Montgomery County, MD Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection frequency
- Weekly, assigned day
- Find your day
- DEP online address lookup
- Holiday shift
- Slides one day later that week
- Bulk pickup
- 5 per year, request via 311
- Set-out time
- By 7 a.m. collection day
Summary
County-provided curbside collection runs on your assigned weekday; enter your address in the DEP Collection Day Lookup to find your trash and recycling days. If a County holiday falls Monday through Friday, all collections on or after it slide one day later that week.
Montgomery County has a dual-stream recycling program for residents of single-family homes and townhomes that receive County-provided recycling collection services. Mixed paper items (paper and cardboard) go into your blue recycling wheeled cart (or in a paper bag, cardboard box, or bundle with twine), and glass/plastic/metal bottles, jars, cans and containers go into your blue bin. Residents can also recycle yard trim (grass clippings, leaves and brush) and Christmas trees. Scrap metal items for recycling must be scheduled via MC311. Thanks for recycling right!
Full Breakdown
Use the DEP online lookup (apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/depcollectionday) for your day and services. Ten County holidays trigger the slide rule: New Year's Day, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Each property gets five bulk-trash collections per year plus unlimited scrap-metal pickups; request online or via 311 by 11:59 p.m. the day before your regular collection day. Set all materials at the curb by 7 a.m. Municipal residents may follow a different schedule.
Violations & Fines
No monetary penalty specified on the schedule page; all items must be at the curb by 7 a.m. on your collection day, and bulk or scrap requests must be filed the day before pickup.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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