What day is trash collected in Waco, TX?
Waco collects on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday — which of those is yours depends on the route covering your street, so check your address above for the exact day.
Waco, TX
Waco, TX trash pickup by address.
Enter a Waco, TX street address to check trash pickup as published by City of Waco Solid Waste & Recycling.
Setting out in Waco When it's your pickup day, set your carts at the curb by 7 a.m.
Trash Day Trends · Waco
Waco, TX at a glance.
Waco in the national picture, from its published rules. See the national trends.
- 5 daysWaco collects on five weekdays across its routes15% of cities run five
- 7 amCarts out byThe deadline in 47% of cities
Verified schedule
Waco collection days, read from City of Waco Solid Waste & Recycling.
Trash / garbage: Thursday.
The day above is an example from one Waco address, last checked on September 11, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Waco.
When it's your pickup day, set your carts at the curb by 7 a.m.
Leave a three-foot gap between your carts and any obstruction such as mailboxes and cars, plus a three-foot gap between the carts themselves, and turn each cart so it opens toward the street.
Up to 20 paper bags of brush can be collected along with your green yard waste cart.
Read from the official Waco guidance on August 23, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Waco days differ by address.
Waco collects on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, depending on which route covers your street. Enter your address above for the day that applies to your property.
Some Waco 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 City of Waco Solid Waste & Recycling and were last checked on August 17, 2026.
Local source
The source stays attached to the answer.
City of Waco Solid Waste & Recycling publishes the collection information behind this page. TrashDayNow is independent of the city, so rely on that source for service alerts, cart standards, and missed-pickup reporting.
Good to knowPage information was last checked Sep 2026.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
Why does my Waco address show no collection day?
Waco 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 Waco?
City of Waco Solid Waste & Recycling publishes trash for Waco.
Local source
Verify with City of Waco Solid Waste & Recycling.
The Waco address result links City of Waco Solid Waste & Recycling directly.
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- Waco, TX
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- City of Waco Solid Waste & Recycling
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- Sep 2026
Collection services in Waco
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