City of Palo Alto Zero Waste, Curbside Collection Services
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Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA trash pickup: who collects.
Palo Alto does not publish an address-level schedule this site can read yet. Here is who collects there and where your day is set. Enter an address to see what the lookup can verify there and what residents nearby report.
How collection works
How trash collection works in Palo Alto.
GreenWaste of Palo Alto is the City of Palo Alto's contractor for waste collection, transportation and processing, and service questions, missed pick-ups, service changes and broken carts go to GreenWaste at (650) 493-4894 or pacustomerservice@greenwaste.com.
A single-family home's standard service is a 64-gallon blue recycle cart, a 96-gallon green compost cart and a 32-gallon black garbage/landfill cart, and other cart sizes are available.
All carts are serviced weekly on a Monday through Friday schedule; place them at the curb before 6 AM on your collection day and remove them within 24 hours of collection.
There is no collection on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas; in a holiday week, a collection day on or after the holiday moves to the next day, and Friday collection occurs on Saturday.
Local source
Where this guide's Palo Alto information comes from: City of Palo Alto Zero Waste, Curbside Collection Services.
This page does not check a collection day for your address in Palo Alto; it was last checked against City of Palo Alto Zero Waste, Curbside Collection Services on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, carts and missed pickups belong with whoever collects your trash, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Palo Alto Zero Waste, Curbside Collection Services in Oct 2026.
Nearby
Around Palo Alto: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Palo Alto are Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Redwood City and Cupertino. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Mountain View, CA
City of Mountain View Recycling & Zero Waste.
Sunnyvale, CA
City of Sunnyvale Environmental Services.
Redwood City, CA
City of Redwood City Public Works.
Cupertino, CA
City of Cupertino.
Santa Clara, CA
Mission Trail Waste Systems (the City's garbage contractor).
Campbell, CA
City of Campbell Public Works.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Palo Alto, CA?
Palo Alto does not publish an address-level schedule this site can read yet, so this page cannot confirm the day for your address. GreenWaste of Palo Alto is the City of Palo Alto's contractor for waste collection, transportation and processing, and service questions, missed pick-ups, service changes and broken carts go to GreenWaste at (650) 493-4894 or pacustomerservice@greenwaste.com. Residents who know their day can report it on the result page, and nearby homes then see it.
Local source
Verify with GreenWaste of Palo Alto at (650) 493-4894.
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