Los Angeles 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.
30 collection zones · Most common trash day: Thursday (20%) · Collection types: Trash.
Official collection schedule · route data collected 2026-09-17. Official holiday notice · checked 2026-09-24.
LA Sanitation & Environment runs 30 collection zones. Type your address to find yours, or browse the zones by day below. All carts (black, blue, green) are collected on the same day each week.
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How Los Angeles compares
CoverageLos Angeles is split into 30 collection zones — the 27th most of the 58 zone-mapped cities on TrashWeek (the median city has 18). 20% of them are picked up on Thursday.
LA Sanitation & Environment observes 4 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 listLA Sanitation & Environment skips collection on 4 holidays in 2026 (New Year's Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day) — full list and the delay rule.
Monday zones 6
Tuesday zones 6
Wednesday zones 6
Thursday zones 6
Friday zones 6
Bulk trash & leaf collection in Los Angeles
Bulk trash
Fee: the Bureau of Sanitation will remove the items for free
Source: official bulk collection page.
Source: LA Sanitation & Environment route data (layer, fetched 2026-09-17).