Lansing, MI Trash Pickup Schedule
Collection days, holiday changes, recycling rules, and drop-off options for Lansing, Michigan — in one page, with sources.
Trash in Lansing, MI 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 Lansing services.
| Service | When | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | Weekly MONDAY-THURSDAY across 8 route zones (2 zones per day). | Depends on your address — the city assigns days via its lookup/map |
| Recycling | Depends on your address | Depends on your address — the city assigns days via its lookup/map |
Who collects what?
The provider for each service and how to reach them.
| Service | Provider | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | City of Lansing Public Service (city-collected) | |
| Recycling | City of Lansing Public Service |
Common questions
The things Lansing residents ask most.
What day is trash pickup in Lansing, MI?
Weekly Monday-Thursday by zone (8 zones); recycling is every other week on the same day, alternating Blue and Green weeks.
What changed recently?
Every update to this page, newest first.
- Record created from Lansing's 8-zone trash + blue/green recycling-week layer.
- Holiday QA R5 INCONCLUSIVE: lansingmi.gov (new CMS) - recycling-trash-yard-waste, /trash and /collection-schedule pages grep-checked, zero 'holiday' mentions in static HTML (content largely JS-loaded); no dedicated holiday page found in nav. City posts holiday schedule changes via news/alerts or inside the My Schedule tool (neighborhoods.lansingmi.gov). Layer-staleness re-flagged: city site still uses trash-day + Blue/Green-week model matching the 2017 layer, but holiday rules remain unverified.
- Holiday QA R6 (2026-09-24) INCONCLUSIVE: Wayback 2026-07-05 captures of lansingmi.gov /trash and /recycling-trash-yard-waste are navigation-only shells (body content JS-loaded); the linked 'Collection Schedule' page renders identically empty via static fetch and live curl returns 500. No holiday text obtainable without a JS browser session. Layer-staleness flag stands.
Population 112,115 · Sources: City of Lansing Recycling_and_Trash_Routes FS/0 (owner 'Lansing' = Sa…, www.lansingmi.gov · Summarized from municipal, hauler, and public-data records; schedules change without notice.