What day is trash collected in Washington, DC?
Washington 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.
Washington, DC
Washington, DC trash pickup by address.
Enter a Washington, DC street address to check trash pickup as published by DC DPW — Find Your Collection Schedule.
Setting out in Washington Bins may go out no earlier than 6:30 pm the evening before collection and must be back on your property by 8 pm on collection day.
Trash Day Trends · this week in Washington
Tuesday is trash day for 40% of Washington homes we checked.
70% of people here check the day before or the morning of — most on Tuesday. See the national trends.
- +0%Checks vs last week
- 5 daysWashington collects on five weekdays across its routes15% of cities run five
- ✓Neighbors confirmed their days matched
Verified schedule
Washington collection days, read from DC DPW — Find Your Collection Schedule.
Trash / garbage: Wednesday.
The day above is for 1234 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC 20017, last checked on September 11, 2026.
DC DPW collection returned address-level trash and recycling days where city residential collection applies.
Buildings with more than 3 units, mixed-use, commercial, and private-service properties may not be eligible for DPW collection.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Washington.
Bins may go out no earlier than 6:30 pm the evening before collection and must be back on your property by 8 pm on collection day.
When a holiday lands on a collection day, pickup slides to the next day instead of skipping the week — the city publishes a Slide Guide for holiday weeks.
Containers may go out no earlier than 6:30 p.m. the night before collection and no later than 6 a.m. on the collection day itself.
They must also be pulled back off public space by 8 p.m. on collection day — leaving them out is a ticketable sanitation violation.
Twice-a-week neighborhoods use the 32-gallon trash can, while once-a-week neighborhoods use the 96-gallon Supercan.
Read from the official Washington guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Washington days differ by address.
Washington 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.
In Washington, residents at 1 home have confirmed their collection day matched (last report September 2, 2026).
These days are read from DC DPW — Find Your Collection Schedule and were last checked on August 17, 2026.
Local source
The source stays attached to the answer.
DC DPW — Find Your Collection Schedule 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 Aug 2026.
Before pickup
What Washington residents should verify.
DC DPW Trash and Recycling Collection Day App provides address-based collection information for eligible Washington properties.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
Which collections are published for Washington?
DC DPW — Find Your Collection Schedule publishes trash for Washington.
Local source
Verify with DC DPW — Find Your Collection Schedule.
The Washington address result links DC DPW — Find Your Collection Schedule directly.
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Collection services in Washington
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