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

The City of Grand Prairie publishes its holiday collection calendar on the Solid Waste Garbage & Recycling Holiday Schedule page, and that page opens with one sentence: there will be no garbage or recycling collection on the listed holidays. Seven dates are printed: Thursday, January 1, 2026 (New Year's Day), Monday, May 25, 2026 (Memorial Day), Saturday, July 4, 2026 (Independence Day), Monday, September 7, 2026 (Labor Day), Thursday, November 26, 2026 (Thanksgiving Day), Friday, December 25, 2026 (Christmas Day) and Friday, January 1, 2027 (New Year's Day). The three still ahead are Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day 2027.

The shift rule comes from the City's linked Garbage & Recycling Pick-Up Schedule 2025-2026 PDF, which states: "City Holidays: Collection will shift to the next day for each service day within the holiday week." The wording covers every service day in the week of the holiday, not only the day the holiday falls on. The page prints dates and that one rule and does not publish a day-by-day makeup table, so read the rule as printed and check your own service days against the calendar PDF.

The City Code does not set a holiday rule. Chapter 26, Article VI of the Code of Ordinances never mentions holiday collection and has no clause that hands holiday scheduling to a named officer. Section 26-100 defines the "local regulatory authority" as any municipal officer or department of the city appointed by the city manager to administer the article. Section 26-111(3) lets that authority designate the most accessible collection point when the standard alley or curbside location is not practical. Section 26-111(4) says containers go out no earlier than 8:00 p.m. on the day prior to the day of scheduled collection, so a shifted collection day moves the set-out window with it. Section 26-113(a) fixes the baseline service at garbage and trash collection two times per week and recyclables one time each week.

Residential garbage collection questions go to 817-261-8812, which the City's page lists with a note that hold times for Republic Services can be 20 to 30 minutes during high call volume.