Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. Not one of the City's 2026 collection holidays, so collection runs as normal.
San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA trash pickup by address.
Enter a San Diego, CA street address to see where its collection day is published.
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.
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San Diego, CA at a glance.
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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.
Starting on the day of an observed holiday, waste is collected one day later for the rest 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.
Your collection day
Finding your San Diego pickup day.
This lookup does not give a verified collection day for San Diego addresses. For a home the City collects from, the day comes from the City's Get It Done collection schedule lookup, and the result links it instead of guessing a day.
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: On the City's observed holidays (in 2026: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas) there is no collection, and starting on the holiday, collection runs one day later for the rest of that week.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what the City's published schedule means for each of those weeks.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. One of the City's collection holidays: Thursday pickups move to Friday, and Friday's to Saturday.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. One of the City's collection holidays: Friday pickups move to Saturday.
Good to knowRule transcribed from City of San Diego Environmental Services collection schedules; that source governs if the two disagree.
Local source
The City of San Diego collects at eligible homes; its own lookup has the day.
The City's Environmental Services Department provides residential trash, recycling and organic waste collection to about 225,000 eligible customers, and says the collection day depends on where you live. Its Get It Done collection schedule lookup gives the day for an address. This lookup does not read it, so this page shows no verified collection day. Businesses and privately serviced homes use a City-approved private franchise hauler.
Missed collections are reported to the City through Get It Done; service changes and carts go to 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 National City, Chula Vista, La Mesa and El Cajon. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
National City, CA
EDCO National City (the City's contractor).
Chula Vista, CA
City of Chula Vista.
La Mesa, CA
City of La Mesa.
El Cajon, CA
EDCO City of El Cajon (the City's collector).
Santee, CA
City of Santee (collection by WM). Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Del Mar, CA
City of Del Mar (collection by EDCO).
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
Why does my San Diego address show no collection day?
No San Diego address gets a verified collection day here. The City's Environmental Services Department collects at about 225,000 eligible homes and gives each address its day through its Get It Done collection schedule lookup; this lookup does not read it, so the result links the City's lookup rather than showing a day that is not yours. Businesses and privately serviced homes use a City-approved private franchise hauler.
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. On the City's observed holidays (in 2026: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas) there is no collection, and starting on the holiday, collection runs one day later for the rest of that week.
Local source
Verify with City of San Diego Environmental Services.
The San Diego address result does not show a verified collection day; it links the City's Get It Done collection schedule lookup instead.
Open local source (opens in a new tab)- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Local source
- City of San Diego Environmental Services
- Schedule
- No verified day here; see the local source
- 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