Columbus / Indigenous Peoples' Day — Monday, October 12
Falls on a Monday. Not on EDCO's holiday list, so collection runs on your regular day.
El Cajon, CA
El Cajon, CA trash pickup by address.
Enter an El Cajon, CA street address to check trash, recycling and yard waste pickup as published by EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector).
Verified schedule
El Cajon collection days, read from EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector).
Trash / garbage: Friday.
Recycling: Friday.
Yard waste: Friday.
Friday is what one El Cajon address returned on October 7, 2026.
Your collection day
Why El Cajon days differ by address.
Pickup days in El Cajon depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector) and were last checked on October 7, 2026.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in El Cajon for the rest of 2026.
El Cajon runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. EDCO's published rule: EDCO does not collect on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. When one of these falls on a weekday, pickups on and after the holiday run one day late for the rest of that week (Friday moves to Saturday); earlier days are unchanged. On other holidays, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Cesar Chavez Day and Veterans Day, collection is on the regular day.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what EDCO's published schedule means for each of those weeks.
Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. EDCO collects on Veterans Day: set carts out on your regular day.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. EDCO's 2026 table: a one-day delay for Thursday and Friday customers only, so Thursday pickups move to Friday and Friday pickups to Saturday.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. EDCO's 2026 table: a one-day delay for Friday customers only, so Friday pickups move to Saturday, December 26.
Good to knowRule transcribed from EDCO City of El Cajon service schedules (holiday schedule); that source governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How El Cajon assigns collection days.
EDCO, the City of El Cajon's collector, publishes a collection-day lookup for its El Cajon residential customers, and the lookup above reads EDCO's answer for the exact address you enter. There is no single citywide weekday. Many homes with an El Cajon mailing address are in unincorporated San Diego County (Bostonia, Granite Hills, Rancho San Diego, Crest, Dehesa and Harbison Canyon), which the City does not serve; those homes are on County franchise service.
We last checked El Cajon on October 7, 2026: 6 of 8 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of El Cajon's pickup days.
Local source
EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector) sets El Cajon's collection days.
EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector) publishes trash, recycling and yard waste days for El Cajon; this page last read them on October 7, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector), not here.
Good to knowChecked against EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector) in Oct 2026: trash, recycling and yard waste.
Nearby
Around El Cajon: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to El Cajon are La Mesa, Santee, National City and San Diego. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
La Mesa, CA
City of La Mesa.
Santee, CA
City of Santee (collection by WM).
National City, CA
EDCO National City (the City's contractor).
San Diego, CA
City of San Diego Environmental Services.
Chula Vista, CA
City of Chula Vista.
Del Mar, CA
City of Del Mar (collection by EDCO).
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in El Cajon, CA?
It depends on your street. EDCO's El Cajon lookup gives each residential address its collection day, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for El Cajon?
EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector) publishes trash, recycling and yard waste for El Cajon.
What happens to El Cajon trash pickup in a holiday week?
El Cajon runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. EDCO does not collect on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. When one of these falls on a weekday, pickups on and after the holiday run one day late for the rest of that week (Friday moves to Saturday); earlier days are unchanged. On other holidays, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Cesar Chavez Day and Veterans Day, collection is on the regular day.
Local source
Verify with EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector).
The El Cajon address result links EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector) directly.
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- El Cajon, CA
- Local source
- EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector)
- Schedule
- Checked by full address
- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in El Cajon
- trash
- recycling
- yard
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