Las Cruces trash & recycling schedule
Trash is picked up weekly; your day depends on your ZIP.
At a glance
| Trash | LCU Solid Waste — weekly 64-gal compact or 96-gal cart on designated day; garbage bagged and tied in container. Verified 2026-10-15 · lascruces.gov |
|---|---|
| Curbside | Not yet confirmed Checklist Verified 2026-10-15 · lascruces.gov |
| Recycling | SCSWA biweekly bin with residential service — questions /; see SCSWA curbside site for accepted items. Verified 2026-10-15 · lascruces.gov |
| Bulk | Grappler monthly on regular trash day — ≤4 cy (~four 5×3×2 ft piles) bulk + Green Grappler yard waste same day; extra grappler trips via Customer Central. Bulk page Verified 2026-10-15 · lascruces.gov |
| Hauler | Las Cruces Utilities Solid Waste (trash/grappler); SCSWA (recycling). |
| Contacts | Customer Central 575-541-2000; Solid Waste 575-528-3700; SCSWA recycling 575-323-5086 / 575-528-3800. Verified 2026-10-15 · lascruces.gov |
Curbside
Curbside checklist
City rules before collection day. Confirm with the city if anything looks off.
Where
Automated arm clearance — no blocking vehicles; don’t pile furniture around container; wheels/handle per collections page orientation.
Limits
4 cy/month grappler default; clean fill/yard free drop rules at Foothills Landfill; extra trash cart +$9/month.
Not allowed
Household hazardous waste, construction debris, hot ashes, oil, paint, large trimmings in trash cart (per collections page list).
Bags
Required (bagged and tied) in brown container.
Brush
Green grappler — grass/leaves/weeds/branches; landfill drop branches ≤5 ft, ≤5 in dia; palm/yucca 2 ft sections.
Not yet confirmed: When.
Verified 2026-10-15 · lascruces.gov
Find your pickup day
Verified 2026-10-15 · lascruces.gov
Holidays
LCU Solid Waste / SCSWA publish holiday delays on utility alerts and Grappler Calendar — no durable dated 2026 holiday ISO table.
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Full details for Las Cruces: every rule, with sources
- Trash
- LCU Solid Waste — weekly 64-gal compact or 96-gal cart on designated day; garbage bagged and tied in container. Extra cart +$9/month. Wheels/handle orientation rules on collections page (wheels not facing street incorrectly blocks service). Customer Central for setup; missed reasons listed (obstructed, untied bags, etc.).
- Recycling
- SCSWA biweekly bin with residential service — questions 575-323-5086 / 575-528-3800; see SCSWA curbside site for accepted items.
- Bulk pickup
- Grappler monthly on regular trash day — ≤4 cy (~four 5×3×2 ft piles) bulk + Green Grappler yard waste same day; extra grappler trips via Customer Central (fee). Examples: furniture, mattresses, appliances; exclusions on grappler page.
- Curbside: when
- Not yet confirmed
- Curbside: where
- Automated arm clearance — no blocking vehicles; don’t pile furniture around container; wheels/handle per collections page orientation.
- Curbside: limits
- 4 cy/month grappler default; clean fill/yard free drop rules at Foothills Landfill; extra trash cart +$9/month.
- Curbside: brush
- Green grappler — grass/leaves/weeds/branches; landfill drop branches ≤5 ft, ≤5 in dia; palm/yucca 2 ft sections.
- Curbside: not allowed
- household hazardous waste, construction debris, hot ashes, oil, paint, large trimmings in trash cart (per collections page list).
- Curbside: bags
- Required (bagged and tied) in brown container.
- Curbside: fees and fines
- Illegal dumping — Codes 575-528-4100; specific cart set-out citation dollars not listed on residential HTML.
- Holidays
LCU Solid Waste / SCSWA publish holiday delays on utility alerts and Grappler Calendar — no durable dated 2026 holiday ISO table on residential-services HTML at verify; use Customer Central / Grappler Calendar for address week after New Year’s, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas.
- Hauler
- Las Cruces Utilities Solid Waste (trash/grappler); SCSWA (recycling).
- Contacts
- Customer Central 575-541-2000; Solid Waste 575-528-3700; SCSWA recycling 575-323-5086 / 575-528-3800.
- Find your day
- Grappler Calendar + weekly trash day (Customer Central).
- Sources
- Trash and recycling: lascruces.gov
Bulk: lascruces.gov
Holidays: Not yet confirmed
Curbside: lascruces.gov - Verified
- 2026-10-15
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