City of Watsonville Solid Waste Division
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Watsonville, CA
Watsonville, CA trash pickup: who collects.
Watsonville does not publish an address-level schedule this site can read yet. Here is who collects there and where your day is set. Enter an address to see what the lookup can verify there and what residents nearby report.
How collection works
How trash collection works in Watsonville.
The City of Watsonville itself provides curbside collection of garbage, recycling and yard waste, serving more than 11,000 homes and businesses each week.
To start garbage service along with other City utility services, call (831) 768-3455; carts are ordered, and missed pickups reported, through Customer Service at (831) 768-3133.
Set carts out the night before collection, because service starts at 4:30 a.m.; curbside recycling is collected every other week in a 95-gallon blue cart provided at no extra charge.
Local source
Where this guide's Watsonville information comes from: City of Watsonville Solid Waste Division.
This page does not check a collection day for your address in Watsonville; it was last checked against City of Watsonville Solid Waste Division on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, carts and missed pickups belong with whoever collects your trash, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Watsonville Solid Waste Division in Oct 2026.
Nearby
Around Watsonville: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Watsonville are Gilroy, Santa Cruz, Morgan Hill and Salinas. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Gilroy, CA
City of Gilroy (collection by Recology South Valley).
Santa Cruz, CA
City of Santa Cruz Public Works Resource Recovery.
Morgan Hill, CA
Recology South Valley.
Salinas, CA
City of Salinas — Trash Pickup Days.
Hollister, CA
Recology San Benito County.
Campbell, CA
City of Campbell Public Works.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Watsonville, CA?
Watsonville does not publish an address-level schedule this site can read yet, so this page cannot confirm the day for your address. The City of Watsonville itself provides curbside collection of garbage, recycling and yard waste, serving more than 11,000 homes and businesses each week. Residents who know their day can report it on the result page, and nearby homes then see it.
Local source
Verify with Customer Service at (831) 768-3133.
City of Watsonville Solid Waste Division is the official source this guide was read from; the link below opens it.
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- Watsonville, CA
- Local source
- City of Watsonville Solid Waste Division
- Schedule
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- Page updated
- Oct 2026
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