Wilmington, DE

Wilmington, DE trash pickup by address.

Enter a Wilmington, DE street address to check trash pickup as published by City of Wilmington Department of Public Works.

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Verified schedule

Wilmington collection days, read from City of Wilmington Department of Public Works.

Trash / garbage: Tuesday.

Tuesday is what one Wilmington address returned on November 2, 2026.

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Your collection day

Why Wilmington days differ by address.

Pickup days in Wilmington depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.

Some Wilmington addresses have no collection day in the source this lookup reads. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.

The example days above are read from City of Wilmington Department of Public Works and were last checked on November 2, 2026.

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How days are assigned

How Wilmington assigns collection days.

Wilmington publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Wilmington Department of Public Works): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address and turns the city's route codes into plain weekdays.

We last checked Wilmington on September 17, 2026: 7 of 8 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday and Tuesday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Wilmington's pickup days.

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Local source

City of Wilmington Department of Public Works sets Wilmington's collection days.

City of Wilmington Department of Public Works publishes trash days for Wilmington; this page last read them on November 2, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Wilmington Department of Public Works, not here.

Good to knowChecked against City of Wilmington Department of Public Works in Nov 2026: trash.

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Nearby

Around Wilmington: nearby guides and who collects there.

The nearest guides to Wilmington are Haverford Township, Upper Darby, Lower Merion and Philadelphia. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.

Haverford Township, PA

Haverford Township Public Works, Sanitation Division. Trash routes run Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Lower Merion, PA

Lower Merion Township Public Works, Refuse and Recycling Division.

Philadelphia, PA

City of Philadelphia. Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Camden, NJ

City of Camden Department of Public Works.

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Common questions

Questions residents ask.

What day is trash collected in Wilmington, DE?

It depends on your street. City of Wilmington Department of Public Works sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.

Why does my Wilmington address show no collection day?

Wilmington's collection days are read from a route map, and not every address is on a residential route in it. An address that is not on one has no collection day here, and we say so rather than showing a day that is not yours.

Which collections are published for Wilmington?

City of Wilmington Department of Public Works publishes trash for Wilmington.

Local source

Verify with City of Wilmington Department of Public Works.

The Wilmington address result links City of Wilmington Department of Public Works directly.

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Location
Wilmington, DE
Local source
City of Wilmington Department of Public Works
Schedule
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Page updated
Nov 2026

Collection services in Wilmington

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Wilmington schedule lookup

Put the exact property first.

Search a Wilmington, DE address, then confirm with City of Wilmington Department of Public Works before setting carts out.