West Haven, CT
City of West Haven Public Works.
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT trash pickup by address.
Enter a New Haven, CT street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by City of New Haven Department of Public Works.
Setting out in New Haven The brown 48-gallon toter is used for trash and the blue 96-gallon toter is used for recycling only.
Verified schedule
New Haven collection days, read from City of New Haven Department of Public Works.
Trash / garbage: Friday.
Recycling: Friday.
Friday is what one New Haven address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in New Haven.
The brown 48-gallon toter is used for trash and the blue 96-gallon toter is used for recycling only.
Both toters must be placed curbside before scheduled collection and removed within 12 hours after collection.
Residents must have all snow removed from on top of and around their toters.
Read from the official New Haven guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why New Haven days differ by address.
Pickup days in New Haven depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of New Haven Department of Public Works and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How New Haven assigns collection days.
New Haven publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of New Haven Department of Public Works. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads City of New Haven Department of Public Works' answer for the exact address you enter.
We last checked New Haven on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of New Haven's pickup days.
Local source
City of New Haven Department of Public Works sets New Haven's collection days.
City of New Haven Department of Public Works publishes trash and recycling days for New Haven; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of New Haven Department of Public Works, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of New Haven Department of Public Works in Oct 2026: trash and recycling.
Nearby
Around New Haven: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to New Haven are West Haven, Hamden, Milford and Stratford. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Hamden, CT
Town of Hamden (collection by All American Waste). Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Milford, CT
City of Milford, Garbage and Recycling Street Listing.
Stratford, CT
Town of Stratford Sanitation Department.
Bridgeport, CT
City of Bridgeport Public Facilities, Sanitation Division.
Meriden, CT
Meriden published collection schedule (street list).
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in New Haven, CT?
It depends on your street. City of New Haven Department of Public Works sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for New Haven?
City of New Haven Department of Public Works publishes trash and recycling for New Haven.
Local source
Verify with City of New Haven Department of Public Works.
The New Haven address result links City of New Haven Department of Public Works directly.
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- Oct 2026
Collection services in New Haven
- trash
- recycling
New Haven schedule lookup