Solid Waste
The Solid Waste Division helps to maintain a clean and healthy Urbandale environment by collecting and disposing of residential garbage, trash, and yard waste. Household garbage is collected weekly, with special collections for leaves, Christmas trees, and household trash on a periodic basis.

Trash is collected by the City of Urbandale.  Yard debris and household recyclables are collected by Waste Management through the metro area's Compost It! and Curb It! recycling programs. 

Collection Schedule
Trash, Curb It! and Compost it! is normally collected Monday through Thursday.  Residents should place their containers and Compost It! bags at the curb by 6:30 a.m. on the morning of their collection day.  To view the collection schedule route map click here.

Holiday Schedule
If a holiday falls on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, there is no collection on the holiday.  Holidays for 2012 without trash or recycling collection are:

• Memorial Day, Monday, May 28th (Trash will be collected Tuesday-Friday this week) 
• July 4th, Wednesday (Trash will be collected Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday this week) 
• Labor Day, Monday, September 3rd (Trash will be collected Tuesday-Friday this week) 
• Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 22th (Thursday collection will be on Friday this week) 
• Christmas, Tuesday, December 25th (Trash will be collected Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week)

Collection normally scheduled for these days will occur on the following weekday, collection will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.