Provo, UT Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)

Provo City Code Title 11 does not set a holiday collection calendar. Section 11.01.090 lets the Director impose reasonable and uniform rules on solid waste collection, including rules on the days and times of operation, and Section 11.01.020 defines the Director as the Director of the Provo City Department of Public Works or the Director's designee. The holiday calendar is one of those rules, and it is published on the city's Trash and Recycling page under the Solid Waste Holiday Schedule tab.

The 2026 table prints four holidays. New Year's Day, 1/1/26 Thursday, shifts Thursday pickup to Friday. Memorial Day, 5/25/26 Monday, is listed as one day late all week. Labor Day, 9/7/26 Monday, is also one day late all week. Thanksgiving, 11/26/26 Thursday, shifts Thursday pickup to Friday. The page opens with the line "Holidays not listed will be on the regular pickup schedule," so Christmas Day, which falls on Friday, December 25, 2026, has no row and no printed shift. The table covers 2026 only and prints no date for New Year's Day 2027, so a 2027 shift is not stated on the page.

The underlying service rules do not change on holiday weeks. Section 11.02.030(1)(a) requires the City to collect from each dwelling not less than once each week, and Section 11.02.030(5) says containers go out no earlier than the day before and no later than 6:00 am on the scheduled collection day, then come back in within twenty-four (24) hours after collection. The Solid Waste Section starts emptying cans at 6:00 AM, recycling is on the same day as garbage pickup, and green yard waste cans are emptied the same day as garbage. The 2026 Green Yard Waste season runs from March 2nd to November 27th, so the Thanksgiving week shift falls inside it. For questions, the Solid Waste Section is at 1377 S 350 E, Provo, UT 84606, (801) 852-6000.