Boise Trash Pickup & Garbage Schedule 2026

Boise’s Curb It program covers weekly trash, bi-weekly recycling, weekly compost, and optional glass collection. The city handles billing, while Republic Services handles collection. Because the exact day depends on your address and cart color schedule, the official collection calendar is the safest source of truth.

How to Find Your Boise Trash Pickup Day

Boise’s official pages direct residents to Republic Services’ collection-day map and annual recycling calendars for address-based service dates. The city trash, recycling, and compost pages are the easiest official starting points because they link you to the correct schedule tools.

1. Open Boise’s trash or recycling page. Start with trash or recycling.
2. Use the collection-day map or 2026 calendar link. Boise provides official links for both trash-day and recycling-week lookup.
3. Check your recycle week color. Boise’s 2026 recycle calendar uses Purple and Orange weeks depending on the decal under your cart lid.
4. Review holiday rules. Certain weekday holidays delay service by one day, while weekend holidays do not change the schedule.
5. Save the date. This is especially useful because recycling is every other week and glass is every four weeks, not every week.

Boise Trash Pickup Schedule: What Runs When

Boise uses a layered curbside system. Trash is weekly, recycling is every other week, compost is weekly year-round, and curbside glass is optional on a four-week cycle. Large items are handled separately by request.

Boise’s official pages also note that if a listed holiday falls on a weekend, collection stays on the normal schedule. That means not every holiday week changes your trash day.

Boise Trash, Recycle, Compost, and Glass Carts

Boise’s Curb It program works best when each material goes into the correct cart. The city’s sorting guide is detailed, and separating the streams correctly helps avoid contamination and missed pickup issues.

Boise also allows compost overflow in paper leaf bags. The compost page says up to 10 paper leaf bags per week will be picked up when placed next to your compost cart, with the cart set out three feet away from the bags.

Boise Set-Out Rules

Boise gives clear placement rules for curbside carts, and automated collection needs space around each cart to work properly.

• Set carts out by 6:00 a.m. on collection day.
• Remove carts from the street within 24 hours.
• Place the wheeled cart against the curb or along the alley with the handle pointing toward your residence.
• Keep carts at least 3 feet away from other carts, mailboxes, fire hydrants, utility poles, parked cars, and low branches.
• Do not block the sidewalk with carts.

Boise Large Item Pickup and Overflow Trash

Boise offers a limited free bulky-item pickup program through Republic Services. This is helpful for furniture, appliances, mattresses, and similar oversized items that do not fit in your trash cart.

Boise large-item rules include:

• Up to six large items per customer per year are collected free upon request.
• Typical items include furniture, appliances, mattresses, carpet and pad, grills, lawnmowers, water softeners, furnaces, and swamp coolers.
• Appliances must be empty, and Freon is safely removed after collection when applicable.

1. Call Republic Services. Use (208) 345-1266 to request a large-item pickup.
2. Describe the item clearly. This helps confirm whether it is accepted and whether any special handling is needed.
3. Place the item at the curb or in the alley. Boise’s large-items page says pickup is curbside or alley-based.
4. Use overflow stickers for extra bagged trash. Boise gives each household five free Overflow Stickers each year.
5. Put overflow bags inside a separate 20–30 gallon can. Attach the sticker to that can and set it out on your regular trash day.

Boise 2026 Holiday Trash Schedule

Boise says collection is delayed by one day when certain holidays fall on a weekday. If the actual holiday falls on a weekend, there is no schedule change.

The same weekday-holiday delay rule also appears on Boise’s recycling page, so it is a good habit to check holiday weeks before setting out the blue recycle cart.

What to Do If Boise Missed Your Pickup

If your trash, recycle, compost, or glass cart was not picked up, Boise says to contact Republic Services directly first.

1. Check the holiday schedule. Weekday holidays can push collection back one day.
2. Confirm your cart spacing. Boise requires at least 3 feet of clearance from other carts and obstacles.
3. Verify the correct week. Recycling and glass follow different calendars than weekly trash.
4. Call Republic Services. Use (208) 345-1266 for missed trash, recycle, glass, or compost service.
5. Call Utility Billing for cart account issues. For broken or missing carts, account changes, or billing questions, Boise says to call (208) 608-7460.

Hazardous Waste and Extra Disposal Options

Some items should not go into trash, recycle, compost, or glass carts. Boise provides separate hazardous-waste collection and glass drop-off options for materials that need different handling.

Frequently Asked Questions About Boise Trash Pickup

Official Boise Trash Collection Resources

Reminder: Boise collection is address-based, and the city points residents to the official collection map and yearly calendars for the most accurate service dates.