Houston Trash & Garbage Pickup Schedule by Address

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Verified schedule

Houston collection days, read from Houston Solid Waste collection calendar.

Trash / garbage: Thursday.

The day above is for 1201 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77008, last checked on September 11, 2026.

Houston Solid Waste collection calendar publishes the collection weekday for this address but not the frequency; confirm cadence with the city.

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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.

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Your collection day

Why Houston days differ by address.

Houston collects on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, depending on which route covers your street. Enter your address above for the day that applies to your property.

In Houston, residents at 2 homes have confirmed their collection day matched (last report September 7, 2026).

Some Houston properties are not on city collection at all — apartments, businesses and streets served by a private hauler. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.

These days are read from Houston Solid Waste collection calendar and were last checked on August 17, 2026.

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Local source

The source stays attached to the answer.

Houston Solid Waste collection calendar publishes the collection information behind this page. TrashDayNow is independent of the city, so rely on that source for service alerts, cart standards, and missed-pickup reporting.

Good to knowPage information was last checked Aug 2026.

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Before pickup

What Houston residents should verify.

Houston Solid Waste collection calendar provides address-based collection information for eligible Houston properties.

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Common questions

Questions residents ask.

What day is trash collected in Houston, TX?

Houston collects on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday — which of those is yours depends on the route covering your street, so check your address above for the exact day.

Why does my Houston address show no collection day?

Houston runs city collection for most homes, and we tell you when yours is not one of them. Apartments, commercial sites and some streets are served by a private hauler under contract instead, and for those the day comes from your hauler rather than the city — we say so rather than showing a day that is not yours.

Which collections are published for Houston?

Houston Solid Waste collection calendar publishes trash for Houston.

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: Houston publishes what changes, and our holiday schedule page shows the next holiday and what the city does.

Houston, TX trash pickup by address.

Tuesday is trash day for 43% of Houston homes we checked.