Pasadena, TX
City of Pasadena (Frontier Waste Solutions and City crews). Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Houston, TX
Houston, TX trash pickup by address.
Enter a Houston, TX street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by Houston Solid Waste collection calendar.
Setting out in Houston Garbage carts go out between 6 p.m. the evening before and 6 a.m. on collection day, and must be stored away again by 10 p.m. that night.
Trash Day Trends · Houston, last 30 days
Tuesday is a trash day for 33% of Houston homes we checked.
55% of checks here come the day before or the morning of trash day — most on Monday around 10 am. See the national trends.
- +15%Checks vs last week
Verified schedule
Houston collection days, read from Houston Solid Waste collection calendar.
Trash / garbage: Thursday.
Thursday is what one Houston address returned on October 26, 2026.
This address falls inside a published municipal collection-day layer, which returns this day for this exact location.
The layer is the operator's own published boundary; holiday shifts should still be checked with the local authority.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Houston.
Garbage carts go out between 6 p.m. the evening before and 6 a.m. on collection day, and must be stored away again by 10 p.m. that night.
Keep carts at least three feet from mailboxes, vehicles, trees, and other containers — blocked or inaccessible carts are not serviced.
Place the city-issued cart at the curb between 6:00 p.m. the day before and 6:00 a.m. on your collection day.
Carts have to come off the curb and be stored in a secure location by 10:00 p.m. on collection day.
Keep carts at least 3 feet away from obstacles such as mailboxes, vehicles, trees or other containers.
Read from the official Houston guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Houston days differ by address.
Pickup days in Houston depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
Some Houston addresses have no collection day in the source this lookup reads. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.
The example days above are read from Houston Solid Waste collection calendar and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Houston assigns collection days.
Houston publishes its collection routes as a map: each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address and turns the city's route codes into plain weekdays.
We last checked Houston on August 17, 2026: 7 of 12 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 Houston's pickup days.
Local source
Where Houston's collection days are published: Houston Solid Waste collection calendar.
This page reads Houston's trash days from Houston Solid Waste collection calendar, last on October 26, 2026. This page does not take missed-pickup reports or post service alerts.
Good to knowChecked against Houston Solid Waste collection calendar in Aug 2026: trash.
Before pickup
What Houston residents should verify.
Houston Solid Waste collection calendar provides address-based collection information for eligible Houston properties.
Nearby
Around Houston: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Houston are Pasadena, Pearland, Missouri City and Sugar Land. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Pearland, TX
City of Pearland Disposal Services.
Missouri City, TX
City of Missouri City (collection by GFL Environmental).
Sugar Land, TX
City of Sugar Land Solid Waste & Recycling.
Friendswood, TX
City of Friendswood.
Atascocita, TX
Atascocita utility-district trash service.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Houston, TX?
It depends on your street. Each address's day is listed in Houston Solid Waste collection calendar, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Why does my Houston address show no collection day?
Houston's collection days are read from a route map, and not every address is on a residential route in it. An address that is not on one has no collection day here, and we say so rather than showing a day that is not yours.
Which collections are published for Houston?
Trash days for Houston are published in Houston Solid Waste collection calendar.
Is there trash pickup tomorrow in Houston?
If tomorrow is your route's collection day, yes — enter your address above and the result shows your day and the next pickup. The exception is a holiday week. We have not transcribed Houston's holiday rule yet, so check the city's own notice that week.
Local source
Verify with Houston Solid Waste collection calendar.
The Houston address result links Houston Solid Waste collection calendar directly.
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- Houston, TX
- Local source
- Houston Solid Waste collection calendar
- Schedule
- Checked by full address
- Page updated
- Aug 2026
Collection services in Houston
- Trash / garbage
- Recycling
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