Newport News, VA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest set-out
- 3 p.m. day before pickup
- Latest set-out
- 7 a.m. collection day
- Vegetative waste
- 7 a.m. Saturday before pickup
- Cart removal deadline
- Midnight of collection day
Summary
Newport News residential trash and bulk-waste carts may go to the curb no earlier than 3 p.m. the day before pickup and must come back off the street by midnight of collection day, per City Code § 19-24.
(a)Authorized containers for residential trash and bulk waste shall be set out for collection as otherwise provided in this article not earlier than 3:00 p.m. the day preceding the scheduled collection day and not later than 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection. Residential vegetative waste shall be set out no earlier than 7:00 a.m. of the Saturday before the designated day of collection.(b)Authorized containers shall be removed from the street and stored on the side or rear of the dwelling to which it is assigned as soon as possible after collection, but in no instance shall authorized containers be permitted to remain on the street after midnight of the day of collection. (Ord. No. 6443-07, § 1; Ord. No. 6449-08, § 1)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 81).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 19-24 sets the collection window for automated carts: containers for trash and bulk waste can be set out starting at 3 p.m. the day before the scheduled pickup and no later than 7 a.m. on collection day itself. Vegetative waste follows its own schedule, going out no earlier than 7 a.m. the Saturday before pickup. Once collection is done, residents must move carts back to the side or rear of the dwelling; leaving a container on the street past midnight of collection day is a violation the Solid Waste Division tracks under the city's graduated warning-and-fine system.
Violations & Fines
First and second offenses draw a written warning only; a third violation within 48 months brings a citation and a fine, doubling and then tripling for further repeats, per § 19-90.
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