Roanoke ties weekly trash days to quadrants and recycling to an A–B schedule

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The city lists Monday for Northwest, Tuesday for Northeast, Wednesday for Southeast and Thursday for Southwest, with recycling every other week on the same collection day.

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Use the address quadrant and current calendar together

Roanoke's Trash and Recycling page lists weekly collection by city quadrant: Monday for Northwest, Tuesday for Northeast, Wednesday for Southeast and Thursday for Southwest. It says recycling is collected every other week on the same day according to the city's A and B schedule.

A quadrant rule alone does not identify an individual address's current A or B recycling week, a holiday adjustment or an active service interruption. Check the live city page and calendar before setting out material.

Follow the published set-out window

The city says containers should be placed out after 7 p.m. the night before and before 7 a.m. on collection day, then removed by 7 a.m. the next day. It also says recyclables should not be bagged.

Do not place hazardous, oversized or uncertain material in a cart based on this summary. Use the current city material guidance or the responsible office for an address-specific or unusual-disposal question; collection is not guaranteed by publication of this guide.

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City of Roanoke — Trash and Recycling

Official city page checked November 5, 2026 for the quadrant days, alternating A–B recycling schedule, set-out window and no-bag instruction.

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