Is There Trash Pickup on Labor Day? Holiday Garbage Collection Schedule

Labor Day is a federal holiday, meaning that many government services, businesses and shops will be closed over the long weekend. Many banks will also be closed, as well as stock exchanges, public libraries and post offices.

Trash pickup in some states will not happen on Labor Day, as the municipal departments responsible for the task will be on holiday this Monday, September 5. Some will be postponing trash pickup days, while others will be operating as normal.

Many municipalities use private companies to pick up trash for city residents, and each has different policies regarding Labor Day. For simplicity, most of those cities are not mentioned in this story. But Newsweek has researched which cities have trash pickup on Labor Day so you don’t have to.

New York City will be picking up trash on September 5. If your collection day is a Monday, authorities advise placing rubbish on the curb on Sunday, September 4, between 4 p.m. and midnight for collection beginning Monday.

In Houston, there will be no collection service on Labor Day. For three days, trash pickup will be pushed back a day, so Monday’s garbage will be picked up on Tuesday, Tuesday’s on Wednesday, and Wednesday’s on Thursday. However, in the city of Austin, trash will be collected on the federal holiday. San Antonio will delay Labor Day collections by a day and September 6 collections to September 7.

Workers in Phoenix will pick up trash as normal on Labor Day.

Des Moines, Iowa, will see pickup services delayed for a day, to Tuesday. Collections for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will also be delayed by one day.

In Los Angeles and San Antonio, Labor Day collections will slide to Tuesday. Garbage collection will vary in San Francisco, which works with several trash collectors.

In Portland, Oregon, most government offices will be closed on Labor Day, but residents are asked to enter their home address on the city’s website to see whether their local garbage company will pick up trash on that day.

In Washington, D.C., Labor Day trash will be collected on Tuesday. Trash pickup will not happen in Chicago on Labor Day.

In Oklahoma City, trash pickup will not occur on Labor Day. Instead, it will be pushed two days to Wednesday.

Philadelphia considers Labor Day a holiday for picking up trash. Services will be delayed by one day for the rest of the week. Elsewhere in Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh also goes by this policy.