Chesapeake, VA Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)

The Public Works Department's Waste Management Division publishes the holiday calendar for trash. The page opens by telling residents that holidays change the garbage schedule only at times, and that collections often run as scheduled even when City offices are closed. It then lists each 2026 holiday with its date and the outcome.

Three 2026 days change pickup. On Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, the page prints NO WASTE COLLECTION, and Thursday's collection is moved to Friday, November 27. The shift carries forward: Friday, November 27 collection is moved to Saturday, November 28. On Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, the page again prints NO WASTE COLLECTION, and that collection is moved to Saturday, December 26. Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24, is listed as no changes.

The remaining holidays on the table show no changes: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Monday, January 19), George Washington Day (Monday, February 16), Memorial Day (Monday, May 25), Juneteenth (Friday, June 19), Independence Day (Friday, July 3), Labor Day (Monday, September 7), Columbus Day and Yorktown Victory Day (Monday, October 12), Election Day (Tuesday, November 3) and Veterans Day (Wednesday, November 11).

Who sets the calendar: Sec. 62-56 of the City Code makes the director of public works, subject to the control of the city manager, responsible for removal of all garbage and trash, and gives the director authority to make regulations concerning the days of collection, provided those regulations are not contrary to Chapter 62. The holiday table is therefore a departmental schedule, not a council ordinance.

Scope and dates: the page covers trash only and does not mention recycling. It posts 2026 dates only. When it was read on October 6, 2026, it had no entry for New Year's Day, Friday, January 1, 2027, or for any other 2027 holiday, so this record states nothing about 2027 pickup. The year is in the title on purpose: a reader who sees a later year in the calendar can tell this table is for 2026.

Christmas trees: the same page tells residents to place trees at the curb on the normal scheduled pick-up day, remove all decorations, and skip the bulk pickup service request. Trees are not serviced by the Automated Truck that empties the trash bins; Grapple Trucks that service Bulk Waste and the Rear Loader Trucks pick them up. The Waste Management Division is at City of Chesapeake, 306 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, VA 23322, phone 757-382-2489.