Norfolk, VA
City of Norfolk Waste Management.
Portsmouth, VA
Portsmouth, VA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Portsmouth, VA street address to check trash pickup as published by City of Portsmouth Waste Management.
Setting out in Portsmouth Garbage cans should be placed out for collection any time after 5 p.m. the day before collection.
Verified schedule
Portsmouth collection days, read from City of Portsmouth Waste Management.
Trash / garbage: Thursday.
Thursday is what one Portsmouth address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Portsmouth.
Garbage cans should be placed out for collection any time after 5 p.m. the day before collection.
Trash cans should have at least three feet of space between them and other obstacles such as mailboxes.
Empty garbage cans must be removed from the curb by 7 p.m. the day of collection.
Read from the official Portsmouth guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Portsmouth days differ by address.
Pickup days in Portsmouth depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
Some Portsmouth addresses have no collection day in the source this lookup reads. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.
The example days above are read from City of Portsmouth Waste Management and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Portsmouth assigns collection days.
Portsmouth publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Portsmouth — Refuse Collection Rules & Regulations): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.
We last checked Portsmouth on August 17, 2026: 10 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 Portsmouth's pickup days.
Local source
City of Portsmouth Waste Management sets Portsmouth's collection days.
City of Portsmouth Waste Management publishes trash days for Portsmouth; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Portsmouth Waste Management, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Portsmouth Waste Management in Oct 2026: trash.
Nearby
Around Portsmouth: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Portsmouth are Norfolk, Chesapeake, Newport News and Hampton. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Chesapeake, VA
City of Chesapeake Waste Management.
Newport News, VA
City of Newport News Solid Waste.
Hampton, VA
City of Hampton Solid Waste.
Suffolk, VA
City of Suffolk Public Works Refuse Division.
Virginia Beach, VA
City of Virginia Beach Public Works Waste Management.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Portsmouth, VA?
It depends on your street. City of Portsmouth Waste Management sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Why does my Portsmouth address show no collection day?
Portsmouth's collection days are read from a route map, and not every address is on a residential route in it. An address that is not on one has no collection day here, and we say so rather than showing a day that is not yours.
Which collections are published for Portsmouth?
City of Portsmouth Waste Management publishes trash for Portsmouth.
Local source
Verify with City of Portsmouth Waste Management.
The Portsmouth address result links City of Portsmouth Waste Management directly.
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- Portsmouth, VA
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- City of Portsmouth Waste Management
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- Oct 2026
Collection services in Portsmouth
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