Detroit trash pickup schedule
This week · holiday status
No holiday affecting pickup is listed this week; regular collection days apply. Next listed holiday: Thanksgiving, Thursday 2026-11-26 — Thursday routes run Friday, Friday routes run Saturday.
39 collection zones · Most common trash day: Wednesday (23%) · Collection types: Trash, Recycling, Yard waste.
Official collection schedule · route data collected 2026-09-17. Official holiday notice · checked 2026-09-24.
City of Detroit DPW (Priority Waste & WM) runs 39 collection zones. Type your address to find yours, or browse the zones by day below. Trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk are all collected weekly on the same day since the June 3, 2024 route change — the older every-other-week (week A/B) recycling schedule no longer applies.
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How Detroit compares
CoverageDetroit is split into 39 collection zones — the 24th most of the 58 zone-mapped cities on TrashWeek (the median city has 18). 23% of them are picked up on Wednesday.
100% of zones publish a recycling day.
City of Detroit DPW (Priority Waste & WM) observes 5 collection holidays in 2026; the median across the 38 cities whose holiday rules we have checked is 6. After a weekday holiday, every later pickup that week slides one day.
Holiday delays
2026 listCity of Detroit DPW (Priority Waste & WM) skips collection on 5 holidays in 2026 (New Years Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, …) — full list and the delay rule.
Bulk trash & leaf collection in Detroit
Bulk trash
Fee: Paid collection — arrange through the city's bulk collection page.
Source: official bulk collection page.
Leaf and yard waste
Collection period: 2026 yard waste collection runs March 31 through December 19. Yard waste collection will be picked up weekly at the curbline with the rest of your solid waste.
Bag rules: The City’s contractors, Waste Management and Priority Waste, will not collect yard waste in plastic bags.
Source: official leaf and yard-waste page.
Source: City of Detroit DPW (Priority Waste & WM) route data (layer, fetched 2026-09-17).