Trash pickup in El Paso, TX

Who collects trash in El Paso, how trash day works, and which holidays move pickup. Checked against official city and hauler pages on Oct 15, 2026.

At a glance

Who collects
City crews
Hauler
City of El Paso Environmental Services Department
Recycling
Every other week
Holiday schedule
2026 not posted yet, 2027 not posted yet
Last checked
Oct 15, 2026

The City of El Paso Environmental Services Department (ESD) collects residential curbside trash (gray bins) and recycling (blue bins) across the whole city with its own crews. Trash is picked up weekly and recycling every other week, on the same day. Look up an address's day on the EP311 collection calendar. Holiday changes come out one at a time in City press releases a few days to two weeks ahead, and the rules change year to year, so check each one.

Who picks up trash in El Paso

City crews.

City of El Paso Environmental Services Department

City serviceTrashRecyclingBulk
Area
Whole city
Phone
(915) 212-6000; City 311: 3-1-1 or (915) 212-0000

Gray bin is trash, blue bin is recycling. For bulky items and brush, call ESD at (915) 212-6000 (Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.) to book a fee-based special pickup: $35 for up to 5 cubic yards plus $7 for each extra cubic yard, plus tax, billed to your El Paso Water account. Accepted items include 'Brush, tree trunks, branches, and other green waste.' Put items at the curb by 6 a.m. on the scheduled day, at least 5 ft from carts, mailboxes and fences. The city doesn't list a regular curbside brush or yard-waste route. Drop-off: five Citizen Collection Stations (Central, 2492 Harrison; Eastside, 3510 Confederate; Mission Valley, 1034 Pendale; Northeast, 4501 Hondo Pass; Westside, 121 Atlantic) and the Greater El Paso Landfill (2600 Darrington). Other fees: extra lift $10, go-back $15, container delivery $25, burnt or damaged cart $58. Seniors 65 and older and residents with disabilities can qualify for a fee discount or side-door collection.

Not covered

The city's pages don't give a curbside exclusion rule (for example, an apartment unit cutoff). ESD special pickups and Citizen Collection Stations are for El Paso residents only, not commercial businesses or contractors, and commercial or industrial material isn't accepted.

How trash day works in El Paso

By address. Enter your service address in the City's EP311 Trash and Recycling Collection Calendar, or use the free ESD Works for You app.

Find a trash day on ep311anon.elpasotexas.gov

Recycling: every other week. The city's recycling page says: 'Recyclables are collected every other week, on your regular garbage collection day.' Put the blue bin next to the gray bin, both facing the right way, with 5 feet of clearance from other objects. Every-other-week recycling started March 31, 2020, according to KFOX.

Carts out: The city doesn't publish a set-out time for regular gray and blue carts. ESD's Special Collections page says bins 'must be placed on curb', 3 ft apart and 5 ft from other objects, facing the street with lids closed, and that go-back bins are collected 'no later than 5pm on the decided go-back date'. Bulky special-pickup items go out by 6 a.m. Call (915) 212-6000 if a bin hasn't been collected by 3 p.m. on collection day. Source

The 6 a.m. rule applies only to bulky special pickups, not regular carts. No take-in time is published for regular carts.

El Paso trash pickup holiday schedule

El Paso hasn’t posted a holiday schedule for the rest of 2026 or 2027 yet.

El Paso doesn't publish a yearly holiday calendar or a rule that holds every year. ESD announces each holiday in a City press release a few days to two weeks ahead; nothing has been announced yet for Veterans Day (Nov 11), Thanksgiving, Christmas 2026 or New Year's 2027, so check the City's press releases before each one. In past years: Veterans Day 2025 had regular trash and recycling pickup, with collection stations and the landfill open. Thanksgiving 2025 had no pickup Thursday, Nov 27 or Friday, Nov 28, and gray bins were collected Monday, Dec 1. Christmas and New Year's 2025-26 had no pickup Dec 25-26 or Jan 1-2, with gray-bin-only Saturday make-ups on Dec 27 and Jan 3 (blue bins waited for the next recycling day). Christmas and New Year's 2024-25 had no pickup Dec 25 or Jan 1, with Saturday make-ups for gray and blue bins. The observed Fourth of July holiday on July 3, 2026 had regular collection.

No dates to list yet. Check El Paso’s page before each holiday week.

Cleaning bins in El Paso?

Bins 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

El Paso neighborhoods

109 names from City of El Paso Registered Neighborhood and Civic Associations. A registry of neighborhood and civic associations, not a list of neighborhoods, and it includes a few business groups and repeated names.

  • Future Land Neighborhood Association
  • 5 Points Neighborhood Association
  • Austin Terrace Neighborhood Association
  • Barrio Lincoln
  • Borderland Community Improvement Association
  • Buena Vista Neighborhood Association
  • Castner Heights Neighborhood Association
  • Central El Paso Community Organization
  • Central Neighborhood Association
  • Chihuahuita Neighborhood Association
  • Chivas Town Neighborhood Association
  • Cielo Vista Neighborhood Association
  • Corbin's/Sambrano Association
  • Coronado Del Sol Neighborhood Association
  • Coronado Hills Neighborhood Association
  • Corridor 20 Civic Association
  • Country Place Community Association
  • Coyote Park Neighborhood Association
  • Del Norte Acres Neighborhood Association
  • East Cave Neighborhood Association
  • Eastwood Neighborhood Association
  • El Barrio Neighborhood Association
  • El Paso Central Business Association
  • El Paso Central Business Association (CIVIC STATUS)
  • El Paso Lower Valley Association
  • Enchanted Hills Neighborhood Association
  • Familias Unidas del Chamizal
  • Five Points Development Association
  • Franklin Hills Neighborhood Association
  • Friends of Sunset Heights NA
  • Future Land
  • G.T. Powers Drive Neighborhood Watch Program
  • Holmsley Trail Neighborhood Association
  • Houston Park Neighborhood Association
  • Kern Place Neighborhood Association
  • La Calavera Settlement Neighborhood Association
  • La Puesta Neighborhood Association
  • Las Palmas Neighborhood Association
  • Las Tierras Neighborhood Association
  • Lincoln Park Conservation Committee
  • Logan Sunrise Neighborhood Association
  • Lomaland Neighborhood Association
  • Lomas Del Este Neighborhood Association
  • Los Nogales Acres Home Owners Association
  • Lost Padre Mine Neighborhood Association
  • Love Road Neighborhood Association
  • Magoffin Historical Neighborhood Association
  • Manhattan Heights Neighborhood Association
  • Mary Francis Neighborhood Association
  • Mesa Hills Neighborhood Association
  • Mesquite Hills North Neighborhood Association
  • Mission Hills Association
  • Mission Valley Civic Association
  • Montoya Gardens Neighborhood Association
  • Montoya Heights Community Improvement Association
  • Mountain Park Community Association
  • Mountain View Neighborhood Association
  • Mountainside Neighborhood Association
  • Normandy Neighborhood Association
  • North Hills Neighborhood Pride Association
  • Paseos Del Sol & Mesquite Trails Neighborhood Association
  • Penrose Neighborhood Associations
  • Playa Neighborhood Association
  • Polo Inn Neighborhood Association
  • Pueblo Viejo Neighborhood Association
  • Radford Hills Neighborhood Association
  • Ralph T Cloud Neighborhood Association
  • Ranchos del Sol Neighborhood Association
  • Redd/Mulberry Neighborhood Association
  • Rim Area Neighborhood Association
  • Rio Grande Neighborhood Association
  • Rosedale Farms Neighborhood Association
  • Rosedale Neighborhood Association
  • San Juan Neighborhood Improvement Association
  • Sandstone Ranch Estates Neighborhood Association
  • Save the Valley 21
  • Shearman Park Neighborhood Association
  • Southside Neighborhood Association
  • Southwest Mesquite Hill Neighborhood Association
  • St. Francis Community Association
  • Stiles Garden Neighborhood Association
  • Strahan Neighborhood Association
  • Summerlin Neighborhood Association
  • Sunland Park Neighborhood Association
  • Sunnyfields Neighborhood Association
  • Sunrise Civic Group
  • Sunrise Civic Group (CIVIC STATUS)
  • Sunrise Neighborhood Association
  • Sunset Heights Neighborhood Improvement Association
  • Sweet Dreams NA
  • Tennis West Neighborhood Association
  • Texas and Myrtle Ave. Business District Association
  • Thomas Manor Neighborhood Association
  • Thunderbird Estates Neighborhood Association
  • Tierra Bella Estates Neighborhood
  • Travis White Neighborhood Association
  • United Neighborhood Association
  • Upper East Neighborhood Association
  • Upper Mesa Hills Neighborhood Association
  • Upper Valley Neighborhood Association
  • Val Verde Neighborhood Association
  • Valle de las Misiones Neighborhood Association
  • Valley View Heights/Crest Hill Neighborhood Association
  • Vista Del Norte Estates
  • Washington – Delta Neighborhood Association
  • We Hike Neighborhood Association
  • West Side Civic Association
  • YTP Association
  • Zach White Neighborhood Association

Questions about trash pickup in El Paso

Who picks up trash in El Paso?

The City of El Paso Environmental Services Department (ESD) collects residential curbside trash (gray bins) and recycling (blue bins) across the whole city with its own crews. Trash is picked up weekly and recycling every other week, on the same day. Look up an address's day on the EP311 collection calendar. Holiday changes come out one at a time in City press releases a few days to two weeks ahead, and the rules change year to year, so check each one.

How do I find my trash day in El Paso?

By address. Enter your service address in the City's EP311 Trash and Recycling Collection Calendar, or use the free ESD Works for You app.

Is recycling picked up every week in El Paso?

No, every other week. The city's recycling page says: 'Recyclables are collected every other week, on your regular garbage collection day.' Put the blue bin next to the gray bin, both facing the right way, with 5 feet of clearance from other objects. Every-other-week recycling started March 31, 2020, according to KFOX.

When do trash carts go out in El Paso?

The city doesn't publish a set-out time for regular gray and blue carts. ESD's Special Collections page says bins 'must be placed on curb', 3 ft apart and 5 ft from other objects, facing the street with lids closed, and that go-back bins are collected 'no later than 5pm on the decided go-back date'. Bulky special-pickup items go out by 6 a.m. Call (915) 212-6000 if a bin hasn't been collected by 3 p.m. on collection day.

Sources

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.

Other sources (1)
  • kfoxtv.com: Start date of every-other-week recycling (March 31, 2020) and the ESD Works for You app

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