How often is recycling collected in Tacoma?

Recycling is collected every other week in Tacoma, on Monday.

Do holidays change trash pickup in Tacoma?

Yes. Tacoma publishes 4 holiday changes for 2026, including New Year's Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day.

Collection schedule for

Tacoma, WA

Name: Tacoma, WA waste collection schedule
Creator: Trash Pickup Schedule

Tacoma publishes its collection schedule below.

TrashWeekly · MondayNext: Mon, Sep 21

RecyclingEvery other week · MondayNext: Mon, Sep 28

Recycling in Tacoma is collected every other week on Monday.

What we don’t have yet

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

As published by Tacoma.

New Year's DayJan 1

Slides one day for the rest of that week

Fourth of JulyJul 4

Special arrangement — see the city notice

Thanksgiving DayNov 26

Slides one day for the rest of that week

Christmas DayDec 25

Slides one day for the rest of that week

Check it yourself

Everything here is taken from Tacoma’s own published pages and documents. If something looks wrong, these are the originals.

Tacoma doesn’t publish a collection-zone map — the schedule is in the panel. View the city’s page ↗