Columbus / Indigenous Peoples' Day — Monday, October 12
Falls on a Monday. Not one of the agreement's three holidays, so collection runs as normal.
Hayward, CA
Hayward, CA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Hayward, CA street address to check trash pickup for that property.
Verified schedule
Hayward collection days, read from WM's address records.
Trash / garbage: Friday.
Friday is what one Hayward address returned on October 8, 2026.
Your collection day
Why Hayward days differ by address.
Pickup days in Hayward depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from WM's address records and were last checked on October 8, 2026.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in Hayward for the rest of 2026.
Hayward runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. The City's published rule: There is no garbage collection on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. When one falls on a weekday, collection resumes the day after and runs one day late for the rest of that week: if Thursday is the holiday, Thursday's collections are made on Friday and Friday's on Saturday.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what the City's published schedule means for each of those weeks.
Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. Not one of the agreement's three holidays, so collection runs as normal.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. Thursday's collections are made on Friday, and Friday's on Saturday.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. Friday's collections are made on Saturday, December 26.
Good to knowRule transcribed from Franchise Agreement between the City of Hayward and Waste Management of Alameda County (2023-2033); that source governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How Hayward assigns collection days.
WM (Waste Management of Alameda County) collects garbage in Hayward under the City of Hayward's franchise agreement with it; for recycling, the City's page sends residents to Tri-CED Community Recycling. The day on this page comes from WM's own record for the address: the lookup above asks WM's pickup schedule for the exact address you enter and gives the weekly garbage day on that record. Some addresses have no residential record with WM (WM finds no account there, or no active residential one), and those get no day here rather than a guess; when WM's lookup does not respond, the lookup says so and gives no day.
We last checked Hayward on October 8, 2026: 4 of 8 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Hayward's pickup days.
Local source
WM keeps Hayward's collection days on each address's record.
This page reads Hayward's trash days from WM's address records, last on October 8, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Hayward (collection by WM), not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Hayward (collection by WM) in Oct 2026: trash.
Nearby
Around Hayward: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Hayward are Union City, Dublin, San Ramon and Fremont. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Union City, CA
City of Union City.
Dublin, CA
City of Dublin (collection by Amador Valley Industries).
San Ramon, CA
City of San Ramon Public Works.
Fremont, CA
Republic Services Fremont.
Danville, CA
Republic Services (RecycleSmart).
Oakland, CA
Oakland Recycles solid-waste calendar.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Hayward, CA?
It depends on your street. WM keeps the collection day on each address's own record, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Hayward?
WM keeps the trash day on each Hayward address's own record, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
What happens to Hayward trash pickup in a holiday week?
Hayward runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. There is no garbage collection on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. When one falls on a weekday, collection resumes the day after and runs one day late for the rest of that week: if Thursday is the holiday, Thursday's collections are made on Friday and Friday's on Saturday.
Local source
Verify with City of Hayward (collection by WM).
When WM's record gives a day, the Hayward address result links WM's Hayward page; the link here goes to City of Hayward (collection by WM).
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- Oct 2026
Collection services in Hayward
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