Collier County, FL Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)

The County's own Residential Collections Services page carries a Holiday Collection Schedule headed "Curbside Collection Only Paused 3 Days a Year." The three listed holidays are Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. For the coming season, that means Thanksgiving Thursday, November 26, 2026 and Christmas Friday, December 25, 2026 are collection-free days. The page prints no year and no dates, so it works as a standing rule rather than a year-by-year calendar; the calendar dates above come from the holidays themselves, not from a printed schedule. New Year's Day (Friday, January 1, 2027) does not appear on the County's list, and the page announces no pause for it.

The page is blunt about what happens next: "There are no make-up days." If your regular day lands on one of the three holidays, your garbage, recycling, bulky items and yard waste are picked up on your next scheduled day. The page words it as "will be collection on your next scheduled day," a typo in the County's text, and the meaning is clear. Nothing slides by a day and nothing is added on Saturday, so set out only for the next regular day rather than waiting for a catch-up truck.

The Collier County Code backs this up. Section 118-104(B) provides that collection service is provided by the Contractor Monday through Saturday, except Holidays, and that the Contractor is not required to collect on Holidays or during a local emergency declared by the Board. Section 118-104(B) also says that when a Holiday falls on a Customer's collection day, the next collection for that Customer takes place no later than the next regular collection day. Section 118-86 defines Holiday as Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and any other day designated by the Board of County Commissioners, so the Board can add a day beyond the three on the web page. The same subsection says that after a Federal or State Disaster Declaration or a Declared State of Emergency, the collection services in the ordinance can be revoked, suspended or altered, which matters on the Gulf coast in hurricane season.

This applies to the unincorporated area, which includes Golden Gate, Immokalee, Naples Manor, East Naples and Golden Gate Estates. Naples, Marco Island and Everglades City are incorporated and run their own collection programs.