Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. If Santa Ana observes Veterans Day, Wednesday routes, and the rest of that week's, run one day later.
Santa Ana, CA
Santa Ana, CA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Santa Ana, CA street address to check trash, recycling and organics pickup as published by City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency.
Setting out in Santa Ana Set carts out with the handles turned toward your house.
Verified schedule
Santa Ana collection days, read from City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency.
Trash / garbage: Wednesday.
Recycling: Wednesday.
Organics / compost: Wednesday.
Wednesday is what one Santa Ana address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Santa Ana.
Set carts out with the handles turned toward your house.
Carts should be placed on the curb or in your driveway, not out in the street.
When one of the major holidays is observed on a weekday, the rest of that week's collections run one day later.
Read from the official Santa Ana guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Santa Ana days differ by address.
Pickup days in Santa Ana depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
Some Santa Ana addresses have no collection day in the source this lookup reads. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.
The example days above are read from City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in Santa Ana for the rest of 2026.
Santa Ana follows the most common pattern: collection slides a day after a holiday. The city's published rule: When one of the major holidays is observed on a weekday, the rest of that week's collections run one day later.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what the rule means for each if Santa Ana observes it. The city's own calendar governs which holidays it observes.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. If Santa Ana observes Thanksgiving, Thursday routes, and the rest of that week's, run one day later.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. If Santa Ana observes Christmas, Friday routes, and the rest of that week's, run one day later.
Good to knowRule transcribed from City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency; that source governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How Santa Ana assigns collection days.
Santa Ana publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency — Residential Trash Pickup): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.
Trash is collected weekly.
We last checked Santa Ana on August 17, 2026: 9 of 12 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Santa Ana's pickup days.
Local source
City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency sets Santa Ana's collection days.
City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency publishes trash, recycling and organics days for Santa Ana; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency in Oct 2026: trash, recycling and organics.
Nearby
Around Santa Ana: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Santa Ana are Tustin, Orange, Garden Grove and Irvine. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Tustin, CA
City of Tustin (collection by CR&R). Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Orange, CA
City of Orange Public Works Field Services Division.
Garden Grove, CA
City of Garden Grove (Trash Pickup Map).
Irvine, CA
City of Irvine — Waste Management Pickup Schedule.
Fountain Valley, CA
City of Fountain Valley (collection by Republic Services).
Costa Mesa, CA
Costa Mesa Sanitary District.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Santa Ana, CA?
It depends on your street. City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Why does my Santa Ana address show no collection day?
Santa Ana's collection days are read from a route map, and not every address is on a residential route in it. An address that is not on one has no collection day here, and we say so rather than showing a day that is not yours.
Which collections are published for Santa Ana?
City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency publishes trash, recycling and organics for Santa Ana.
What happens to Santa Ana trash pickup in a holiday week?
Santa Ana follows the most common pattern: collection slides a day after a holiday. When one of the major holidays is observed on a weekday, the rest of that week's collections run one day later.
Local source
Verify with City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency.
The Santa Ana address result links City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency directly.
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