How often is recycling collected in Scranton?

Recycling is collected every other week in Scranton, on a day that depends on your address.

Do holidays change trash pickup in Scranton?

Yes. Scranton publishes 11 holiday changes for 2026, including New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Easter Monday.

Trash Pickup
Schedule

Collection schedule for

Scranton, PA

Scranton, PA Trash Pickup Schedule

Name: Scranton, PA waste collection schedule
Creator: Trash Pickup Schedule

Scranton publishes its collection schedule below.

What’s collected in Scranton

TrashWeekly

RecyclingEvery other week

Scranton Recycling Schedule

Recycling in Scranton is collected every other week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday depending on your area. Scranton doesn’t publish which week is which, so we don’t guess it.

What we don’t have yet

We haven’t found Scranton’s bulk items schedule yet. We only publish what a city puts in writing, so this stays blank until we find it.

Scranton Holiday Trash Pickup Schedule (2026)

As published by Scranton.

All DPW-observed holidays—

Slides one day for the rest of that week

All holidays (recycling)—

Slides one day for the rest of that week

New Year's DayJan 1

Slides one day for the rest of that week

Martin Luther King DayJan 19