Who collects trash in Colorado Springs, how trash day works, and which holidays move pickup. Checked against official city and hauler pages on Oct 15, 2026.
Next holiday change: Thanksgiving Day, Thu, Nov 26, 2026See every holiday
Colorado Springs has no city trash service and doesn't assign haulers. Each household, HOA or neighborhood group hires its own private hauler, so trucks from different companies serve the same street on different days. The main haulers are GFL Environmental, Waste Connections, WM (Waste Management) and Apex Waste Solutions, which operates locally as Infinite Disposal. Pickup day and holiday changes depend on the hauler; GFL and Apex/Infinite, which post their holiday rules, both delay pickup by one day on and after a weekday holiday.
Residents choose a hauler.
Formerly Bestway Disposal. Crews collect until 7 p.m.; if a pickup is missed, put bins back out by 7 a.m. the next day. GFL's website lists organics and compost and bulky item collection, but its Colorado Springs page doesn't describe them or say how often recycling is picked up, so ask GFL.
Formerly Springs Waste Systems. To see the holiday schedule, enter your ZIP code at wasteconnections.com/pickup-schedule. Delays are announced in the WasteConnect app, by email and on the website. The company's corporate residential page lists 844-708-7274.
WM's Colorado Springs page doesn't list a phone number, recycling frequency, set-out time or holiday schedule; it points to the WM Support Center and its Schedule & ETA tool.
Infinite Disposal is a locally owned company founded in 2021 that runs under Apex Waste Solutions (apexwasteco.com). Office: 560 Air Ln, Colorado Springs, CO 80929. Trash is weekly and recycling every other week, on its 2026 recycling calendar. Carts must be out by 7 a.m. It also offers roll-out service, and its pink carts make its customers easy to spot.
A small local hauler that opened in March 2021, according to the Gazette. This information is from 2021, so check that it still serves your area.
The City provides no residential collection to anyone. Every home, HOA and business hires a hauler or hauls its own trash. The Gazette reports that the City doesn't permit haulers and has no way to make them perform. Some neighborhoods, such as Patty Jewett (700+ homes), have voluntary single-hauler programs with Apex/Infinite.
Each private hauler sets pickup days by route or account; there's no city zone map. Check your hauler's account, app or customer service, such as the Waste Connections pickup-schedule lookup or WM's Schedule & ETA tool.
Find a trash day on wasteconnections.com
Recycling: varies. Apex/Infinite picks up trash weekly and recycling every other week, on a 2026 calendar. GFL, Waste Connections and WM don't list a recycling frequency on their local pages, so ask your hauler.
Carts out: Apex/Infinite: at the curb by 7 a.m. on pickup day, including moved holiday pickups. Other haulers don't post a set-out time, so ask yours. Source
A 2020 KRDO report says city code bars leaving cans out overnight in wildlife-prone areas. Because several haulers serve each street, plan bin-cleaning routes by hauler, not by neighborhood.
Upcoming holidays in Colorado Springs and what each does to pickup. The 2026 holiday schedule is posted; 2027’s isn’t out yet.
No hauler posts a dated holiday calendar. GFL and Apex/Infinite post holiday rules that are the same every year, plus the holidays they observe, and the 2026 dates here follow those rules. Waste Connections shows its holiday schedule only by ZIP code lookup, and WM's local page doesn't show one. Under the GFL and Apex/Infinite rules, New Year's Day 2027 (a Friday) moves Friday pickups to Saturday, and holidays on a weekend in 2027 (July 4 is a Sunday, Christmas a Saturday) cause no delay.
GFL Environmental customers
GFL's holiday rule (the same every year): 'service that falls on the holidays listed below will be completed the following day, and service for subsequent days in the same week will also be completed one day later.' GFL lists Thanksgiving as closed, so Thursday moves to Friday and Friday to Saturday.
Source: gflenv.comApex/Infinite Disposal customers
Apex/Infinite's holiday rule (the same every year): days before the holiday are unaffected; on and after a weekday holiday, service is delayed one day, and Friday moves to Saturday. Thanksgiving is an observed holiday. Carts must be out by 7 a.m. on the new day.
Source: infinitedisposal.comGFL Environmental customers
GFL lists Christmas as closed. Under its holiday rule (the same every year), service due on a listed holiday is done the next day and the rest of the week moves a day later, so Friday pickups move to Saturday.
Source: gflenv.comApex/Infinite Disposal customers
Christmas is an observed holiday. Under Apex/Infinite's holiday rule (the same every year), service on and after a weekday holiday is delayed one day, so Friday service moves to Saturday.
Source: infinitedisposal.comBins get cleaned right after pickup, so when a holiday moves trash day, your route moves with it. In Clean Bin System you give each zone its hauler and add the hauler’s holidays once: that week’s cleanings move with the pickup, and each customer gets a text. See how it works
Colorado Springs has no city trash service and doesn't assign haulers. Each household, HOA or neighborhood group hires its own private hauler, so trucks from different companies serve the same street on different days. The main haulers are GFL Environmental, Waste Connections, WM (Waste Management) and Apex Waste Solutions, which operates locally as Infinite Disposal. Pickup day and holiday changes depend on the hauler; GFL and Apex/Infinite, which post their holiday rules, both delay pickup by one day on and after a weekday holiday.
Each private hauler sets pickup days by route or account; there's no city zone map. Check your hauler's account, app or customer service, such as the Waste Connections pickup-schedule lookup or WM's Schedule & ETA tool.
It varies. Apex/Infinite picks up trash weekly and recycling every other week, on a 2026 calendar. GFL, Waste Connections and WM don't list a recycling frequency on their local pages, so ask your hauler.
Apex/Infinite: at the curb by 7 a.m. on pickup day, including moved holiday pickups. Other haulers don't post a set-out time, so ask yours.
Thanksgiving is Thu, Nov 26, 2026. GFL Environmental customers: pickup slides a day, so that day’s routes and the rest of the week move one day later. GFL's holiday rule (the same every year): 'service that falls on the holidays listed below will be completed the following day, and service for subsequent days in the same week will also be completed one day later.' GFL lists Thanksgiving as closed, so Thursday moves to Friday and Friday to Saturday. Apex/Infinite Disposal customers: pickup slides a day, so that day’s routes and the rest of the week move one day later. Apex/Infinite's holiday rule (the same every year): days before the holiday are unaffected; on and after a weekday holiday, service is delayed one day, and Friday moves to Saturday. Thanksgiving is an observed holiday. Carts must be out by 7 a.m. on the new day.
Christmas is Fri, Dec 25, 2026. GFL Environmental customers: pickup slides a day, so that day’s routes and the rest of the week move one day later. GFL lists Christmas as closed. Under its holiday rule (the same every year), service due on a listed holiday is done the next day and the rest of the week moves a day later, so Friday pickups move to Saturday. Apex/Infinite Disposal customers: pickup slides a day, so that day’s routes and the rest of the week move one day later. Christmas is an observed holiday. Under Apex/Infinite's holiday rule (the same every year), service on and after a weekday holiday is delayed one day, so Friday service moves to Saturday.
Official city and hauler pages, checked Oct 15, 2026. News and other sites used for details the official pages don’t give are listed separately. Schedules change, especially around holidays: check the city’s page before you plan routes. Something out of date? Email taylor@bincleanmarketing.com.
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