Baltimore trash pickup schedule
This week · holiday status
Election Day is Tuesday 2026-11-03 — Tuesday pickup moves to Saturday Nov 7. Next listed holiday: Election Day, Tuesday 2026-11-03 — Tuesday pickup moves to Saturday Nov 7.
30 collection zones · Most common trash day: Tuesday (67%) · Collection types: Trash, Recycling.
Official collection schedule · route data collected 2026-09-17. Official holiday notice · checked 2026-09-24.
Baltimore City DPW runs 30 collection zones. Type your address to find yours, or browse the zones by day below.
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How Baltimore compares
CoverageBaltimore is split into 30 collection zones — the 25th most of the 58 zone-mapped cities on TrashWeek (the median city has 18). 67% of them are picked up on Tuesday, and no zone is collected on Monday.
100% of zones publish a recycling day.
Baltimore City DPW observes 7 collection holidays in 2026; the median across the 38 cities whose holiday rules we have checked is 6. The city publishes specific make-up dates for each holiday.
Holiday delays
2026 listBaltimore City DPW skips collection on 7 holidays in 2026 (New Year's Day, Good Friday, Juneteenth, Election Day, …) — full list and the delay rule.
Tuesday zones 20
Bulk trash & leaf collection in Baltimore
Bulk trash
Eligibility and limits: City of Baltimore residents can put out up to 3 bulk items for trash collection each month.
Source: official bulk collection page.
Leaf and yard waste
Collection period: first Monday in October through the last Monday in January
Bag rules: tie branches into bundles
Source: official leaf and yard-waste page.
Source: Baltimore City DPW route data (layer, fetched 2026-09-17).