Arlington trash pickup schedule
This week · holiday status
No city-specific holiday pickup rule is confirmed on this site for this week; check the official notice. Next federal holiday: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday 2026-11-26 — city pickup handling is unverified.
5 collection zones · Most common trash day: Monday (20%) · Collection types: Trash.
Official collection schedule · route data collected 2026-09-17. Official holiday notice · checked 2026-10-28.
City of Arlington / Republic Services runs 5 collection zones. Type your address to find yours, or browse the zones by day below.
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How Arlington compares
CoverageArlington is split into 5 collection zones — the 22nd fewest of the 58 zone-mapped cities on TrashWeek (the median city has 18). 20% of them are picked up on Monday.
Holiday delays
2026 listConfirmed no-change dates run on the normal schedule; other 2026 holiday dates remain unverified. See the 2026 findings and official holiday notice.
Monday zones 1
Tuesday zones 1
Wednesday zones 1
Thursday zones 1
Friday zones 1
Bulk trash & leaf collection in Arlington
Bulk trash
Eligibility and limits: up to two cubic yard of large household/bulky items (about the size of a washer and dryer)
Source: official bulk collection page.
Leaf and yard waste
Collection period: Each week, residents may put out for collection their trash cart(s), their recycling cart, up to two cubic yards of bundled brush/yard waste/ bagged leaves (approximately 12 30-gallon bags)
Bag rules: up to two cubic yards of bundled brush/yard waste/ bagged leaves (approximately 12 30-gallon bags)
Source: official leaf and yard-waste page.
Source: City of Arlington / Republic Services route data (layer, fetched 2026-09-17).