🗑️ San Francisco Trash Pickup
Who collects in San Francisco, California, how to find your pickup day, bulk item pickup, holiday delays and what it costs. Checked October 31, 2026.
⚡ Quick Answer
In San Francisco, residential trash is collected by Recology San Francisco. Pickup days depend on your address, so use the official lookup (Collection Calendar) to find yours. Questions: 415.330.1300. Bulk item pickup: No additional charge for residential customers.
📅 Find my pickup dayOfficial trash page
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
Trash, recycling and composting carts are each billed as weekly collection.
Rates are set through the City's Office of the Refuse Rates Administrator.
| Cart | Sizes | How often |
|---|---|---|
| 🗑️ Trash | 16 gallon (default), 32 or 64 gallon; 96 gallon for current customers only | weekly |
| ♻️ Recycling | 64 gallon (default) or 96 gallon; billed per 32 gallons | weekly |
| 🥕 Food scraps | 32 gallon (default for composting/organics) | weekly |
🛋️ Bulk Item Pickup
- 💵Cost: No additional charge for residential customers.
- 📞How to book: Request a curbside pickup with Recology's online form. Place items next to the curb in front of your residence without blocking the sidewalk and attach a sign reading "RECOLOGY." Set items out no earlier than 6PM the day before and no later than 6AM on collection day. Cancel by 12 PM the business day before by calling 415.330.1300 or emailing [email protected].
- 📏Limits: Up to 10 items per appointment. Buildings with 5 units or fewer receive two curbside collections per year; in buildings with 6 or more units, each unit is eligible for one no-charge collection. Unused collections do not carry over. Not accepted: hazardous waste, construction and demolition debris, auto parts and tires.
Too long a wait, or over the limit? Haul it yourself: 2 public drop-off sites in San Francisco County, or get a junk removal quote below.
🎄 Holiday Delays
Recology provides uninterrupted service on all holidays except Christmas Day and New Year's Day. For New Year's Day 2026 (Thursday), Thursday customers were serviced Friday and Friday customers on Saturday. Holidays named: Christmas Day, New Year's Day.
💵 What Residents Pay
| Monthly base charge per dwelling unit (1 to 5 unit residential) | $21.16 Effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027 |
| Monthly trash volume charge, 16 gallons (default) | $8.84 Effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027 |
| Monthly trash volume charge, 32 gallons | $17.68 Effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027 |
| Monthly trash volume charge, 64 gallons | $35.36 Effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027 |
| Monthly trash volume charge, 96 gallons (current customers only) | $53.04 Effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027 |
| Monthly recycling or composting volume charge, each 32 gallons (default for organics) | $8.84 Effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027 |
| Monthly recycling volume charge, 64 gallons (default for recycling) | $17.68 Effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027 |
| Monthly recycling volume charge, 96 gallons (recycling only) | $26.52 Effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027 |
Copied from the city or hauler rate page. Rates usually change once a year.
🚛 Drop It Off Yourself
- 📍San Francisco Transfer Station, San Francisco · $60
- 📍Recology San Francisco Household Hazardous Waste Facility, San Francisco · Free
📚 Where This Comes From
- 🔗Bulky Items (Recology San Francisco)
- 🔗Residential Curbside Collection FAQ (Recology San Francisco)
- 🔗Holiday Calendar (Recology San Francisco)
- 🔗Collection Calendar (Recology San Francisco)
- 🔗Open New Account (Recology San Francisco)
- 🔗San Francisco Refuse Rates October 2026 to September 2027 (City and County of San Francisco, Office of the Refuse Rates Administrator)
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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