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

Tucson's code does not list holidays. Chapter 15 hands the schedule to the Environmental Services director instead. Section 15-16.1(C) says the director determines the point of collection, the method of collection, the volume, the frequency of service, and the number of containers issued to each residential establishment. Section 15-2.2(B) authorizes and directs the director to make and impose administrative and operational rules, procedures and regulations for the efficient implementation of the chapter, including the collection of solid waste by the city. The holiday calendar is one of those operational decisions, and the City of Tucson Environmental Services Residential Services page publishes it.

The page states that the only dates in 2026 with delayed service are New Year's Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. For Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, there is no collection on Thursday, and customers with collection on Thursday and Friday have their services delayed by one day. For Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 2026, there is no collection on Friday, and customers with collection on Friday have their services delayed by one day. New Year's Day is listed on the page as Thursday, January 1, 2026, with no collection on Thursday and a one-day delay for Thursday and Friday customers. The page prints that New Year's date for 2026 only and gives no date for the following January 1.

The page also lists eight 2026 City of Tucson observed holidays with no change to the service schedule. Trash and recycling are still picked up at the usual date and time on Martin Luther King Day (Monday, January 19), Presidents’ Day (Monday, February 16), Dolores Huerta Day (Monday, March 30), Memorial Day (Monday, May 25), Juneteenth (Friday, June 19), Independence Day observed Friday, July 3, Labor Day (Monday, September 7) and Veterans Day (Wednesday, November 11). A city holiday that closes government offices does not move your container day unless it appears in the three-holiday delay list.

The schedule covers the city's own residential service. The page cautions that anyone living in a commercial property, an apartment, or outside the City of Tucson limits should watch their own trash hauler, because that hauler can recognize a different holiday schedule. Pima County unincorporated addresses fall under the county, not this city page.