The Office of Clean and Green Initiatives and the Department of Sanitation are continuing Mayor Parker’s One Philly, United City Cleaning Initiative by introducing phase two of twice-a-week trash collection. The City of Philadelphia will increase trash collection frequency to twice per week in densely populated communities with limited storage capacity to help decrease litter and illegal dumping in public spaces and along the right of way.

The program is set to launch Monday January 5, 2026, within the boundaries of:

• Vine Street to Hunting Park Avenue and from Broad Street to the Schuylkill River
• Vine Street to Glenwood Avenue and from Broad Street to the Delaware River

Residents within these boundaries are permitted to set out:

• Up to 8 bags or (4) 32-gallon max containers
• Two (2) household compactable items (sofa, furniture, wrapped mattress, box spring) per household, per collection.

The schedule for twice-a-week collection is as follows.  

Important Reminders:

• Recycling services will remain once a week, with recyclables collected on the first collection day of the week only. Residents are reminded that mixing recycling with trash during the second collection is prohibited, and fines will be issued if recycling materials are found in set-out trash.
• There will be NO second collections during a holiday week.
• Place trash curbside between 5pm (fall/winter) and 7pm (spring/summer) the night before and 7am the morning of your collection day.