Columbus / Indigenous Peoples' Day — Monday, October 12
Falls on a Monday. The City's calendar marks Columbus Day as a normal day of collection.
Manchester, NH
Manchester, NH trash pickup by address.
Enter a Manchester, NH street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by City of Manchester Public Works, Trash & Recycling.
Verified schedule
Manchester collection days, read from City of Manchester Public Works, Trash & Recycling.
Trash / garbage: Thursday.
Recycling: Thursday.
Thursday is what one Manchester address returned on October 7, 2026.
Your collection day
Why Manchester days differ by address.
Pickup days in Manchester depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Manchester Public Works, Trash & Recycling and were last checked on October 7, 2026.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in Manchester for the rest of 2026.
Manchester runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. The city's published rule: On a holiday the City's collection calendar marks with no collection, that day's trash and recycling move to the next day, and later collections that week move one day as well; the next week, routes are back on their own weekday. Columbus Day and Election Day are normal collection days.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what the city's own calendar does in each of those weeks.
Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. No trash or recycling collection on Veterans Day: Wednesday collection moves to Thursday, November 12, Thursday's to Friday, November 13, and Friday's to Saturday, November 14.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. No collection on Thanksgiving: Thursday and Friday trash and recycling move to Friday, November 27, and Saturday, November 28.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. No collection on Christmas Day: Friday trash and recycling move to Saturday, December 26.
Good to knowRule transcribed from City of Manchester trash and recycling collection calendar; that source governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How Manchester assigns collection days.
City crews collect trash, and Casella collects recyclables and yard waste under contract with the City; collection is a tax-funded City service. Homes in Bedford, Goffstown, Hooksett and Londonderry can have a Manchester mailing address but are not City collection.
Manchester publishes a per-address collection calendar (City of Manchester trash and recycling collection calendar) through the ReCollect service. There is no single citywide weekday to quote: each address has its own calendar, and the lookup shows the weekday it lists for your property.
We last checked Manchester on October 7, 2026: 7 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 Manchester's pickup days.
Local source
City of Manchester Public Works, Trash & Recycling sets Manchester's collection days.
City of Manchester Public Works, Trash & Recycling publishes trash and recycling days for Manchester; this page last read them on October 7, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Manchester Public Works, Trash & Recycling, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Manchester Public Works, Trash & Recycling in Oct 2026: trash and recycling.
Nearby
Around Manchester: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Manchester are Nashua, Methuen, Haverhill and Lawrence. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Nashua, NH
Nashua Solid Waste Department.
Methuen, MA
City of Methuen Trash & Recycling Services.
Haverhill, MA
City of Haverhill Solid Waste & Recycling.
Lawrence, MA
City of Lawrence DPW.
Lowell, MA
City of Lowell DPW Solid Waste & Recycling Office.
Fitchburg, MA
City of Fitchburg Health Department.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Manchester, NH?
It depends on your street. City of Manchester Public Works, Trash & Recycling sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Manchester?
City of Manchester Public Works, Trash & Recycling publishes trash and recycling for Manchester.
What happens to Manchester trash pickup in a holiday week?
Manchester runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. On a holiday the City's collection calendar marks with no collection, that day's trash and recycling move to the next day, and later collections that week move one day as well; the next week, routes are back on their own weekday. Columbus Day and Election Day are normal collection days.
Local source
Verify with City of Manchester Public Works, Trash & Recycling.
The Manchester address result links City of Manchester Public Works, Trash & Recycling directly.
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