New Orleans trash pickup schedule
This week · holiday status
No city-specific holiday pickup rule is confirmed on this site for this week; check the official notice. Next federal holiday: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday 2026-11-26 — city pickup handling is unverified.
6 collection zones · Most common trash day: Friday (17%) · Collection types: Trash.
Official collection schedule · route data collected 2026-09-17. Official holiday notice · checked 2026-10-28.
City of New Orleans Sanitation runs 6 collection zones. Type your address to find yours, or browse the zones by day below.
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How New Orleans compares
CoverageNew Orleans is split into 6 collection zones — the 23rd fewest of the 58 zone-mapped cities on TrashWeek (the median city has 18). 17% of them are picked up on Friday.
Holiday delays
2026 listConfirmed no-change dates run on the normal schedule; other 2026 holiday dates remain unverified. See the 2026 findings and official holiday notice.
Monday zones 1
Tuesday zones 1
Wednesday zones 1
Thursday zones 1
Friday zones 1
Saturday zones 1
Bulk trash & leaf collection in New Orleans
Bulk trash
Eligibility and limits: Residents must contact 311 to request collection of bulky waste. Bulky waste should not be placed out for collection 24 hours prior to the scheduled solid waste collection day.
Source: official bulk collection page.
Leaf and yard waste
Collection period: Yard waste should be bundled and/or bagged, and placed next to the cart on the scheduled solid waste collection day of the week.
Bag rules: Less than 6 bags of leaves, weeds, grass, small vegetation/hedge clippings, with each bag weighing 50 pounds or less
Source: official leaf and yard-waste page.
Source: City of New Orleans Sanitation route data (layer, fetched 2026-09-17).