Thanksgiving Garbage Pickup & Seasonal Can Winter Break

Thanksgiving week brings a small shift to some garbage pickup days, and it's the last week of the season for your seasonal can (the green one, formerly called the green waste can). If you're wondering what's changing this winter, the short answer is: nothing you're not already used to.

Thanksgiving week pickup (Nov. 23-28)

• Monday-Wednesday: No change. Put your cans out on your normal day.
• Thursday pickups move to Friday, Nov. 27.
• Friday pickups move to Saturday, Nov. 28.

This applies to all of your cans: garbage, recycling and seasonal. Everything goes back to your regular day the following week.

Last call for your seasonal can

The week of Nov. 23 is your seasonal can's last pickup of the year. Set it out on your regular pickup day, or the shifted day above if you're a Thursday or Friday household.

After that, the seasonal can takes its winter break, just like it does every year. Pickup starts again the first full week of April (the week of April 5, 2027). Cans left at the curb over the winter won't be emptied, so please store yours until spring and use your regular garbage can in the meantime.

What's changing this winter? Nothing you'll notice.

We've heard a lot of questions, so here's what's staying exactly the same:

• The winter break. The seasonal can (formerly green waste can) has always ended the last full week of November and returned in April. That hasn't changed.
• Your bill total. A household with all three cans still pays $24.72 a month.
• Your pickup days and your hauler. Same day, same trucks.
• What you need to do: nothing. If you like your seasonal can, keep it. No forms, no calls.

The one new thing: a choice

Starting Dec. 1, your bill will list the seasonal can as its own line, so you can see what it costs:

• Basic service (one garbage can and one recycling can): $20.00
• Seasonal can: $4.72
• Total: $24.72, the same as today

If you never use your seasonal can, you can choose to turn it in starting Dec. 1 and your bill drops to $20. If you use it in the spring, just keep it. We'll release the instructions on how to to so later this month.

Coming later, not now

Year-round pickup for every can starts July 1, 2027, when Waste Management becomes the city's new hauler. Until then, the seasonal can stays seasonal.

You asked, we answered

Can I put regular trash in my Seasonal green can? Yes, and you have been able to since 2025. The green can is now called the seasonal can, and it takes household trash, yard waste and other permitted items. It's just only picked up seasonally.

Will my Seasonal green can be picked up after Thanksgiving week? No. Its last pickup is the week of Nov. 23. Like every year, it takes a winter break and comes back the first full week of April.

Is the seasonal can going away? No. Keep it and it comes back in April like always. Or, starting Dec. 1, you can choose to turn it in if you don't use it.

I heard the new contract means year-round pickup. Is that this spring? Not quite. Spring 2027 starts on the normal seasonal schedule in April. Year-round weekly pickup for every can begins July 1, 2027, when Waste Management takes over.

Did the City vote to get rid of the green can? No. On Oct. 27, the City Council voted to show the seasonal can as its own line on your bill and give residents the option to turn it in. Your total doesn't change.

Questions? Pickup and cans: Public Works, 801-569-5700 Billing: Utility Billing, 801-569-5000 More info: westjordan.utah.gov/garbage