Columbus / Indigenous Peoples' Day — Monday, October 12
Falls on a Monday. Expect Monday routes, and the rest of that week's, to run one day later.
San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA trash pickup by address.
Enter a San Diego, CA street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by City of San Diego Environmental Services.
Setting out in San Diego Containers must be at the curb by 6 a.m. and removed from the collection point by 6 p.m. on the collection day.
Trash Day Trends · this week in San Diego
San Diego, CA at a glance.
Most people here check on Monday. See the national trends.
- 6 amCarts out byThe deadline in 34% of cities
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in San Diego.
Containers must be at the curb by 6 a.m. and removed from the collection point by 6 p.m. on the collection day.
Set containers with wheels against the curb and the handle facing the house, keeping 3 feet from parked cars, poles, trees, and other containers.
After an observed holiday, waste is collected one day later for the remainder of that week.
Missed collections are submitted through the city's online missed collection request system.
Read from the official San Diego guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in San Diego for the rest of 2026.
San Diego follows the most common pattern: collection slides a day after a holiday. The city's published rule: After an observed holiday, waste is collected one day later for the remainder of that week.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what the rule means for each if San Diego observes it. The city's own calendar governs which holidays it observes.
Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. Expect Wednesday routes, and the rest of that week's, to run one day later.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. Expect Thursday routes, and the rest of that week's, to run one day later.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. Expect Friday routes, and the rest of that week's, to run one day later.
Good to knowRule transcribed from San Diego Get It Done collection schedule lookup; that page governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How San Diego assigns collection days.
San Diego publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of San Diego Environmental Services. There is no single citywide weekday: the day is set per property, and the lookup above reads City of San Diego Environmental Services's answer for the exact address you enter.
We last measured San Diego on August 17, 2026: 0 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. Across those addresses collection ran .
Local source
City of San Diego Environmental Services sets San Diego's collection days.
City of San Diego Environmental Services publishes collection days for San Diego; this page last read it on September 11, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of San Diego Environmental Services, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of San Diego Environmental Services in Aug 2026.
Before pickup
What San Diego residents should verify.
San Diego assigns collection by location, so the exact day must come from the city's own address lookup.
Nearby
Around San Diego: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to San Diego are Chula Vista, La Mesa, Carlsbad and Laguna Niguel; each sets its own routes and holiday rule at the town line.
Chula Vista, CA
City of Chula Vista. Collects Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
La Mesa, CA
City of La Mesa. Collects Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
Carlsbad, CA
Republic Services (City of Carlsbad). Collects Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Laguna Niguel, CA
City of Laguna Niguel. Collects Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Lake Elsinore, CA
Lake Elsinore, CA. Collects Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
San Francisco, CA
Recology San Francisco.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What happens to San Diego trash pickup in a holiday week?
San Diego follows the most common pattern: collection slides a day after a holiday. After an observed holiday, waste is collected one day later for the remainder of that week.
Local source
Verify with City of San Diego Environmental Services.
The San Diego address result links City of San Diego Environmental Services directly.
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- San Diego, CA
- Local source
- City of San Diego Environmental Services
- Schedule
- Checked by full address
- Page updated
- Aug 2026
Collection services in San Diego
Run the address lookup to see which collection services the local source returns for this property.
San Diego schedule lookup