Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. Routes run as normal unless Veterans Day is one of the holidays named in Stockton's rule above; if it is, that rule says which pickups move.
Stockton, CA
Stockton, CA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Stockton, CA street address to check trash pickup as published by City of Stockton.
Setting out in Stockton Stockton's set-out window opens after 6 p.m. the evening before, with carts placed curbside in front of your own property.
Verified schedule
Stockton collection days, read from City of Stockton.
Trash / garbage: Tuesday.
Tuesday is what one Stockton address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Stockton.
Stockton's set-out window opens after 6 p.m. the evening before, with carts placed curbside in front of your own property.
Carts must be removed from the curbside no later than 11 p.m. on the scheduled collection day.
Schedules hold on most holidays; only the Christmas and New Year holiday weeks push collection back by one day.
Each household receives twelve extra-service stickers per year — attach one to a 30-gallon plastic bag of overflow with the sticker facing the street and it is collected at no added cost.
Read from the official Stockton guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Stockton days differ by address.
Pickup days in Stockton depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Stockton and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in Stockton for the rest of 2026.
Stockton runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. The city's published rule: Schedules hold on most holidays; only the Christmas and New Year holiday weeks push collection back by one day.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what the rule means for each if Stockton observes it. The city's own calendar governs which holidays it observes.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. Routes run as normal unless Thanksgiving is one of the holidays named in Stockton's rule above; if it is, that rule says which pickups move.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. Routes run as normal unless Christmas is one of the holidays named in Stockton's rule above; if it is, that rule says which pickups move.
Good to knowRule transcribed from City of Stockton; that source governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How Stockton assigns collection days.
Stockton publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Stockton): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.
We last checked Stockton on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Stockton's pickup days.
Local source
City of Stockton sets Stockton's collection days.
City of Stockton publishes trash days for Stockton; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Stockton, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Stockton in Oct 2026: trash.
Nearby
Around Stockton: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Stockton are Manteca, Lodi, Tracy and Brentwood. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Manteca, CA
City of Manteca Solid Waste Division.
Lodi, CA
City of Lodi Public Works.
Tracy, CA
Tracy Delta Solid Waste Management collection calendar.
Brentwood, CA
City of Brentwood, CA — Engineering Department.
Oakley, CA
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery.
Modesto, CA
City of Modesto Solid Waste Division.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Stockton, CA?
It depends on your street. City of Stockton sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Stockton?
City of Stockton publishes trash for Stockton.
What happens to Stockton trash pickup in a holiday week?
Stockton runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. Schedules hold on most holidays; only the Christmas and New Year holiday weeks push collection back by one day.
Local source
Verify with City of Stockton.
The Stockton address result links City of Stockton directly.
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