Trash Collection
Collection Schedule / Collection Routes
Simpsonville provides a 5-day garbage and yard waste collection service for residents and the core business district, operating Monday through Friday. Both trash and yard waste are collected simultaneously along designated routes.
Use the links below to find your collection day on a color-coded map or by street name. By selecting a color on the map, you’ll see the scheduled collection day for that area. You can also find your specific collection day by entering your address using the search feature in the top right corner.
Holiday Collection Schedule
A holiday on a weekday delays trash pickup by 1 day for the holiday itself and remaining weekdays: e.g. a holiday on Thursday would delay the Thursday route by 1 day and Friday route by 1 day; trash pickup would resume its normal schedule after the weekend.
2025
- New Year’s Day on Jan. 1: 1 day delay
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Jan. 20: 1 day delay
Memorial Day on May 26: 1 day delay - Independence Day on July 4: 1 day delay
- Labor Day on Sept. 1: 1 day delay
- Thanksgiving Day on Nov. 27: 1 day delay
Christmas Day on Dec. 25: 1 day delay
If the holiday schedule should change for any reason, a notice will be placed in Alerts at the top of the webpage prior to the holiday. Please call the Public Works Department at 864-967-9531 if you have questions.
Core Business District
The Simpsonville Public Works Department offers sanitation services to residents and businesses located within the Core Business District only. To check if a business falls within the Core Business District, please refer to the PDF linked below.
Trash Pickup Guidelines
Note: the below guidelines apply to only the new black Simpsonville trash cans.
- Trash can must be on the curb by 7 a.m. on your pickup day to be serviced.
- Front of trash can must face the roadside to be serviced.
- All trash must be bagged in a trash bag to ensure that all trash is deposited into the truck and does not end up outside the truck to prevent littering.
- All trash bags must be inside the trash can to be picked up; trash bags are prohibited from being left anywhere outside the can, on the can and on the lid of the can except the week following Christmas Day only.
- Any trash bags or trash that are not inside the trash can will not be picked up; cardboard boxes left outside trash cans will not be picked up.
- Only the new black Simpsonville trash can* automatically delivered at no cost the week of Aug. 23 will be serviced; Public Works will not service any can other than the new black Simpsonville can.
- Do not park motor vehicles in front of the trash can.
- At least 3 feet of clearance from other objects (e.g. vehicles, mailboxes) must be maintained around the trash can to ensure pickup.
Prohibited Items in Trash Can
- Paints, solvents
- Tires
- Propane tanks
- Electronics
- Liquids
- Medical waste
- Batteries
- Dirt, rocks, bricks and concrete
- Yard waste
- Sand
Proper Use of Trash Can
- All garbage must be bagged in the trash can; bagging all garbage ensures that all trash remains inside the garbage truck and off your roads and streets.
- All garbage bags must be placed inside the trash can (except the week after Christmas Day only); routes are more efficiently run when the can contains all trash to be picked up.
- Only black Simpsonville trash cans will be serviced; 1-can collection allows for on-schedule trash pickup.
Trash Can Issue & Replacement Form
Order a first can, second can or replacement can from the Simpsonville Public Works Department by downloading & completing the below form:
Recycling
Curbside recycling pickup ended in 2021. Visit the below link for information and resources on waste reduction, including recycling, reducing and reusing:
