Peoria, AZ Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)

The City of Peoria Solid Waste program, part of Public Works and Utilities, publishes the holiday collection calendar for residents inside the City of Peoria, Arizona. The page states that starting in 2026 residents only need to remember three holidays when curbside trash and recycling collection is delayed: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. The simplified schedule began with MLK Day, January 19, 2026, and the city describes the delay on those three days as one day.

Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday, November 26, 2026. City offices are closed that day, Thursday collection moves to Friday, and Friday collection moves to Saturday. Christmas Day falls on Friday, December 25, 2026, with city offices closed. Friday collection moves to Saturday. New Year's Day 2027 falls on Friday, January 1, 2027, again with city offices closed, and Friday collection moves to Saturday. Routes on other weekdays are not listed as changing for those holidays.

Every other holiday on the 2026 schedule reads "No Change." That covers MLK Day (January 19), Presidents' Day (February 16), Memorial Day (May 25), Juneteenth (Friday, June 19), Independence Day observed (Friday, July 3), Labor Day (September 7) and Veterans Day (Wednesday, November 11). City offices close on those days, but collection follows the regular schedule, so your pickup day stays the same and does not shift to the following day. Indigenous Peoples Day, formerly Columbus Day, on Monday, October 12, 2026 is listed as not a city holiday, and collection is not affected.

The schedule for New Year's Day 2026, Thursday, January 1, 2026, moved Thursday collection to Friday and Friday collection to Saturday. The city page directs residents to its interactive map to find their own trash and recycling collection day. The legal basis is Peoria City Code § 22-27(b), which has the city manager or a designee establish dates and times for collecting solid waste from residential and non-residential users, and requires reasonable notice to all users of an intent to change dates and times of collection. The code itself contains no holiday clause, so the published schedule is the operative holiday rule.