Pharr, TX
City of Pharr Garbage and Brush Collection (Waste Management).
McAllen, TX
McAllen, TX trash pickup by address.
Enter a McAllen, TX street address to check trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items pickup as published by McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department.
Setting out in McAllen Both containers go out for service by 7 a.m. on your pickup day and must be retrieved after service by 7 p.m.
Verified schedule
McAllen collection days, read from McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department.
Trash / garbage: Wednesday.
Recycling: Wednesday.
Yard waste: Wednesday - week 3.
Bulk / large items: Wednesday - week 3.
Wednesday is what one McAllen address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in McAllen.
Both containers go out for service by 7 a.m. on your pickup day and must be retrieved after service by 7 p.m.
Each bin needs three feet of clearance all around it for pickup, including three feet between the black and blue bins.
Between collections, containers may not be stored in the front yard or in the alley.
Read from the official McAllen guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why McAllen days differ by address.
Pickup days in McAllen depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How McAllen assigns collection days.
McAllen publishes its own address-level collection lookup, McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department's answer for the exact address you enter.
We last checked McAllen on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Wednesday and Thursday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of McAllen's pickup days.
Local source
McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department sets McAllen's collection days.
McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department publishes trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items days for McAllen; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department, not here.
Good to knowChecked against McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department in Oct 2026: trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items.
Nearby
Around McAllen: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to McAllen are Pharr, Mission, Edinburg and Harlingen. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Mission, TX
City of Mission Sanitation Department. Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Edinburg, TX
City of Edinburg.
Harlingen, TX
City of Harlingen Public Works, Sanitation Division. Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Brownsville, TX
City of Brownsville (residential collection by Republic Services).
Laredo, TX
City of Laredo Solid Waste Services Department.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in McAllen, TX?
It depends on your street. McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for McAllen?
McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department publishes trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk items for McAllen.
Local source
Verify with McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department.
The McAllen address result links McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department directly.
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- McAllen, TX
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- McAllen Public Works Solid Waste Department
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- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in McAllen
- trash
- recycling
- yard
- bulk
McAllen schedule lookup