Charlottesville, VA
City of Charlottesville Public Works.
Richmond, VA
Richmond, VA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Richmond, VA street address to check trash pickup as published by Richmond Department of Public Works.
Setting out in Richmond Trash must be placed inside a City-issued supercan.
Trash Day Trends · Richmond, last 30 days
Monday and Wednesday are each a trash day for 35% of Richmond homes we checked.
Monday is the busiest day to check here. See the national trends.
Verified schedule
Richmond collection days, read from Richmond Department of Public Works.
Trash / garbage: Thursday.
Thursday is what one Richmond address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Richmond.
Trash must be placed inside a City-issued supercan.
The supercan must be removed from City property by 7 a.m. the day after collection.
There is no pickup on City holidays.
Read from the official Richmond guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Richmond days differ by address.
Pickup days in Richmond depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from Richmond Department of Public Works and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Richmond assigns collection days.
Richmond publishes its collection routes as a map: each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.
We last checked Richmond on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Richmond's pickup days.
Local source
Richmond Department of Public Works sets Richmond's collection days.
Richmond Department of Public Works publishes trash days for Richmond; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with Richmond Department of Public Works, not here.
Good to knowChecked against Richmond Department of Public Works in Oct 2026: trash.
Nearby
Around Richmond: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Richmond are Charlottesville, Newport News, Hampton and Suffolk. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
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.
Dale City, VA
Prince William County Solid Waste Management.
Norfolk, VA
City of Norfolk Waste Management.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Richmond, VA?
It depends on your street. Richmond Department of Public Works sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Richmond?
Richmond Department of Public Works publishes trash for Richmond.
Local source
Verify with Richmond Department of Public Works.
The Richmond address result links Richmond Department of Public Works directly.
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- Richmond, VA
- Local source
- Richmond Department of Public Works
- Schedule
- Checked by full address
- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in Richmond
- trash
Richmond schedule lookup