Irvine 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.
108 collection zones · Most common trash day: Thursday (27%) · Collection types: Trash.
Official collection schedule · route data collected 2026-09-17. Official holiday notice · checked 2026-09-17.
City of Irvine / Waste Management runs 108 collection zones. Type your address to find yours, or browse the zones by day below.
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How Irvine compares
CoverageIrvine is split into 108 collection zones — the 14th most of the 58 zone-mapped cities on TrashWeek (the median city has 18). 27% of them are picked up on Thursday.
City of Irvine / Waste Management 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 Irvine / Waste Management skips collection on 6 holidays in 2026 (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, …) — full list and the delay rule.
Monday zones 18
Tuesday zones 23
Wednesday zones 13
Thursday zones 29
Friday zones 25
Source: City of Irvine / Waste Management route data (layer, fetched 2026-09-17).