El Paso, TX Trash Pickup Schedule
Collection days, holiday changes, recycling rules, and drop-off options for El Paso, Texas — in one page, with sources.
Trash in El Paso, TX 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 El Paso services.
| Service | When | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | Depends on your address | 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 |
| Bulk | Monday · Saturday | Residents-only drop-off at 5 Citizen Collection Stations (trash, HHW, bulky); no C&D; landfill Mon-Sat 7 a.m.-4 p.m. |
What about bulky or special items?
Mattresses, appliances, storm debris — the rules before you set them out.
- Sidedoor collection — Seniors 65+/100%-disabled residents who cannot roll bins may qualify for sidedoor collection (must live alone, hold primary water account, exactly one gray + one blue bin).
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 El Paso Environmental Services Department (city-collected) | |
| Recycling | City of El Paso ESD (curbside recycling) | |
| Bulk | City of El Paso ESD (Citizen Collection Stations) |
Common questions
The things El Paso residents ask most.
What day is garbage pickup in El Paso, TX?
Weekly Tuesday-Friday depending on your ESD routing zone (30 zones mapped); your exact day is in the city collection-calendar lookup; ESD (915) 212-6000.
What changed recently?
Every update to this page, newest first.
- Record created from El Paso ESD's 30-zone SWM routing-days layer (city-hosted ArcGIS server, reachable from this egress) + ESD program page capture.
- Holiday QA R6 (2026-09-24) INCONCLUSIVE: elpasotexas.gov/environmental-services has no holiday rules; official 311 collection-calendar app (ep311anon.elpasotexas.gov/collection-calendar.php) exposes no holiday layer statically; /environmental-services/holiday-schedule 404s. Wayback shows the pattern: per-holiday pages/press releases (e.g. 'thanksgiving-holiday-collection-schedule', 'changes to trash collection schedule for thanksgiving holiday weekend.ashx', MLK 2016 ashx) - a Thanksgiving collection page captured 2025-03 has since been REMOVED (404). Holiday rules are posted transiently, not as a standing schedule.
Population 678,958 · Sources: City of El Paso ESD SWMNewRoutingDays FS/0 (item 0c5e582902584a199db7…, City of El Paso Environmental Services Dept (WebFetch capture 2026-09… · Summarized from municipal, hauler, and public-data records; schedules change without notice.