Scranton, PA
City of Scranton Bureau of Refuse and Recycling.
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Wilkes-Barre, PA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Wilkes-Barre, PA street address to check trash pickup as published by City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works.
Setting out in Wilkes-Barre Garbage has to be at the curb by early morning on your scheduled day, and the deadline shifts an hour earlier during the warm-weather stretch of the year.
Verified schedule
Wilkes-Barre collection days, read from City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works.
Trash / garbage: Monday.
Monday is what one Wilkes-Barre address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Wilkes-Barre.
Garbage has to be at the curb by early morning on your scheduled day, and the deadline shifts an hour earlier during the warm-weather stretch of the year.
Stickers must be turned toward the street so DPW crews can see them.
Bag weight is capped — small blue bags at 15 pounds, stickered large bags at 30 — and ashes, stone, dirt, bricks, rugs, tires, construction materials, appliances and furniture are refused with regular garbage.
Read from the official Wilkes-Barre guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Wilkes-Barre days differ by address.
Pickup days in Wilkes-Barre depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Wilkes-Barre assigns collection days.
Wilkes-Barre publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.
We last checked Wilkes-Barre 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 Wilkes-Barre's pickup days.
Local source
City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works sets Wilkes-Barre's collection days.
City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works publishes trash days for Wilkes-Barre; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works in Oct 2026: trash.
Nearby
Around Wilkes-Barre: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Wilkes-Barre are Scranton, Allentown, Bethlehem and Binghamton. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Allentown, PA
City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste.
Bethlehem, PA
City of Bethlehem Recycling Bureau.
Binghamton, NY
City of Binghamton Department of Public Works, Sanitation Division.
Reading, PA
City of Reading, Pennsylvania.
Lower Paxton, PA
Lower Paxton Township, PA trash pick-up day polygons.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Wilkes-Barre, PA?
It depends on your street. City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Wilkes-Barre?
City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works publishes trash for Wilkes-Barre.
Local source
Verify with City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works.
The Wilkes-Barre address result links City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works directly.
Open local source (opens in a new tab)- Location
- Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Local source
- City of Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works
- Schedule
- Checked by full address
- Page updated
- Oct 2026
Collection services in Wilkes-Barre
- trash
Wilkes-Barre schedule lookup