearborn, Lincoln Park and Warren. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Dearborn, MI
City of Dearborn Public Works (collection by Priority Waste). Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Lincoln Park, MI
City of Lincoln Park.
Warren, MI
City of Warren Sanitation Division.
Dearborn Heights, MI
City of Dearborn Heights Sanitation Division.
Royal Oak, MI
City of Royal Oak.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Detroit, MI?
It depends on your street. City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Detroit?
City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection publishes trash, recycling, bulk items and yard waste for Detroit.
Local source
Verify with City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection.
The Detroit address result links City of Detroit Department of Public Works — Refuse Collection directly.
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- Oct 2026
Collection services in Detroit
- trash
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