Silver Spring, MD

Silver Spring, MD trash pickup by address.

Enter a Silver Spring, MD street address to check trash, recycling and yard waste pickup as published by Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection.

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Verified schedule

Silver Spring collection days, read from Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection.

Trash / garbage: Tuesday.

Recycling: Tuesday.

Yard waste: Tuesday.

Tuesday is what one Silver Spring address returned on September 17, 2026.

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Your collection day

Why Silver Spring days differ by address.

Silver Spring runs 3 collection days a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; the route covering your street sets which one is yours.

Some Silver Spring properties are not on city collection at all — apartments, businesses and streets served by a private hauler. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.

These days are read from Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection and were last checked on September 17, 2026.

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How days are assigned

How Silver Spring assigns collection days.

Silver Spring publishes its collection routes as a map (Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Solid Waste Services — collection route layers (SWS/SWSRoutes)): every property sits inside a route area, and each area carries a fixed weekday for trash, recycling and yard waste; the lookup reads that area for your address.

[object Object] County trash collection covers Subdistrict A only; where no trash day is shown the County does not collect trash at this address and the household or its HOA contracts a private hauler. Multi-unit buildings of more than six dwellings are not on County collection even inside a route.

We last measured Silver Spring on September 17, 2026: 7 of 8 addresses returned an exact collection day, and 1 was outside city collection, served by a private hauler instead. Across those addresses collection ran Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

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Local source

Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection sets Silver Spring's collection days.

Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection publishes trash, recycling and yard waste days for Silver Spring; this page last read it on September 17, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection, not here.

Good to knowChecked against Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection in Sep 2026: trash, recycling and yard waste.

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Nearby

Around Silver Spring: nearby guides and who collects there.

The nearest guides to Silver Spring are Wheaton, Bethesda, Aspen Hill and Washington; each sets its own routes and holiday rule at the town line.

Wheaton, MD

Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection. Collects Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Bethesda, MD

Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection. Collects Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Aspen Hill, MD

Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection. Collects Thursday and Friday.

Washington, DC

DC DPW — Find Your Collection Schedule. Collects Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Rockville, MD

City of Rockville, MD — Recycling and Refuse Division. Collects Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Alexandria, VA

City of Alexandria Resource Recovery Division. Collects Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

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Common questions

Questions residents ask.

What day is trash collected in Silver Spring, MD?

Silver Spring collects on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection assigns each street one of those 3 days; the lookup above reads it for your address.

Why does my Silver Spring address show no collection day?

Silver Spring runs city collection for most homes, and we tell you when yours is not one of them. Apartments, commercial sites and some streets are served by a private hauler under contract instead, and for those the day comes from your hauler rather than the city — we say so rather than showing a day that is not yours.

Which collections are published for Silver Spring?

Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection publishes trash, recycling and yard waste for Silver Spring.

Does Silver Spring collect trash on Saturdays?

Not on a normal week. Every Silver Spring address we have checked collects Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Silver Spring has not published a holiday rule we could transcribe; its own notice says whether a holiday week moves a route to Saturday.

Local source

Verify with Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection.

The Silver Spring address result links Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection directly.

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Location
Silver Spring, MD
Local source
Montgomery County MD Department of Environmental Protection
Schedule
Checked by full address
Page updated
Sep 2026

Collection services in Silver Spring

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  • recycling
  • yard

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