Scottsdale, AZ
City of Scottsdale Solid Waste Services.
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ trash pickup by address.
Enter a Tempe, AZ street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by City of Tempe Solid Waste Services.
Setting out in Tempe Place your trash container at curbside or in the driveway by 6 a.m.
Trash Day Trends · Tempe
Tempe, AZ at a glance.
Tempe in the national picture, from its published rules. See the national trends.
- 6 amCarts out byThe deadline in 34% of cities
- 1Published alongside trash: recycling
Verified schedule
Tempe collection days, read from City of Tempe Solid Waste Services.
Trash / garbage: Thursday.
Recycling: Tuesday.
Thursday is what one Tempe address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Tempe.
Place your trash container at curbside or in the driveway by 6 a.m.
Materials outside of the trash container will not be collected.
Maintain tree limbs and branches no lower than 13.5 feet above the alleyways.
Read from the official Tempe guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Tempe days differ by address.
Pickup days in Tempe depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Tempe Solid Waste Services and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Tempe assigns collection days.
Tempe publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of Tempe Solid Waste Services. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads City of Tempe Solid Waste Services' answer for the exact address you enter.
We last checked Tempe on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Tuesday and Thursday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Tempe's pickup days.
Local source
City of Tempe Solid Waste Services sets Tempe's collection days.
City of Tempe Solid Waste Services publishes trash and recycling days for Tempe; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Tempe Solid Waste Services, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Tempe Solid Waste Services in Oct 2026: trash and recycling.
Nearby
Around Tempe: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Tempe are Scottsdale, Mesa, Phoenix and Chandler. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Mesa, AZ
City of Mesa Solid Waste.
Phoenix, AZ
City of Phoenix — Find Your Collection Day.
Chandler, AZ
City of Chandler — InfoMap.
Gilbert, AZ
Town of Gilbert Solid Waste & Recycling.
Glendale, AZ
City of Glendale Solid Waste Department.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Tempe, AZ?
It depends on your street. City of Tempe Solid Waste Services sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Tempe?
City of Tempe Solid Waste Services publishes trash and recycling for Tempe.
Local source
Verify with City of Tempe Solid Waste Services.
The Tempe address result links City of Tempe Solid Waste Services directly.
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- Oct 2026
Collection services in Tempe
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