Troy, MI Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Recognized holidays
- 6: New Year's, Memorial, July 4th, Labor, Thanksgiving, Christmas
- Weekday holiday shift
- moves to the next day
- Friday-holiday shift
- moves to Saturday
- Normal start time
- 7:00 a.m., Monday-Friday
- Governing section
- City Code Ch. 16, Sec. 2.14(1)
Summary
When New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas falls on a weekday, Troy pushes that day's collection to the next day, and a Friday route slides to Saturday.
Refuse, recyclables, and recyclable yard waste will be collected Monday through Friday, beginning at 7:00 a.m., with the exception of the following legal holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. When a holiday occurs on a weekday, refuse collection shall be made on the day following the regularly scheduled collection day. If the normally scheduled collection day is Friday, collection shall be made on Saturday.
Full Breakdown
14(1) sets the base collection window and its holiday exception. , except for six named legal holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. When one of those holidays falls on a weekday, the code shifts that day's collection to the day immediately following the regularly scheduled day, rather than skipping it or doubling up on the prior day. If the normally scheduled collection day is a Friday, the shifted collection moves to Saturday instead of spilling into the following Monday.
This means a full route can run six days in a holiday week when the shift lands on what would otherwise be a non-collection Saturday. 18, is responsible for running and publicizing the adjusted routes and hauling the material to the Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority facilities regardless of the shifted day.
Violations & Fines
Residents who miss a holiday-shifted collection day and leave refuse at the curb outside the adjusted window risk that material being tagged as improperly placed under Section 2.6, since the shifted day, not the routine weekday, is the operative deadline that week.
Frequently Asked Questions
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