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
157.7K4.0K2.0d
73.6K8.4K
56.8K8.2K8.0d
38.1K3.8K10.9d
35.2K6.0K5.9d
30.2K1.1K5.8d
28.5K2.8K3.0d
26.5K2.8K1.8d
24.5K1.9K2.0d
18.1K2.6K2.8d
17.7K4.6K3.4d
16.1K576
15.8K9882.9d
15.8K1.6K17.6h
15.3K2.4K6.0d
14.4K8193.3d
12.8K92016.7h
12.1K3.3K2.1d
11.4K5.0K
11.2K1.7K11.5h
11.0K1.7K3.3d
9.7K1182.1d
8.7K3.1K1.8d
7.3K8254.0d
3.3K1.1K2.2d
2.6K3.3K
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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Report a trash & recycling issue

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