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 June 30, 2026. Counts will increase as the year progresses.

Trash & Recycling complaints — 2026

Total complaint counts. Data covers January through June 30, 2026.

City rankings — 2026

City2026 complaintsPer 100k residentsMedian resolution
1Los Angeles
238.9K6.1K2.0d
2Charlotte
73.6K8.4K—
3Washington
56.8K8.2K8.0d
4Chicago
53.8K2.0K3.9d
5Austin
43.4K4.5K1.6d
6Calgary
41.1K3.1K2.0d
7San Jose
38.1K3.8K10.9d
8Baltimore
35.2K6.0K5.9d
9Ottawa
28.5K2.8K3.0d
10New Orleans
27.7K7.2K3.6d
11Edmonton
27.2K2.7K23.9h
12Baton Rouge
18.3K8.0K—
13Nashville
18.1K2.6K2.8d
14Toronto
16.1K576—
15New York City
15.9K1922.1d
16Philadelphia
15.8K9882.9d
17Louisville
15.3K2.4K6.0d
18Montréal
14.4K8193.3d
19Buffalo
12.8K4.6K1.1d
20San Diego
12.8K92016.7h
21Cleveland
12.1K3.3K2.1d
22Boston
11.2K1.7K11.5h
23Vancouver
11.0K1.7K3.3d
24Indianapolis
7.3K8254.0d
25Somerville
4.2K5.1K—
26St. Louis
3.3K1.1K2.2d
27Oakland
821190—

Complaints filed January through June 30, 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 →Baton Rouge trash & recycling →New Orleans trash & recycling →Los Angeles trash & recycling →Baltimore trash & recycling →Somerville trash & recycling →Buffalo trash & recycling →Austin trash & recycling →San Jose trash & recycling →Cleveland trash & recycling →Calgary trash & recycling →Ottawa trash & recycling →Edmonton trash & recycling →Nashville trash & recycling →Louisville trash & recycling →Chicago trash & recycling →Vancouver trash & recycling →Boston trash & recycling →St. Louis trash & recycling →Philadelphia trash & recycling →San Diego trash & recycling →Indianapolis trash & recycling →Montréal trash & recycling →Toronto trash & recycling →New York City trash & recycling →Oakland trash & recycling →