Columbus / Indigenous Peoples' Day — Monday, October 12
Falls on a Monday. Columbus / Indigenous Peoples' Day is not on the Village's holiday list, so collection runs as normal.
Oak Park, IL
Oak Park, IL trash pickup by address.
Enter an Oak Park, IL street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by Village of Oak Park Public Works.
Verified schedule
Oak Park collection days, read from Village of Oak Park Public Works.
Trash / garbage: Wednesday.
Recycling: Wednesday.
Wednesday is what one Oak Park address returned on October 6, 2026.
Your collection day
Why Oak Park days differ by address.
Pickup days in Oak Park depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from Village of Oak Park Public Works and were last checked on October 6, 2026.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in Oak Park for the rest of 2026.
Oak Park has a rule of its own. The Village's published rule: Refuse is not collected on major holidays (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, the 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas), which usually delays collection by one day.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what the Village's published schedule means for each of those weeks.
Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. Veterans Day is not on the Village's holiday list, so collection runs as normal.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. No refuse collection on Thanksgiving; collection is usually one day late that week.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. No refuse collection on Christmas; collection is usually one day late that week.
Good to knowRule transcribed from Village of Oak Park Garbage Collection; that source governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How Oak Park assigns collection days.
The days on this page were measured against real Oak Park addresses and checked against Village of Oak Park Public Works.
We last checked Oak Park on October 6, 2026: 8 of 8 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Oak Park's pickup days.
Local source
Village of Oak Park Public Works sets Oak Park's collection days.
Village of Oak Park Public Works publishes trash and recycling days for Oak Park; this page last read them on October 6, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with Village of Oak Park Public Works, not here.
Good to knowChecked against Village of Oak Park Public Works in Oct 2026: trash and recycling.
Nearby
Around Oak Park: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Oak Park are Berwyn, Chicago, Park Ridge and Skokie. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Berwyn, IL
City of Berwyn Garbage Service & Recycling.
Chicago, IL
Chicago DSS garbage pickup district.
Park Ridge, IL
City of Park Ridge Public Works.
Skokie, IL
Village of Skokie Public Works.
Des Plaines, IL
City of Des Plaines — Garbage Collection Day.
Oak Lawn, IL
Village of Oak Lawn Garbage Pickup Boundaries.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Oak Park, IL?
It depends on your street. Village of Oak Park Public Works sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Oak Park?
Village of Oak Park Public Works publishes trash and recycling for Oak Park.
What happens to Oak Park trash pickup in a holiday week?
Oak Park has a rule of its own. Refuse is not collected on major holidays (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, the 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas), which usually delays collection by one day.
Local source
Verify with Village of Oak Park Public Works.
The Oak Park address result links Village of Oak Park Public Works directly.
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- Oct 2026
Collection services in Oak Park
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