Denton, TX Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)

Denton's city code does not write out a holiday collection calendar. Sec. 24-43(a) says "All residential containers must be placed at the curbside at a time and in a manner specified by the director," and Sec. 24-2 defines the Solid Waste Director as the city official responsible for managing the permitting and regulation of all waste and recycling services in the city. The holiday rules therefore live in the department's own published schedule on cityofdenton.com, and that schedule is what governs.

The 2026 Holiday Collection Schedule lists six dates. Jan. 1: Thursday moves to Friday. Jan. 19, May 25 and Sept. 7: all week delayed by one day, so every route that week runs a day late. Nov. 11: Wednesday moves to Thursday and Thursday moves to Friday. Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving Day): Thursday moves to Friday.

The linked 2026 Residential Solid Waste Calendar PDF adds holiday names and several dates where nothing changes. It prints "No change to residential collection" for June 19, July 3, July 4, Nov. 27 and Dec. 24. For Dec. 25 it prints only "Christmas Day" and does not state a shift. The calendar's legend separates "Holiday - No Collection" from "Holiday - Collection Moved One Day," but the text read for this page does not show which marker applies to Christmas, so the City's printed shift, if any, has to be confirmed with the department.

The curbside timing rules in Sec. 24-43 still apply on a shifted week. Material may not go to the curb earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the day prior to the scheduled collection day, and containers must be out before 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day. On a delayed week, count the scheduled day as the new, later day. Containers and uncollected material must come off the curb by 8:00 a.m. on the day following the scheduled collection day. The schedule printed here covers 2026 only; no 2027 dates, including New Year's Day 2027, appear in the source read.