What day is trash collected in Portsmouth, VA?
Portsmouth collects on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday — which of those is yours depends on the route covering your street, so check your address above for the exact day.
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.
The day above is an example from one Portsmouth address, last checked on September 11, 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.
Portsmouth collects on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, depending on which route covers your street. Enter your address above for the day that applies to your property.
Some Portsmouth properties are not on city collection at all — apartments, businesses and streets served by a private hauler. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.
These days are read from City of Portsmouth Waste Management and were last checked on August 17, 2026.
Local source
The source stays attached to the answer.
City of Portsmouth Waste Management publishes the collection information behind this page. TrashDayNow is independent of the city, so rely on that source for service alerts, cart standards, and missed-pickup reporting.
Good to knowPage information was last checked Sep 2026.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
Why does my Portsmouth address show no collection day?
Portsmouth runs city collection for most homes, and we tell you when yours is not one of them. Apartments, commercial sites and some streets are served by a private hauler under contract instead, and for those the day comes from your hauler rather than the city — 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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- Sep 2026
Collection services in Portsmouth
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