Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. Mesa collects as normal.
Mesa, AZ
Mesa, AZ trash pickup by address.
Enter a Mesa, AZ street address to check trash, recycling and organics pickup as published by City of Mesa Solid Waste.
Setting out in Mesa Mesa barrels must be out by 6 a.m. on your scheduled collection day, and barrels are collected on all holidays.
Trash Day Trends · Mesa, last 30 days
Wednesday is a trash day for 65% of Mesa homes we checked.
Monday is the busiest day to check here. See the national trends.
- +25%Checks vs last week
- 0%Homes we checked with recycling on a trash day83% nationally
- SatSaturday collection here
- 2Published alongside trash: recycling, organics
Verified schedule
Mesa collection days, read from City of Mesa Solid Waste.
Trash / garbage: Saturday.
Recycling: Wednesday.
Organics / compost: Wednesday.
Saturday is what one Mesa address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Mesa.
Mesa barrels must be out by 6 a.m. on your scheduled collection day, and barrels are collected on all holidays.
Read from the official Mesa guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Mesa days differ by address.
Pickup days in Mesa depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Mesa Solid Waste and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in Mesa for the rest of 2026.
Mesa collects on every holiday. The city's published rule: Mesa barrels must be out by 6 a.m. on your scheduled collection day, and barrels are collected on all holidays.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year. Under Mesa's rule none of them changes a collection day.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. Mesa collects as normal.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. Mesa collects as normal.
Good to knowRule transcribed from City of Mesa Solid Waste; that source governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How Mesa assigns collection days.
Mesa publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Mesa Environmental Management & Sustainability): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash, recycling and organics; the lookup reads that area for your address.
We last checked Mesa on August 17, 2026: 12 of 12 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Mesa's pickup days.
Local source
City of Mesa Solid Waste sets Mesa's collection days.
City of Mesa Solid Waste publishes trash, recycling and organics days for Mesa; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Mesa Solid Waste, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Mesa Solid Waste in Oct 2026: trash, recycling and organics.
Nearby
Around Mesa: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Mesa are Gilbert, Tempe, Scottsdale and Chandler. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Gilbert, AZ
Town of Gilbert Solid Waste & Recycling.
Tempe, AZ
City of Tempe Solid Waste Services.
Scottsdale, AZ
City of Scottsdale Solid Waste Services.
Chandler, AZ
City of Chandler — InfoMap.
Phoenix, AZ
City of Phoenix — Find Your Collection Day.
Queen Creek, AZ
Queen Creek Solid Waste Collection Zones.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Mesa, AZ?
It depends on your street. City of Mesa Solid Waste sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Mesa?
City of Mesa Solid Waste publishes trash, recycling and organics for Mesa.
Does Mesa collect trash on Saturdays?
Yes, on some streets. The example address above has a Saturday pickup. Enter your address above to see your own days.
What happens to Mesa trash pickup in a holiday week?
Nothing changes. Mesa collects on every holiday. Mesa barrels must be out by 6 a.m. on your scheduled collection day, and barrels are collected on all holidays.
Local source
Verify with City of Mesa Solid Waste.
The Mesa address result links City of Mesa Solid Waste directly.
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- Oct 2026
Collection services in Mesa
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