Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. Apply the city's own rule above to the Wednesday routes.
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN trash pickup by address.
Enter a Nashville, TN street address to check trash, recycling and yard waste pickup as published by Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar.
Setting out in Nashville Carts belong at the curb or alley by 6 a.m. and must be brought back in from the street by 7 p.m. on the pickup day.
Trash Day Trends · Nashville, last 30 days
Tuesday and Wednesday are each a trash day for 35% of Nashville homes we checked.
80% of checks here come the day before or the morning of trash day — most on Tuesday. See the national trends.
- 6 amCarts out byThe deadline in 34% of cities
- 100%Homes we checked with recycling on a trash day82% nationally
- Every 2 wksRecycling every other week at the example address
- 2Published alongside trash: recycling, yard waste
Verified schedule
Nashville collection days, read from Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar.
Trash / garbage: Wednesday, Nov 4; Wednesday, Nov 18; Wednesday, Nov 25; Wednesday, Dec 2.
Recycling: Wednesday, Nov 25; Wednesday, Dec 9; Wednesday, Dec 23; Wednesday, Jan 6.
Yard waste: Wednesday, Jan 13.
These dates are what one Nashville address returned on November 2, 2026.
The official city collection calendar returned address-level pickup events.
Dates can shift around holidays; verify official alerts before putting bins out.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Nashville.
Carts belong at the curb or alley by 6 a.m. and must be brought back in from the street by 7 p.m. on the pickup day.
Keep the cart at least 4 feet from stationary objects like mailboxes and parked cars, with 15 feet of overhead clearance from wires and limbs.
When a route's day falls on an observed holiday, pickup is moved earlier to the start of the holiday week rather than sliding later.
All trash must be bagged before it goes in the brown curbside cart.
Metro's curbside trash and recycling collection covers single-family homes, including duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes, in the Urban Services District; homes outside it contract with a private hauler.
Read from the official Nashville guidance on September 28, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Nashville days differ by address.
Pickup days in Nashville depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar and were last checked on November 2, 2026.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in Nashville for the rest of 2026.
Nashville has a rule of its own. The city's published rule: When a route's day falls on an observed holiday, pickup is moved earlier to the start of the holiday week rather than sliding later.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what the rule means for each if Nashville observes it. The city's own calendar governs which holidays it observes.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. Apply the city's own rule above to the Thursday routes.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. Apply the city's own rule above to the Friday routes.
Good to knowRule transcribed from Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar; that source governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How Nashville assigns collection days.
Nashville publishes a per-address collection calendar (Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar) through the ReCollect service. There is no single citywide weekday to quote: each address has its own dated calendar, which is why the lookup shows upcoming dates for your property.
We last checked Nashville on September 28, 2026: 7 of 12 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Nashville's pickup days.
Local source
Where Nashville's collection days are published: Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar.
This page reads Nashville's trash, recycling and yard waste days from Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar, last on November 2, 2026. This page does not take missed-pickup reports or post service alerts.
Good to knowChecked against Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar in Aug 2026: trash, recycling and yard waste.
Before pickup
What Nashville residents should verify.
Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar provides address-based collection information for eligible Nashville properties.
Nearby
Around Nashville: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Nashville are Hendersonville, Franklin, Gallatin and Murfreesboro. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Hendersonville, TN
City of Hendersonville, TN.
Franklin, TN
City of Franklin Sanitation and Environmental Services.
Gallatin, TN
City of Gallatin Public Works, Environmental Services. Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Murfreesboro, TN
City of Murfreesboro Solid Waste: Garbage Collection Procedures.
Spring Hill, TN
City of Spring Hill (collection by WM).
Columbia, TN
City of Columbia Public Works, Sanitation Division. Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Nashville, TN?
It depends on your street. Each address's day is listed in Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Nashville?
Trash, recycling and yard waste days for Nashville are published in Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar.
When is the next Nashville pickup?
The next pickups for the example address are Wednesday, Nov 4; Wednesday, Nov 18; Wednesday, Nov 25; Wednesday, Dec 2. Holiday weeks can shift them — Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar is the authority if the two disagree.
What happens to Nashville trash pickup in a holiday week?
Nashville has a rule of its own. When a route's day falls on an observed holiday, pickup is moved earlier to the start of the holiday week rather than sliding later.
Local source
Verify with Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar.
The Nashville address result links Nashville Waste and Recycling App calendar directly.
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