St. Paul 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.
16 collection zones · Most common trash day: Thursday (25%) · Collection types: Trash.
Official collection schedule · route data collected 2026-09-17. Official holiday notice · checked 2026-10-14.
City of Saint Paul Garbage Service runs 16 collection zones. Type your address to find yours, or browse the zones by day below. Citywide garbage service; recycling every other week by Ramsey County.
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How St. Paul compares
CoverageSt. Paul is split into 16 collection zones — the 29th fewest of the 58 zone-mapped cities on TrashWeek (the median city has 18). 25% of them are picked up on Thursday.
City of Saint Paul Garbage Service confirms 6 holiday dates that change collection in 2026; the median across the 38 cities whose holiday rules we have checked is 6. After a confirmed weekday holiday, later pickups that week slide one day.
Holiday delays
2026 listThe 2026 schedule confirms collection changes on 6 dates and normal service on 1 date — view the date-by-date findings.
Bulk trash & leaf collection in St. Paul
Bulk trash
Fee: you can pay $30 per bulky item (plus tax) to have them collected.
Eligibility and limits: 12 bulky item pickups per garbage cart, per calendar year
Source: official bulk collection page.
Source: City of Saint Paul Garbage Service route data (layer, fetched 2026-09-17).