City of Santa Cruz Public Works Resource Recovery
The source this guide was checked against; it governs if anything here differs.
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA trash pickup: who collects.
The lookup reads the City's Residential Refuse Route map for some Santa Cruz addresses and shows no day where it finds none. Here is who collects there and where everyone else's day is set.
How collection works
How trash collection works in Santa Cruz.
The City of Santa Cruz collects all residential waste streams once a week, and collection service and schedules stay the same on all holidays.
If your carts were out by 5 a.m. and were missed, call Resource Recovery Customer Service at 831-420-5220.
Streets are usually swept the day after your garbage and recycling pickup, and the City posts its street sweeping maps by weekday, Monday to Friday.
Local source
Where this guide's Santa Cruz information comes from: City of Santa Cruz Public Works Resource Recovery.
This guide was last checked against City of Santa Cruz Public Works Resource Recovery on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, carts and missed pickups belong with whoever collects your trash, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Santa Cruz Public Works Resource Recovery in Oct 2026.
Nearby
Around Santa Cruz: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Santa Cruz are Watsonville, Campbell, Morgan Hill and Cupertino. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Watsonville, CA
City of Watsonville Solid Waste Division.
Campbell, CA
City of Campbell Public Works.
Morgan Hill, CA
Recology South Valley.
Cupertino, CA
City of Cupertino.
Gilroy, CA
City of Gilroy (collection by Recology South Valley).
San Jose, CA
San Jose Integrated Waste Management lookup.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Santa Cruz, CA?
It depends on the address: the lookup above reads the City's Residential Refuse Route map for some Santa Cruz addresses and shows no day where it finds none. The City of Santa Cruz collects all residential waste streams once a week, and collection service and schedules stay the same on all holidays. Residents who know their day can report it on the result page, and nearby homes then see it.
Local source
Verify with Resource Recovery Customer Service at 831-420-5220.
City of Santa Cruz Public Works Resource Recovery is the official source this guide was read from; the link below opens it.
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- City of Santa Cruz Public Works Resource Recovery
- Schedule
- By address for some homes only
- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Santa Cruz schedule lookup