Solid Waste
GFL Environmental serves as the garbage and recycling hauler for the City of Fort Wayne. GFL is the fourth largest diversified environmental services company in North America with facilities throughout Canada and more than half of the U.S. states.
City residents may look up their garbage and recycling days at https://garbagerecyclelookup.cityoffortwayne.org.
Residential Garbage Collection Fees 
Single Family Households: $20.32 per month
Multi-Family Units: $40.64 per month
Extra garbage carts: $4 per month
COLLECTION DAY
The City of Fort Wayne's residential garbage program is an essential resident and neighborhood service.
Garbage is collected once a week in each residential neighborhood. Find your collection day here.
Garbage/Recycling collection services will run a day behind for observance of
the following holidays in 2025:
January 1 - New Year's Day
January 20 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
May 26 - Memorial Day
June 19 - Juneteenth
July 4 - Fourth of July
September 1 - Labor Day
November 27 - Thanksgiving Day
December 25 - Christmas Day
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Get updates about recycling and trash disposal from Fort Wayne Public Works.
Newsletters are published three to four times per year.
NEED A CART?
The City provides one 96-gallon or 48-gallon cart to each household for garbage collection. The carts are the property of the City and must be left at the service address in the event the resident moves. The fee for an additional garbage cart is $4 a month for each additional City garbage cart beyond the one (1) cart that is allotted per single family household or (2) carts that is allotted per multi-family units.
If you need a cart, cart repair, or replacement please call 311.
1. Trash should be bagged.
2. Fill your cart first.
3. If cart is full, place no more than three bags out for collection.
4. Place trash and recycling carts three-feet apart.
