Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. Routes run as normal unless Veterans Day is one of the holidays named in Pasadena's rule above; if it is, that rule says which pickups move.
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Pasadena, CA street address to check trash, recycling and yard waste pickup as published by City of Pasadena Department of Public Works.
Setting out in Pasadena On affected holidays, trash and recycling collection is one day after your normal pickup day; on all other holidays trash is collected on the regular schedule.
Trash Day Trends · Pasadena, last 30 days
Thursday is a trash day for 35% of Pasadena homes we checked.
60% of checks here come the day before or the morning of trash day — most on Monday. See the national trends.
- 100%Homes we checked with recycling on a trash day83% nationally
- 2Published alongside trash: recycling, yard waste
Verified schedule
Pasadena collection days, read from City of Pasadena Department of Public Works.
Trash / garbage: Thursday.
Recycling: Thursday.
Yard waste: Thursday.
Thursday is what one Pasadena address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Pasadena.
On affected holidays, trash and recycling collection is one day after your normal pickup day; on all other holidays trash is collected on the regular schedule.
Bulky items should be placed out on the parkway no more than 24 hours prior to the scheduled pickup day.
Daily trash collection begins at 7:00 a.m.
Households have three containers and the lid colour identifies each one: green for mixed waste, blue for recycling, black for yard waste.
All three containers are emptied on the same day before 5 p.m., but not at the same time, so roll them back from the curb at the end of the day.
Read from the official Pasadena guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Pasadena days differ by address.
Pickup days in Pasadena depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Pasadena Department of Public Works and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in Pasadena for the rest of 2026.
Pasadena runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. The city's published rule: On affected holidays, trash and recycling collection is one day after your normal pickup day; on all other holidays trash is collected on the regular schedule.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what the rule means for each if Pasadena observes it. The city's own calendar governs which holidays it observes.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. Routes run as normal unless Thanksgiving is one of the holidays named in Pasadena's rule above; if it is, that rule says which pickups move.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. Routes run as normal unless Christmas is one of the holidays named in Pasadena's rule above; if it is, that rule says which pickups move.
Good to knowRule transcribed from City of Pasadena Department of Public Works; that source governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How Pasadena assigns collection days.
Pasadena publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of Pasadena Department of Public Works. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads City of Pasadena Department of Public Works' answer for the exact address you enter.
We last checked Pasadena on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Pasadena's pickup days.
Local source
City of Pasadena Department of Public Works sets Pasadena's collection days.
City of Pasadena Department of Public Works publishes trash, recycling and yard waste days for Pasadena; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Pasadena Department of Public Works, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Pasadena Department of Public Works in Oct 2026: trash, recycling and yard waste.
Nearby
Around Pasadena: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Pasadena are Altadena, Alhambra, Arcadia and Rosemead. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Altadena, CA
Universal Waste Systems.
Alhambra, CA
City of Alhambra (collection by Republic Services).
Arcadia, CA
City of Arcadia (collection by WM).
Rosemead, CA
City of Rosemead Public Works.
Glendale, CA
City of Glendale Integrated Waste Management.
Monterey Park, CA
City of Monterey Park (collection by Ware Disposal).
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Pasadena, CA?
It depends on your street. City of Pasadena Department of Public Works sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Pasadena?
City of Pasadena Department of Public Works publishes trash, recycling and yard waste for Pasadena.
What happens to Pasadena trash pickup in a holiday week?
Pasadena runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. On affected holidays, trash and recycling collection is one day after your normal pickup day; on all other holidays trash is collected on the regular schedule.
Local source
Verify with City of Pasadena Department of Public Works.
The Pasadena address result links City of Pasadena Department of Public Works directly.
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