Fort Wayne trash pickup schedule
This week · holiday status
No holiday affecting pickup is listed this week; regular collection days apply. Next listed holiday: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday 2026-11-26 — Thursday routes run Friday, Friday routes run Saturday.
10 collection zones · Most common trash day: Monday (20%) · Collection types: Trash.
Official collection schedule · route data collected 2026-09-17. Official holiday notice · checked 2026-09-17.
City of Fort Wayne Solid Waste runs 10 collection zones. Type your address to find yours, or browse the zones by day below. Recycling every other week (week A or B) on the trash day.
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How Fort Wayne compares
CoverageFort Wayne is split into 10 collection zones — the 26th fewest of the 58 zone-mapped cities on TrashWeek (the median city has 18). 20% of them are picked up on Monday.
City of Fort Wayne Solid Waste observes 6 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 Fort Wayne Solid Waste skips collection on 6 holidays in 2026 (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, …) — full list and the delay rule.
Bulk trash & leaf collection in Fort Wayne
Leaf and yard waste
Bag rules: place your leaves in brown paper biodegradable leaf bags
Source: official leaf and yard-waste page.
Source: City of Fort Wayne Solid Waste route data (layer, fetched 2026-09-17).