Surrey Garbage Schedule Helper: Pickup Day, Collection Calendar, Property Type and Cart Week
This guide is designed for the exact moment a Surrey resident is standing near the carts and asking, “Is it garbage week, recycling week, green cart day, or did I miss something?” Start with your official address lookup, confirm your property type, and use the shortcuts below for missed pickup, large items, extra waste and drop-off options.
Quick Answer: How Surrey Residents Should Check Pickup Day
Use the official City of Surrey collection schedule page or the Surrey Rethink Waste app. Enter your exact address, then check the material due next: organics, garbage, recycling, extra material, or a booked large item. Do not rely on neighbourhood guessing because property type and collection route matter.
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Search your exact address
Surrey pickup is not one citywide day. Your address is the safest starting point, whether you live in Newton, Fleetwood, Guildford, Cloverdale, South Surrey, Whalley, Port Kells or another part of the city.
Garbage week or recycling week?
For eligible City collection customers, organics are weekly. Garbage and recyclables alternate every two weeks, so knowing only the weekday is not enough.
Prepare before morning
Surrey’s collection window is 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Have carts out by 7:30 a.m., with closed lids and enough space around them.
If your neighbour has a blue cart out and you have black garbage out, do not panic first. Open the official address lookup. Nearby streets and property setups can differ, and your app reminder is more reliable than a driveway guess.
What Surrey Residents Usually Need Today
Most people landing here are trying to solve something before collection morning. Choose the closest situation and follow the official path.
I need my pickup day
Open Surrey’s official schedule page, enter your exact address, then confirm whether the next pickup is organics, garbage or recycling.
I live in a strata or apartment
Check Surrey’s property-type guidance and ask your strata or building manager. Shared bins and private collection can change the normal routine.
My cart was missed
Check if it was the correct week, out by 7:30 a.m., properly spaced, closed and not tagged. Then report through Surrey the next business day.
I have a couch or mattress
Book Surrey Large Item Pickup before setting it out. Items left without a booking can be treated as illegal dumping.
Waste Collection by Property Type in Surrey
This section is critical because the wrong property assumption creates the wrong schedule. A detached home with City carts, a registered suite, a townhouse complex, a condo tower and a private-hauler site may not follow the same process.
Use the official address lookup
If your home receives City waste collection carts, use the Surrey collection schedule and Rethink Waste app. Expect weekly organics and alternating garbage/recycling unless an official notice says otherwise.
- Search your exact address.
- Confirm garbage week vs recycling week.
- Keep carts assigned to your address.
- Use official cart guidance for exchanges, replacements and extra waste.
Check cart needs and large-item limits
Homes with registered secondary suites may have different practical needs. Surrey’s current large item guidance allows a higher annual large-item limit for homes with registered secondary suites.
- Confirm whether the suite is registered.
- Clarify landlord and tenant cart responsibilities.
- Do not move carts between properties.
- Check official pages before requesting extra carts or paying fees.
Use strata instructions plus official Surrey rules
Townhouse and bare-land strata properties may use shared collection points, internal roads, private arrangements or City service with complex-specific instructions.
- Ask the strata where carts or bins must be placed.
- Do not block fire lanes or internal roads.
- Confirm who books large items.
- Use official sorting rules even when the strata manages collection.
Ask the building before using the curb
Apartments and condos may use shared garbage rooms, private haulers, City recycling collection, property-managed bulky item rooms, or building-specific move-in rules.
- Ask your property manager about pickup days.
- Do not leave furniture in a bin room unless allowed.
- Use posted building instructions for cardboard.
- Use Metro Vancouver Recycles for batteries, paint and electronics.
City curbside rules may not apply
Commercial sites, some strata properties and private-service locations may have their own collection company, bin access rules, contamination rules and missed pickup process.
- Confirm the hauler or property manager.
- Ask who reports missed service.
- Do not assume City cart limits apply to private bins.
- Still keep hazardous waste out of regular garbage.
Do not copy a house rule into a building
The fastest way to create a mess is using detached-house curb rules for a condo, strata or private-hauler building. Confirm the property setup first, then follow the correct collection path.
Open Surrey property-type guidanceSurrey Collection Map and Calendar: Use the Map for Context, Not the Final Pickup Answer
A collection map section is useful because Surrey is large and residents think by neighbourhood. But a generic map cannot replace the official address lookup. Your final pickup day should come from Surrey’s collection schedule tool or the Rethink Waste app.
Address-based pickup lookup
Use Surrey’s official collection schedules page when you need the next pickup day, printable calendar, garbage week, recycling week, organics date or annual schedule.
Open official collection schedules2026 Sorting Guide and Collection Calendar
The official 2026 guide is helpful for cart spacing, excess material, large item pickup, recycling centres, missed collection and sorting rules.
Open 2026 calendar PDFThis map helps with local context only. It is not a live pickup-zone map. For your actual collection day, use Surrey’s official address search because property type, service alerts, route boundaries and holidays can change the answer.
Surrey Cart Cycle: Green Cart, Garbage Cart and Recycling Cart
Surrey’s schedule becomes easier when you separate pickup day from cart stream. Your pickup day tells you when the truck comes. The cart stream tells you what actually goes out.
🟢 Green cart organics
Collected every week for eligible City collection customers. Use it for accepted food scraps, food-soiled paper, oily paper towel, flowers, leaves, grass cuttings and branch clippings.
Do not put plastics in the organics cart, including biodegradable or compostable plastic bags unless Surrey’s current guide specifically allows a material.
⚫ Garbage cart
Collected every two weeks, alternating with recycling. The garbage cart is for accepted waste that cannot be recycled or composted.
Food, recyclables, batteries, electronics, paint, oil, propane, construction material and hazardous items should not be treated as regular garbage.
🔵 Recycling cart
Collected every two weeks, alternating with garbage. Use it for accepted recyclable paper and packaging only when prepared correctly.
Plastic bags, soft plastics, glass jars, Styrofoam, batteries, electronics, books, light bulbs, clothing, scrap metal and propane canisters need official sorting guidance.
Green is weekly. Garbage and recycling take turns. If you remember only that, then use the app for the exact week, you will avoid most wrong-cart mornings.
Official Video Help: Surrey Rethink Waste Collection Program
The City of Surrey’s official Rethink Waste video is useful for new residents, renters, students, secondary-suite households and anyone who keeps mixing up garbage, recycling and the weekly green cart.
Watch the video to understand the cart system, then still verify your exact pickup date through the official address lookup or Rethink Waste app.
Surrey Set-Out Rules: What to Do the Night Before Pickup
A cart can be on the right day and still be missed if it is late, blocked, too close to another cart, overfilled or contaminated. This checklist is the practical part residents should actually bookmark.
Pickup-ready setup
- Check your exact address schedule.
- Confirm garbage week or recycling week.
- Put carts out by 7:30 a.m.
- Keep lids fully closed.
- Give carts the required spacing; Surrey’s 2026 guide shows 1 metre spacing guidance.
- Keep carts clear of parked vehicles, fences, poles, trees, snowbanks and construction bins.
- Leave carts out until collection is complete because trucks can come at different times.
Missed-cart triggers
- Putting carts out after the truck has passed.
- Putting garbage out on recycling week.
- Overfilling carts or leaving lids open.
- Blocking the cart with a car, snowbank, hedge or contractor bin.
- Putting hazardous waste in regular carts.
- Leaving furniture or mattresses outside without booking.
If the cart was late, blocked, overfilled, contaminated, too close to another cart or set out on the wrong week, the real fix is not only reporting. Fix the cause, or the same problem can happen again.
Extra Garbage, Extra Recycling and Extra Organics in Surrey
Extra material is where many curbside mistakes happen. Do not build a pile beside the cart and hope the truck takes it. Surrey’s 2026 guide separates extra garbage, extra recycling/cardboard and extra organics/yard waste.
Pink sticker required
Additional garbage bags require a pink garbage sticker attached to each bag. Surrey’s 2026 guide lists a maximum 23 kg / 50 lb per bag and lists stickers at $5.50 each. Verify live fee and purchase locations before setting out extra bags.
Flatten cardboard properly
Flattened cardboard may be placed beside the recycling cart when prepared as Surrey’s current guide allows. Keep it clean, dry and bundled correctly.
Use accepted yard-waste prep
If your green cart is full, extra organics may need kraft paper bags, additional cans with a yard waste sticker, or natural-twine bundles. Confirm the current weight and placement rules before pickup day.
Sticker prices, cart exchange fees, extra cart fees, depot disposal fees and seasonal drop-off programs can change. Use official Surrey or Metro Vancouver pages before paying.
Missed Garbage, Recycling or Organics Pickup in Surrey
If a cart is still full, do not report blindly. First check whether it was truly missed or whether there was a set-out issue. Surrey’s 2026 guidance says missed collections must be reported the next business day after your scheduled collection day.
Quick self-check
- Was it actually your collection day?
- Was it the correct garbage or recycling week?
- Was the cart out by 7:30 a.m.?
- Was the cart still out after the collection window?
- Was the lid closed?
- Was the cart spaced correctly and not blocked?
- Was there a tag or notice explaining why it was not collected?
Use the official Surrey process
If the correct cart was set out properly and it still was not collected, use Surrey’s missed collection page or call the waste collection hotline at 604-590-7289.
Reports made on the scheduled collection day or later than the next business day may not be reviewed, so timing matters.
Open missed collection pageSurrey Holiday Delay Guidance: Check Before You Assume a Shift
Surrey collection normally occurs on statutory holidays except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. That means residents should not automatically assume a one-day delay for every holiday. The best habit is to check the official address calendar or Rethink Waste app close to the holiday.
Follow the live calendar
If your official address lookup shows regular collection, set carts out by 7:30 a.m. as usual.
Christmas and New Year’s
Verify close to the date. Do not use last year’s PDF, a social post or a neighbour screenshot for these weeks.
Old calendars age badly. If it is a holiday week, the app and official schedule beat memory.
Large Item Pickup in Surrey: Furniture, Mattresses, Appliances and Bulky Waste
Large items are not regular garbage. Do not place a sofa, mattress, appliance, TV, tire, exercise machine or bulky item at the curb without booking through Surrey’s official Large Item Pickup Program or using the correct drop-off route.
Up to 6 large items
Surrey’s current program allows eligible households with City waste collection to schedule up to six large items per year.
Up to 8 large items
Homes with registered secondary suites may qualify for up to eight large items per year. Confirm eligibility when booking.
Up to 4 items per year
Apartment buildings with City recycling can have a separate large-item path. Residents should contact the property manager or strata before placing items out.
Items placed at the curb without a confirmed appointment may be treated as illegally dumped and may not be collected. Book first, then follow the set-out instructions.
Surrey Depot and Drop-Off Options: When Curbside Is the Wrong Place
Batteries, electronics, paint, motor oil, propane, chemicals, light bulbs, soft plastics, Styrofoam, glass jars, scrap metal, clothing, books, gypsum, renovation material, mattresses and other special items may need a recycling centre, Metro Vancouver Recycles, Return-It, Recycle BC or another official route.
Central Surrey Recycling and Waste Centre
Official Metro Vancouver facility at 6711 154 Street. Use the facility page for current accepted materials, fees, free recycling categories, hours, restrictions and real-time lineup information.
Open Central Surrey centreNorth Surrey Recycling and Waste Centre
Official Metro Vancouver facility at 9770 192 Street. Use the facility page for accepted material, paid recycling and garbage guidance, vehicle restrictions and lineup cameras.
Open North Surrey centreDo not put batteries, electronics, paint, oil, chemicals, propane cylinders, light bulbs, appliances, gypsum or renovation materials in household carts. Search the official item before loading your car or setting it out.
Yard Waste, Leaves, Grass, Branches and Green Cart Organics
The green cart is the starting point for accepted organics and yard trimmings. The common problem is using plastic bags, adding soil or rocks, packing in lumber, or placing loose branches in a way the truck cannot collect.
Use the green cart first
Accepted food scraps, food-soiled paper, oily paper towel, flowers, leaves, grass cuttings and branch clippings belong in the organics stream when prepared correctly.
Follow current prep rules
Extra yard waste may need kraft paper bags, approved cans with yard waste stickers, or natural-twine bundles. Confirm weight, size, sticker and placement rules before pickup day.
Wet yard waste gets heavy fast. Do not create loose piles after a storm unless the official guide allows that exact setup.
Sorting Guide: What Goes Where in Surrey
Sorting is not filler content. It prevents rejection tags, contaminated recycling, missed carts, depot mistakes and unnecessary garbage. Use Surrey’s official sorting page or Metro Vancouver Recycles for item-by-item answers.
Do not guess blue-cart items
Soft plastics, glass jars, Styrofoam, batteries, electronics, books, light bulbs, scrap metal, clothing, motor oil and propane canisters should not be guessed into the recycling cart.
No plastic in green cart
Keep plastic bags and packaging out of organics. Surrey’s 2026 guide says even biodegradable or compostable plastic bags are not allowed in the organics cart.
Not much belongs there
Garbage is for accepted waste that cannot be recycled or composted. Food and recyclable material should not go in the garbage cart.
Snow, Rain, Wind, Wildlife, Parked Cars and Lane Issues
Surrey pickup is not only a calendar issue. Weather, blocked lanes, parked vehicles and wildlife can stop service even when the right cart is outside.
Clear a reachable spot
Do not hide carts behind snowbanks or slush. Keep carts upright, visible and reachable by the truck arm.
Secure material
Keep lids closed, avoid loose lightweight material, and prepare cardboard or yard waste only as the current guide allows.
Cars and bins matter
Parked vehicles, contractor bins, basketball hoops, hedges, utility poles and construction piles can stop collection.
New Surrey Resident Checklist: Set Up Your Pickup Routine Once
If you just moved to Surrey, do this before your first collection day. It is especially important if you are renting, living in a secondary suite, moving into a strata, or using a building garbage room.
Set your calendar
- Open Surrey’s official collection schedule page.
- Search your exact address.
- Save the next garbage week and next recycling week.
- Install or bookmark Rethink Waste reminders.
- Bookmark missed collection and large item pickup pages.
Plan disposal properly
- Confirm your property type before following curbside instructions.
- Ask your strata or building manager about shared bins.
- Book large items before moving furniture outside.
- Use Metro Vancouver Recycles for batteries, electronics, paint, oil and special items.
- Check depot rules before loading a vehicle.
Free vs Paid Surrey Waste Services: What to Confirm Before Paying
Some Surrey waste services are included for eligible households, some are free within limits, and some require stickers, fees, depot charges or private-hauler payment. The safest move is to verify the live official page before paying or setting material out.
Regular City cart service
Eligible City collection customers use the scheduled garbage, recycling and organics system shown through Surrey’s official collection tools.
Large item pickup and some recycling
Surrey’s Large Item Pickup Program is available to eligible households within annual limits. Metro Vancouver centres also include free recycling categories for certain accepted materials.
Extra bags, carts and disposal
Extra garbage stickers, cart exchanges, additional carts, paid recycling, garbage disposal and some depot materials may involve fees.
Official Surrey Garbage Schedule Links
Use these official resources for final decisions because collection schedules, app alerts, accepted items, fees, depot hours, large item limits and reporting rules can change.
Surrey Garbage Schedule FAQ
How do I check my Surrey garbage pickup day?
Use the official City of Surrey collection schedule page or the Surrey Rethink Waste app. Enter your exact address, then check the next collection date and material type.
Is Surrey garbage collected every week?
No. For eligible City collection customers, garbage is collected every two weeks and alternates with recycling. Green cart organics are collected weekly.
What time should Surrey carts be put out?
Carts should be out by 7:30 a.m. on your scheduled collection day. Surrey’s 2026 guide lists collection hours as 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Does the collection map show my exact pickup day?
The map is helpful for local context, but the exact pickup day should come from Surrey’s official address-based schedule or the Rethink Waste app.
Why does property type matter for Surrey garbage collection?
Detached homes, registered suites, townhouses, stratas, apartments, condos and private-hauler properties may use different collection setups. Confirm your property type before following curbside cart instructions.
When should I report missed collection in Surrey?
Surrey’s 2026 guidance says missed collections must be reported the next business day after your scheduled collection day. Reports made on the scheduled day or later than the next business day may not be reviewed.
Does Surrey collect garbage on statutory holidays?
Surrey normally collects on statutory holidays except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Always check the official schedule or app alert close to the holiday.
Can I put extra garbage beside my Surrey cart?
Only if it follows Surrey’s current extra garbage rules. The 2026 guide lists pink garbage stickers for additional garbage bags, a 23 kg / 50 lb maximum per bag, and a listed sticker price of $5.50. Verify current details before using this option.
Can I book large item pickup in Surrey?
Yes. Eligible households can use Surrey’s Large Item Pickup Program. Current guidance says up to six large items per year, or up to eight for homes with a registered secondary suite.
Do Surrey apartments and condos follow the same garbage schedule?
Not always. Apartments, condos, townhouses and stratas may use shared bins, City recycling, private haulers, building-managed garbage rooms or property-specific bulky item rules. Ask your building manager or strata before following detached-house cart rules.
Where can I take batteries, electronics, paint or hazardous waste in Surrey?
Do not put those items in household carts. Use Metro Vancouver Recycles or the official Central Surrey or North Surrey Recycling and Waste Centre pages to confirm the correct drop-off route.
Editorial and Source Verification Note
This independent Surrey garbage schedule guide was refreshed for garbage-collection.org using official City of Surrey waste collection pages, the 2026 Sorting Guide and Collection Calendar, Rethink Waste app guidance, Waste Collection by Property Type, Waste Collection Carts, missed collection rules, large item pickup guidance, sorting resources, and Metro Vancouver recycling and waste centre information.
Always verify live details with the City of Surrey, Rethink Waste app, Metro Vancouver, your strata, your property manager or your private hauler before setting out carts, paying a fee, booking large items, reporting missed collection or visiting a depot.
Final Resident Summary: Bookmark This Before Collection Morning
The best way to use the Surrey garbage schedule is simple: search your exact address, confirm your property type, check whether it is garbage week or recycling week, remember that organics are weekly, and set carts out properly before 7:30 a.m.
If a cart is missed, check the set-out basics before reporting. If you have furniture, mattresses, appliances, electronics, batteries, paint, oil, chemicals or renovation material, do not guess. Use the official Surrey large-item program, Surrey sorting guidance, Metro Vancouver Recycles or the correct recycling and waste centre.
This page is designed to work like a local Surrey pickup helper: fast answer first, official links always visible, and practical rules written the way a neighbour would explain them.