Veterans Day — Wednesday, November 11
Falls on a Wednesday. Not one of the City's five 2026 holidays, so pickup is on your regular day.
West Haven, CT
West Haven, CT trash pickup by address.
Enter a West Haven, CT street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by City of West Haven Public Works.
Verified schedule
West Haven collection days, read from City of West Haven Public Works.
Trash / garbage: Wednesday.
Recycling: Wednesday.
Wednesday is what one West Haven address returned on October 18, 2026.
Your collection day
Why West Haven days differ by address.
Pickup days in West Haven depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of West Haven Public Works and were last checked on October 18, 2026.
Holiday weeks
Holiday weeks in West Haven for the rest of 2026.
West Haven runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. Affordable Waste Systems' published rule: Five 2026 holidays delay curbside pickup by one day: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. When one falls on a weekday, pickup for the rest of that week runs one day behind; a holiday on a weekend does not change your pickup day.
The dates below are the federal holidays left this year, with what Affordable Waste Systems' published schedule means for each of those weeks.
Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 26
Falls on a Thursday. Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday, so only Thursday's and Friday's collections run one day behind: Thursday's on Friday and Friday's on Saturday.
Christmas — Friday, December 25
Falls on a Friday. Christmas falls on a Friday: Friday's collection runs one day behind, on Saturday, December 26.
Good to knowRule transcribed from City of West Haven, Holiday Trash Pickup; that source governs if the two disagree.
How days are assigned
How West Haven assigns collection days.
The City of West Haven's Rubbish/Recycling Pickup Schedule gives each of its ten districts a weekday: Districts 1 and 3 on Monday, 2 and 5 on Tuesday, 4 and 6 on Wednesday, 7 and 8 on Thursday, and 9 and 10 on Friday. Affordable Waste Systems collects rubbish and recycling for the City on the same day, and the lookup reads your street's district and its day.
Trash is collected weekly. A street the City's district list does not place gets no day here; Public Works can confirm it.
We last checked West Haven on October 18, 2026: 8 of 8 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of West Haven's pickup days.
Local source
City of West Haven Public Works sets West Haven's collection days.
City of West Haven Public Works publishes trash and recycling days for West Haven; this page last read them on October 18, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of West Haven Public Works, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of West Haven Public Works in Oct 2026: trash and recycling.
Nearby
Around West Haven: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to West Haven are New Haven, Hamden, Stratford and Bridgeport. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
New Haven, CT
City of New Haven Department of Public Works.
Hamden, CT
Town of Hamden (collection by All American Waste). Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Stratford, CT
Town of Stratford Sanitation Department.
Bridgeport, CT
City of Bridgeport Public Facilities, Sanitation Division.
Meriden, CT
Meriden published collection schedule (street list).
Waterbury, CT
City of Waterbury Bureau of Refuse.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in West Haven, CT?
It depends on your street. The City of West Haven collects rubbish and recycling weekly by district, Monday to Friday, and the lookup above reads your street's district and its day.
Which collections are published for West Haven?
City of West Haven Public Works publishes trash and recycling for West Haven.
What happens to West Haven trash pickup in a holiday week?
West Haven runs on most holidays, and names the short list that changes. Five 2026 holidays delay curbside pickup by one day: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. When one falls on a weekday, pickup for the rest of that week runs one day behind; a holiday on a weekend does not change your pickup day.
Local source
Verify with City of West Haven Public Works.
The West Haven address result links City of West Haven Public Works directly.
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