Paducah, KY Trash Pickup Schedule
Collection days, holiday changes, recycling rules, and drop-off options for Paducah, Kentucky — in one page, with sources.
Trash in Paducah, KY runs on a set schedule — your exact day depends on your address. Rules and holiday shifts below.
Pickup days are assigned by address — the city's lookup gives your day, and the schedule repeats each week unless a holiday shifts it.
When is each service collected?
Recurring schedule for Paducah services.
| Service | When | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | Weekly Tuesday-Friday (NO Monday routes) assigned per address across 19128 address points. | Provider: City of Paducah Solid Waste (city-collected). |
| Recycling | Depends on your address | WEEKLY curbside recycling on the SAME DAY as garbage (Tue-Fri) - MEASURED from paducahky.gov Solid Waste page. Voluntary program: residents must sign up. Free drop-off also available. |
What about bulky or special items?
Mattresses, appliances, storm debris — the rules before you set them out.
- Sept 2025 recycling change — City replaced twice-monthly Monday recycling with WEEKLY recycling on trash day in Sept 2025. GIS layer recycling fields predate this - do not show Monday-week answers without the caveat.
- 2023 zone remap — The ChangedZoneAddresses audit shows ~5,200 addresses changed days in the 2023 remap (Thursday +2559, Wednesday +1771, Friday +914). Use the current Trash_Pickup field only.
Who collects what?
The provider for each service and how to reach them.
| Service | Provider | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | City of Paducah Solid Waste (city-collected) | |
| Recycling | City of Paducah Solid Waste (voluntary signup) |
Common questions
The things Paducah residents ask most.
What day is trash pickup in Paducah, KY?
Tuesday-Friday (no Monday) - your address is one of 19128 mapped addresses in the city's zone layer. Recycling is now weekly on the same day.
What changed recently?
Every update to this page, newest first.
- Record created from Paducah's TrashPickupZones2023: 19128 addresses with trash day + recycling week; 2023 remap audit layer cross-referenced.
- QA conflict RESOLVED: paducahky.gov page captured - recycling weekly same-day-as-trash confirmed; layer recycling fields confirmed outdated; holiday delay 1-2 business days; brush Fridays.
Population 27,000 · Sources: City of Paducah TrashPickupZones2023 (owner MAP_GIS_Site_Admin), Paducah ChangedZoneAddressesAll (2023 zone-change audit), City of Paducah Solid Waste, Brush & Yard Waste (page captured 2026-0… · Summarized from municipal, hauler, and public-data records; schedules change without notice.