Starting February 2, Nashville Waste Services will shift to a new residential trash and recycling collection schedule. Customers will continue to receive weekly trash pickup and every other week recycling pickup, it just might be on a new day.
This change is about serving a growing city and will make collection smarter and improve service efficiency.
Residents can look up their new collection day using our New Pickup Day Lookup Tool and can see their full schedule starting in February using the pickup calendar on the Nashville Waste and Recycling App available in your mobile app store or on our website.
Residents should also look out for:
Don't miss your new day by signing up for pickup day reminders using the Nashville Waste and Recycling App or web widget. Your reminders will automatically shift to your new day on February 2.
To reduce the number of schedule changes due to Metro holidays, Nashville Waste Services is doing holidays different starting February 2.
With the new schedule, collection during holiday weeks is simpler:
This means fewer schedule disruptions for residents and, for some residents, no disruptions in service.
We want to ensure your pickup is reliable and convenient. Our new schedule helps us serve a growing city efficiently, safely, and consistently.
If you still have questions about your new schedule change, contact hubNashville by calling 311, visiting hub.nashville.gov, or using the hubNashville app.
Nashville Waste Services is providing multiple ways to find your new schedule:
1. Mail: You will receive an official postcard mailer with your new calendar and collection day in January 2026.
2. Online: Look up your new collection schedule on Nashville Waste Services website.
3. App: Using the Nashville Waste and Recycling app, you can sign up for reminders for your collection day now and after the schedule change – the app will automatically update.
The new collection schedule will begin February 2, 2026.
When the new collection schedule starts, only collection days that fall on a Metro holiday will change. If you collection day falls on a Metro holiday, your collection day will move to Monday of that week. For example, if a Metro holiday falls on a Thursday, Thursday's collection will be picked up on the Monday before instead, and all other collection days will remain the same.
Yes, for many residents. If your current collection day is Monday, it will change. As the department optimizes all routes for the new schedules, residents currently collected Tuesday through Friday may also see their collection day change.
No. Your reminders will automatically be updated to alert you about your new collection day.
Nashville Waste Services is updating trash and recycling collection routes to modernize services, make collections more reliable for residents, and better serve our rapidly growing city.
By streamlining our routes and repurposing Monday pickups, we deliver smoother service and reduce holiday schedule changes. This helps residents know what to expect and allows us to maintain reliable service as Nashville continues to expand.
Yes, there are two ways the new schedule may impact your collection even if your day does not change. One, your week for recycling may shift to the opposite week. Two, collection changes for holidays are also changing. If your collection day falls on a holiday, your collection day will move to Monday of that week instead of sliding to the next day.
