Glendale, AZ Waste Collection Schedule
Complete waste management schedule including trash pickup, recycling, bulk waste, and special collections for Glendale.
Collection Zones & Pickup Days
Find your neighborhood to see your collection schedule
View Interactive Zone MapNorth Glendale / Arrowhead
Neighborhoods:
- •Arrowhead Ranch
- •Arrowhead Lakes
- •Hillcrest Ranch
- •Sierra Verde
- •Happy Valley
- •North Peak
- •Westgate Entertainment District area
- •North 67th Avenue Corridor
- •Deer Valley area
Central Glendale / Historic Downtown
Neighborhoods:
- •Historic Downtown Glendale
- •Catlin Court Historic District
- •Sahuaro Ranch
- •Manistee Ranch area
- •Central Glendale
- •Glendale Avenue Corridor
- •Grand Avenue District
- •Midtown Glendale
West Glendale
Neighborhoods:
- •West Glendale
- •West 59th Avenue area
- •West Bethany Home area
- •West Camelback area
- •West Thunderbird area
- •West Northern area
East Glendale
Neighborhoods:
- •East Glendale
- •East Bell Road area
- •East Peoria area
- •East Olive area
- •East Greenway area
- •East Northern area
South Glendale
Neighborhoods:
- •South Glendale
- •South Camelback area
- •South Bethany Home area
- •South Indian School area
- •South Maryland area
- •South Glendale Avenue area
Service Provider
municipalCity of Glendale Field Operations Division
Bulk Waste Pickup
Accepted Items
- •Appliances (refrigerators with refrigerant incur $25 fee)
- •Furniture (couches, chairs, tables, dressers)
- •Mattresses and box springs
- •Tree limbs (cut to 4-foot segments, under 12 inches diameter)
- •Wood panels and fencing (under 4 square feet)
- •Yard clippings (in tied plastic bags)
- •Cacti (in small cardboard boxes)
- •Sports equipment
- •Bicycles
- •Carpeting (rolled and bundled)
- •Large toys
Not Accepted
- •Soil, rocks, concrete
- •Hazardous materials (paint, chemicals, oil)
- •Whole tree trunks and stumps
- •Tires
- •Regular garbage
- •Styrofoam
- •Car batteries
- •Items over 4 feet long (except furniture)
- •Construction debris
- •Business or commercial waste
Glendale is divided into 4 sections for bulk trash collection. Section 1: First week of month, Section 2: Second week of month, Section 3: Third week of month, Section 4: Fourth week of month. Place bulk trash no earlier than Thursday before scheduled collection week and no later than 6:00 AM Monday of collection week. Stack items neatly, parallel to street. Separate piles by category (appliances, tree limbs). $25 fee for Freon unit disposal. Potential $99 fine for improper placement. Use online lookup tool to find your section. Residents also receive free landfill disposal once per month at Glendale MSW Landfill.
Recycling Program
Accepted Materials
- •Paper: Newspaper, magazines, catalogs, office paper, junk mail, paper bags
- •Cardboard: Flattened boxes, cereal boxes, paper packaging (broken down and empty)
- •Plastics #1 and #2: Water bottles, milk jugs, detergent bottles, soda bottles, plastic containers marked 1 or 2
- •Glass: Bottles and jars (all colors) - NEW as of March 2023
- •Metal: Clean, empty metal containers, aluminum cans, tin/steel cans
Not Accepted
- •Plastic bags (can damage processing equipment)
- •Plastics #3 through #7 (no longer accepted)
- •Styrofoam and polystyrene foam
- •Yard clippings and green waste
- •Food waste or food-contaminated items
- •Regular trash
- •Greasy pizza boxes
- •Diapers and hygiene products
- •Electronics
- •Batteries (take to HHW collection)
- •Hazardous materials
- •Construction debris
- •Ceramics or dishes
- •Light bulbs
- •Medical waste
- •Clothing and textiles
- •Shredded paper
- •Nested containers (do not nest items inside each other)
Glendale uses single-stream recycling - all accepted recyclables go together in the blue 95-gallon container. Items MUST be clean, dry, and empty. Rinse containers to remove food residue. No need to remove labels or caps. Do NOT use plastic bags in recycling - they damage processing equipment. Do NOT nest items inside each other. Place recycling container at curb after 5:00 PM the evening before or by 6:00 AM on collection day. Container must face forward with wheels in curb area. Keep at least 3 feet apart from trash container and 10 feet from parked vehicles. Contamination enforcement: Red tag on first contamination, 3-month suspension after second contamination. City goal is less than 20% contamination by 2025. Glass recycling was added in March 2023 through new partnership with Waste Management. Only plastics marked #1 or #2 are accepted - plastics #3-#7 no longer accepted. Test your recycling knowledge with the city's online "Recycling and Disposal Done Right" game.
Holiday Schedule
Glendale only delays trash and recycling collection for THREE holidays: Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 27, 2025), Christmas Day (Thursday, December 25, 2025), and New Year's Day (Wednesday, January 1, 2026). When a holiday falls on a collection day, the schedule adjusts as follows: Thursday collection moves to Friday, and Friday collection moves to Saturday. For all other holidays (including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, etc.), collection remains on the regular schedule with NO delays. The Glendale Municipal Landfill is closed on Sundays and city holidays.
Important Information
Official Data Sources
- https://www.glendaleaz.gov/Live/City-Services/Trash-and-Recycling
- https://www.glendaleaz.gov/Live/City-Services/Trash-and-Recycling/Residential-Services
- https://www.glendaleaz.gov/Live/City-Services/Trash-and-Recycling/Bulk-Trash
- https://www.glendaleaz.gov/Live/City-Services/Trash-and-Recycling/Household-Hazardous-Waste
- https://www.glendaleaz.gov/Live/City-Services/Trash-and-Recycling/Recycling
- https://www.glendaleaz.gov/Live/City-Services/Trash-and-Recycling/Landfill
- https://www.glendaleaz.gov/Live/City-Services/Trash-and-Recycling/Holiday-Schedule
- https://gismaps.glendaleaz.com/gisportal/apps/experiencebuilder/experience/?id=69efe658210042448474381dfce56585
- https://trashschedules.com/glendale-trash-schedule/
- https://wasteadvantagemag.com/glendale-az-residents-can-start-recycling-glass/
- https://ktar.com/story/5470263/glendale-adds-glass-to-curbside-recycling-program/
- https://nearestlandfill.com/org/glendale-msw-landfill/
- https://www.jux2.com/top-tips-for-glendale-az-recycling-what-residents-must-know/