🗑️ Fresno Trash Pickup
Who collects in Fresno, California, how to find your pickup day, bulk item pickup, holiday delays and what it costs. Checked October 31, 2026.
⚡ Quick Answer
In Fresno, residential trash is collected by City of Fresno Department of Public Utilities, Solid Waste. Pickup days depend on your address, so check with the collector to find yours. Questions: (559) 621-6888. Bulk item pickup: Free once per account per year.
Checked October 31, 2026 against the city's and its hauler's own pages. We never print a pickup day for a whole city, because it changes by street.
🗓️ How Pickup Works
All three carts are collected on the same assigned day, one day per week, between 5:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Place carts out after 6:00 p.m. the night before; they must be out by 5:30 a.m. on collection day. Remove emptied carts from the curb and out of view by 8:00 p.m. on collection day.
The City's residential services page says the City provides residents with three 96-gallon carts emptied by automated collection trucks; no contractor is named for single-family service.
| Cart | Sizes | How often |
|---|---|---|
| 🗑️ Trash (gray) | 96 gallon (basic service) or 64 gallon (alternative service) | weekly |
| ♻️ Recycling (blue) | 96 gallon | weekly |
| 🍂 Yard waste (green) | 96 gallon (green waste / organics) | weekly |
🛋️ Bulk Item Pickup
- 💵Cost: Free once per account per year. Extra pickups in the same year are charged as Special Haul: $87.00 for a 30 minute minimum, plus $24.70 for each additional 15 minutes or fraction over 30 minutes (Master Fee Schedule effective 07/01/2026). A $16.00 per unit Refrigerator Disposal Environmental Fee applies to Special Haul requests.
- 📞How to book: Call 311 or (559) 621-CITY (2489), or use the FresGO app. Solid Waste will call within seven business days to confirm a date. Set the item out no more than 36 hours before pickup.
- 📏Limits: One bulky item per pickup, too large to fit in the City carts (for example couches, mattresses, dressers, drained water heaters). Refrigerators/freezers, tires, electronic waste and batteries are not accepted. Once per one-year period per account, counted from your most recent pickup request. Account must be in good standing.
Too long a wait, or over the limit? Haul it yourself: 4 public drop-off sites in Fresno County, or get a junk removal quote below.
🎄 Holiday Delays
From the city's 2024 holiday schedule, the newest one posted: No schedule change for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day or Veterans Day. On Thanksgiving week, Thursday collection moves to Friday and Friday collection moves to Saturday. For Christmas and New Year's Day, collection from the holiday through Friday shifts one day later (Friday moves to Saturday); a Monday, Saturday or Sunday holiday keeps the standard schedule. Holidays named: Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day.
💵 What Residents Pay
| Basic residential service, per month (one 96-gallon trash, one 96-gallon recycle, one 96-gallon organics container, one day per week) | $38.70 Master Fee Schedule, fees effective 07/01/2026 |
| Alternative residential service, per month (one 64-gallon trash, one 96-gallon recycle, one 96-gallon organics container) | $35.25 Effective 07/01/2026 |
| Additional 96-gallon trash container, per month (12-month minimum) | $10.36 Effective 07/01/2026 |
| Additional 64-gallon trash container, per month (12-month minimum) | $6.90 Effective 07/01/2026 |
| Additional 96-gallon organics container, per month (12-month minimum) | $6.20 Effective 07/01/2026 |
| Additional 96-gallon recycling container, per month (12-month minimum) | $4.35 Effective 07/01/2026 |
Copied from the city or hauler rate page. Rates usually change once a year.
🏡 New Resident? Starting Service
Contact Utility Billing & Collection at (559) 621-6888 to start service or make a change.
🚛 Drop It Off Yourself
- 📍American Avenue Disposal Site, Kerman · $28.10
- 📍Shaver Lake Transfer Station, Shaver Lake · $4.16
- 📍Fresno County HHW Facility, Fresno · Free
- 📍Clovis Dropoff Center, Clovis · Free
📚 Where This Comes From
- 🔗Residential Services (City of Fresno)
- 🔗One-Time Bulky Item Pickup (City of Fresno)
- 🔗Master Fee Schedule, Department of Public Utilities, effective 07/01/2026 (City of Fresno)
- 🔗General Holiday Collection Schedule (City of Fresno)
Checked October 31, 2026. Trash rules and rates change; the official pages above are the final word. See something out of date? Tell us.
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