Denver trash pickup holiday schedule 2026
Denver, CO · Denver Solid Waste Management
No holiday this week (as of 2026-11-02). Next: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday 2026-11-26.
Denver Solid Waste Management skips collection on 6 holidays in 2026. In the provider's words: “When service falls on or after an observed holiday, your collection will be delayed one day for the rest of that week only (for example, for a Monday holiday, collections will be on Tuesday, Tuesday's collection on Wednesday, etc., with Thursday's collections on Friday for that week only). There will be no delayed scheduled for working holidays.” (official notice, checked 2026-09-24). Zone pages on this site apply these dates automatically.
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Holidays observed 7
| Date | Holiday | Day | What changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | New Year's Day | Thursday | Thursday routes run Friday, Friday routes run Saturday |
| 2026-05-25 | Memorial Day | Monday | Monday routes run Tuesday, Tuesday routes run Wednesday, Wednesday routes run Thursday, Thursday routes run Friday, Friday routes run Saturday |
| 2026-07-03 | Independence Day (Observed) | Friday | Friday routes run Saturday |
| 2026-09-07 | Labor Day | Monday | Monday routes run Tuesday, Tuesday routes run Wednesday, Wednesday routes run Thursday, Thursday routes run Friday, Friday routes run Saturday |
| 2026-11-26 | Thanksgiving Day | Thursday | Thursday routes run Friday, Friday routes run Saturday |
| 2026-12-25 | Christmas Day | Friday | Friday routes run Saturday |
| 2027-01-01 | New Year's Day | Friday | Not posted by the city yet — check the official notice closer to the date |
One-day slide: routes from the holiday to the end of that week each run one day late; routes earlier in the week are unchanged. Greyed rows are past.
Find your zone's normal days first: Denver pickup days by address. Other cities: holiday delays by city.