is there garbage pickup on december 26

There is no single nationwide rule about garbage pickup on December 26, so it may or may not happen where you live. Most haulers treat December 26 as a normal collection day, with any changes usually coming from Christmas Day delays.

Key point

• Many city and private waste companies only pause service on major holidays like Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, then resume normal pickup the next day (for example, some cities list December 26 as “regular schedule resumes”).

• When service is canceled on Christmas Day, routes are often pushed one day later for the rest of that week; in those cases, December 26 becomes the “make‑up” day for December 25 customers.

What you should do

• Check your city or county’s sanitation website or holiday schedule for this year; they usually post a specific calendar for Christmas week.

• If you cannot find a schedule, put your cart out as usual on December 26; many local notices and forum posts suggest setting trash out on your normal or next day, as trucks may just be running a day behind.

Simple rule of thumb

If your regular pickup day is December 26 and there is no official notice saying it’s delayed, assume there is garbage pickup that day, especially if your hauler only lists December 25 as the holiday and says normal service resumes the following day.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.