St. Louis, MO Trash Pickup Schedule
Collection days, holiday changes, recycling rules, and drop-off options for St. Louis, Missouri — in one page, with sources.
Trash in St. Louis, MO 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 St. Louis services.
| Service | When | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | Twice-weekly (Mon+Thu or Tue+Fri) citywide; 3560 district parcels name the serving hauler... | Depends on your address — the city assigns days via its lookup/map |
| Yard waste | Seasonal collection resuming the first full week in March per the Refuse Division. | Provider: St. Louis seasonal yard waste. |
What about bulky or special items?
Mattresses, appliances, storm debris — the rules before you set them out.
- Opt-out households — 765 district parcels are flagged Opt_Out - addresses that registered private hauling instead of city service; contact before publishing those blocks.
More details: bulk & yard waste page.
Who collects what?
The provider for each service and how to reach them.
| Service | Provider | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | City of St. Louis Refuse Division + franchised haulers | |
| Yard waste | St. Louis seasonal yard waste |
Common questions
The things St. Louis residents ask most.
What are St. Louis trash pickup days?
What changed recently?
Every update to this page, newest first.
- Record created from St. Louis trash-district parcels: 3560 districts mapping every block to a hauler + opt-out flag.
- QA: population corrected to Census Vintage 2023 estimate (St. Louis city: 281,754; prior estimate 285000).
- Holiday QA INCONCLUSIVE: stlouis-mo.gov times out on all fetch attempts (root, refuse-division, garbage-pickup pages) - site unreachable. Manual check of Refuse Division holiday rules needed.
- Holiday QA round 3 (2026-09-23): VERIFIED via archived Refuse Division news https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/street/refuse/news/refuse-labor-2026.cfm (Wayback 2026-09-08): Labor Day Mon 9/7/2026 - Monday roll-cart trash collected Tue 9/8; Tuesday trash route collected Wed 9/9; recycling days unchanged (Thu 9/10 / Fri 9/11); yard waste suspended during the holiday week, resumes Wed 9/16.
Population 281,754 · Sources: City of St. Louis Trash_Collection_Districts (owner pthacher_stlcogis), www.stlouis-mo.gov · Summarized from municipal, hauler, and public-data records; schedules change without notice.