Civic
Thanksgiving and Christmas move Scottsdale trash and recycling days
Thanksgiving Day changes the city’s trash and recycling routes this month. There is no collection on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026, according to the official Scottsdale holiday collection schedule. Thursday routes move to Friday, and Friday routes move to Saturday. City offices are closed Nov. 26.
Christmas Day falls on Friday, Dec. 25, 2026. The same schedule says Monday through Thursday collections stay on their usual days, there is no collection on Christmas, and Friday collection moves to Saturday. City offices are closed that day as well.
The city notes that hand collection routes are not affected by the holiday schedule, and that containers should still go out on the rescheduled day. Unchanged holidays earlier in 2026 — including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day and Juneteenth — did not move collection, the schedule says.