San Francisco, CA trash pickup by address.

Recology runs collection as normal on most holidays; only certain observed holidays move that day's customers to the following service day.

Carts belong as close to the street curb as possible, and where curb set-out genuinely is not practical the hauler will work out an alternative service location with the household.

Extras are capped at 10 bags or bundles per pickup for each material stream, and drivers use discretion on anything that will not fit inside the three carts.

Extra recycling goes beside the blue cart in a cardboard box or paper bag, and cardboard has to be broken down no larger than 2 by 2 by 2 feet.

Extra yard trimmings sit next to the green bin in a paper bag or tied with string, kept to about two feet by two feet, and the bin lid must still close fully.

Read from the official San Francisco guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.

Pickup days in San Francisco are set address by address. Enter your address above to see yours.

Some San Francisco addresses have no listing in Recology's collection calendar. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.

San Francisco runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. The city's published rule: Recology runs collection as normal on most holidays; only certain observed holidays move that day's customers to the following service day.

The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what the rule means for each if San Francisco observes it. The city's own calendar governs which holidays it observes.

The City and County of San Francisco licenses two Recology companies, Recology Golden Gate and Recology Sunset Scavenger, as its refuse collectors (Department of Public Health, 1932 Refuse Ordinance).

The lookup reads Recology's San Francisco collection calendar through the ReCollect service. An address the calendar lists has its own dated calendar for trash, recycling and compost, which is why the lookup shows upcoming dates for it; an address the calendar does not list gets no day here, and Recology (415-330-1300) can confirm it.

We last checked San Francisco on October 18, 2026: 4 of 8 sampled San Francisco addresses returned their collection days from Recology's calendar, and the other 4 have no listing in it. An earlier check, on August 17, 2026, before the lookup read Recology's calendar, found a day at none of 3.

The City and County of San Francisco licenses Recology Golden Gate and Recology Sunset Scavenger as its refuse collectors, and Recology publishes each address's trash, recycling and compost days in its San Francisco collection calendar. This lookup reads that calendar for the address you enter; an address it does not list gets no day here.

Service changes, carts, bulky items and missed pickups go to Recology San Francisco (415-330-1300), not here.

The nearest guides to San Francisco are Daly City, Oakland, South San Francisco and Alameda. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.