Newton, MA
City of Newton Department of Public Works.
Waltham, MA
Waltham, MA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Waltham, MA street address to check trash pickup as published by City of Waltham Department of Public Works.
Setting out in Waltham Containers may be placed curbside one hour before sundown the night before your scheduled pickup day.
Trash Day Trends · Waltham, last 30 days
Monday is a trash day for 40% of Waltham homes we checked.
50% of checks here come the day before or the morning of trash day — most on Tuesday. See the national trends.
Verified schedule
Waltham collection days, read from City of Waltham Department of Public Works.
Trash / garbage: Monday.
Monday is what one Waltham address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Waltham.
Containers may be placed curbside one hour before sundown the night before your scheduled pickup day.
For yard waste, small twigs and branches less than two inches in diameter and less than three feet long are okay.
Leaves from each household are vacuumed one day per year, per street.
Read from the official Waltham guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Waltham days differ by address.
Pickup days in Waltham depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Waltham Department of Public Works and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Waltham assigns collection days.
Waltham publishes its collection routes as a map: each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.
We last checked Waltham on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Waltham's pickup days.
Local source
City of Waltham Department of Public Works sets Waltham's collection days.
City of Waltham Department of Public Works publishes trash days for Waltham; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Waltham Department of Public Works, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Waltham Department of Public Works in Oct 2026: trash.
Nearby
Around Waltham: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Waltham are Newton, Arlington, Brookline and Cambridge. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Arlington, MA
Town of Arlington Department of Public Works (collection by WM). Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Brookline, MA
Town of Brookline collection calendar.
Cambridge, MA
City of Cambridge Department of Public Works.
Somerville, MA
City of Somerville Department of Public Works.
Medford, MA
City of Medford Department of Public Works (collection by WM).
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Waltham, MA?
It depends on your street. City of Waltham Department of Public Works sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Waltham?
City of Waltham Department of Public Works publishes trash for Waltham.
Local source
Verify with City of Waltham Department of Public Works.
The Waltham address result links City of Waltham Department of Public Works directly.
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- Waltham, MA
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- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in Waltham
- trash
Waltham schedule lookup