Trash & Recycling complaints

311 trash & recycling complaints across 27 tracked cities. Ranked by complaints per 100,000 residents.

Missed garbage pickups, recycling and composting issues, bulk-item collection, cart maintenance, and household hazardous waste.

Year to date — data through May 1, 2026. Counts will increase as the year progresses.

Trash & Recycling complaints — 2026

Total complaint counts. Data covers January through May 1, 2026.

City rankings — 2026

City2026 complaintsPer 100k residentsMedian resolution
1Los Angeles
157.7K4.0K2.0d
2Charlotte
73.6K8.4K—
3Washington
56.8K8.2K8.0d
4San Jose
38.1K3.8K10.9d
5Baltimore
35.2K6.0K5.9d
6Chicago
30.2K1.1K5.8d
7Ottawa
28.5K2.8K3.0d
8Austin
26.5K2.8K1.8d
9Calgary
24.5K1.9K2.0d
10Nashville
18.1K2.6K2.8d
11New Orleans
17.7K4.6K3.4d
12Toronto
16.1K576—
13Philadelphia
15.8K9882.9d
14Edmonton
15.8K1.6K17.6h
15Louisville
15.3K2.4K6.0d
16Montréal
14.4K8193.3d
17San Diego
12.8K92016.7h
18Cleveland
12.1K3.3K2.1d
19Baton Rouge
11.4K5.0K—
20Boston
11.2K1.7K11.5h
21Vancouver
11.0K1.7K3.3d
22New York City
9.7K1182.1d
23Buffalo
8.7K3.1K1.8d
24Indianapolis
7.3K8254.0d
25St. Louis
3.3K1.1K2.2d
26Somerville
2.6K3.3K—
27Oakland
593137—

Complaints filed January through May 1, 2026. Population from most recent census.

How to find this data

Austin prefixes everything 'ARR -' (Austin Resource Recovery): 'ARR - Garbage', 'ARR - Recycling', 'ARR - Compost', 'ARR - Bulk', 'ARR - Household Hazardous Waste'. Calgary uses a mix of 'WRS -' (Waste and Recycling Services) and 'GFL -' (the contractor Green For Life). NYC doesn't break sanitation out into its own category in our mapping — expect NYC sanitation requests to appear under 'other' or 'street_cleaning'.

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This page shows historical data. To file a trash & recycling complaint, contact your city's 311 service directly.

Charlotte trash & recycling →Washington trash & recycling →Baltimore trash & recycling →Baton Rouge trash & recycling →New Orleans trash & recycling →Los Angeles trash & recycling →San Jose trash & recycling →Somerville trash & recycling →Cleveland trash & recycling →Buffalo trash & recycling →Ottawa trash & recycling →Austin trash & recycling →Nashville trash & recycling →Louisville trash & recycling →Calgary trash & recycling →Vancouver trash & recycling →Boston trash & recycling →Edmonton trash & recycling →Chicago trash & recycling →St. Louis trash & recycling →Philadelphia trash & recycling →San Diego trash & recycling →Indianapolis trash & recycling →Montréal trash & recycling →Toronto trash & recycling →Oakland trash & recycling →New York City trash & recycling →