How does trash pickup work in Herriman?

Herriman trash pickup is weekly, and the schedule is set by the Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District, not by Herriman City. Your pickup day depends on your address, and the fastest way to find it is the district’s Find My Collection Day lookup, linked from the top of wfwrdutah.gov.

The district is a special service district that handles garbage and recycling for Herriman along with several other Salt Lake County cities, including Holladay, Millcreek, Taylorsville, Kearns, Magna and Cottonwood Heights (Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District welcome letter, checked October 2026). Herriman City’s own city partners page says the district “provides Herriman City’s waste and recycling needs” and that Herriman’s routes run Tuesday through Friday (herriman.gov, checked October 2026). Which of those days is yours comes down to the street.

How to find your Herriman pickup day

Use the lookup tool. Type in the address and it returns the collection day. It also tells you whether the address is inside the district’s service area at all, which matters if you are looking at a house near a city boundary.

Do not rely on the neighbors’ cans or the seller’s memory as your guide. Herriman has added a great many homes in a short time, and the lookup reflects the district’s current routes. The lookup is the answer; the curb is a clue.

Cans need to be at the curb by 7 a.m. on your day. The district asks that they come back in within 12 hours of pickup (Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District welcome letter, checked October 2026).

What happens to the schedule on holidays

Only three holidays stop collection: New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. When one of them falls on a weekday, that day’s pickups and every remaining pickup that week are pushed back one day, with Saturday collection if needed, and the schedule returns to normal the following week (wfwrdutah.gov holiday schedule, checked October 2026).

Every other holiday, including Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Pioneer Day and Labor Day, runs on the normal schedule. The office is closed on those days, but the trucks still run. That catches people who come from cities where every federal holiday shifts pickup. In Herriman, put the can out as usual.

What the basic service includes and costs

Basic service is one garbage can and one blue recycling can, both emptied weekly on the same day. The district lists basic service at $26 a month (wfwrdutah.gov fees page, checked October 2026). Billing moved from quarterly to monthly in January 2026, and bills are paid through Xpress Bill Pay (Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District welcome letter, checked October 2026). A second garbage or recycling can is available for an added fee.

This is a separate bill from your Herriman City water and from your property tax. If you are budgeting a move, what utilities cost in Herriman covers the rest of the monthly picture.

Recycling rules in the blue can

The blue can takes plastic bottles, jugs and tubs; aluminum, tin, steel and empty aerosol cans; and cardboard, mixed paper and paper bags. It does not take plastic bags, food waste, liquids, batteries or hazardous waste (wfwrdutah.gov How to Recycle, checked October 2026).

Two rules matter more than the rest:

Put recycling in loose, not bagged. The district allows loose items or a paper bag. Plastic bags clog the sorting equipment, which is the single most repeated instruction on both the city’s and the district’s pages.
Glass does not go in the blue can. It is collected separately.

Glass recycling in Herriman

Glass bottles and jars of any color, lightly rinsed, are accepted. Window glass, mirrors, ceramics, light bulbs and Pyrex are not (wfwrdutah.gov How to Recycle, checked October 2026).

There are two ways to recycle glass:

Drop-off. There is a district glass bin at the Herriman Fire Station, 5928 W 13100 S. Drop-off bins are open around the clock and are for household glass only (wfwrdutah.gov Glass Recycling 101, checked October 2026).
Curbside subscription. The district runs a curbside glass program, collected once a month, at $55 to start and $8.50 a month (wfwrdutah.gov glass recycling page, checked October 2026). Availability varies by area, so check the address before assuming it is offered on your street.

Green waste is the gap

This is the part new Herriman residents do not expect. The district sells a green waste can subscription in other cities, but its sign-up page says plainly that it is not providing green waste collection in Herriman at this time (wfwrdutah.gov green waste page, checked October 2026). Older district material mentions a Monday green waste route in Herriman, so if you see that elsewhere, call the district at 385-468-6325 for the current answer rather than relying on an old map.

In practice, that means Herriman yard waste goes one of four places: your garbage can, your own compost, a trailer you rent from the district, or a city cleanup event. The district rents a green waste trailer for $80 and a bulk trailer for $240, by reservation (Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District services flyer, 2025, checked October 2026). For a household with a large lawn, that matters more than any other line in this post.

Bulk items, cleanups and the Christmas tree

Herriman does not run curbside bulk pickup. Large items go through one of these:

The seasonal container program. The district drops off a temporary container for bulky household cleanup once a year. In 2026 Herriman used this program in May instead of a separate city spring cleanup, split into three zones, with postcards mailed in March telling each household its zone and reservation window (herriman.gov cleanup page, checked October 2026). The 2026 season is over; the district says to check back in March 2027.
The city’s fall cleanup. Herriman ran a fall disposal event at the west parking lot of Butterfield Park in September, limited to two loads per residence, with the mailed postcard and proof of Herriman residency required at the gate. It took tree limbs under 12 inches thick, brush, household garbage, furniture and some appliances, and turned away refrigerators, freezers, paint, tires, batteries and chemicals (herriman.gov cleanup page, checked October 2026).
Christmas trees. Curbside tree collection runs through January on your regular day, and the trees become woodchips for parks and trails (Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District services flyer, 2025, checked October 2026).

Nothing hot goes in any can. The district specifically lists hot ashes, embers and fireworks, because they start fires in the truck.

Can placement, wind and HOA rules

The district wants each can at least three feet from other cans, mailboxes, cars, trees, fences and basketball standards, with the lid closed or nearly closed. Cans that do not meet that may not be emptied (Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District can etiquette flyer, checked October 2026).

Wind is the Herriman-specific problem. On the west side and the bench, an empty can left out after pickup ends up in the street or in a neighbor’s yard. Bring cans in the same day, and on a forecast windy day, put the heaviest bag in last so the can stays upright until the truck comes. Is Herriman windy covers which parts of the city get it worst.

Your HOA may have its own rule on where cans live between pickups. A common association rule is that cans must be stored out of sight from the street between pickups, in the garage or behind a side-yard fence, and associations can enforce their rules with fines. Check the CC&Rs and rules before you buy, especially for a townhome with no side yard. Whether a Herriman home has an HOA explains how to read those documents.

What to set up when you buy a house in Herriman

In my experience, trash is the utility new buyers forget, because the cans are already sitting at the house. I tell clients to sort it out before move-in, not after the first full can. Here is the short list:

Confirm the address is in the district and look up the pickup day.
Count the cans at the house. If you are buying an existing home, the district’s change of ownership form asks you to confirm how many district cans are at the property. The account updates automatically once the Salt Lake County Recorder’s Office records the sale, and the district asks that it be listed on your closing documents (wfwrdutah.gov change of ownership form, checked October 2026).
For new construction, expect a can fee. The district charges $140 for cans at newly built homes (Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District welcome letter, 2025, checked October 2026). Buying new construction in Herriman covers the other move-in costs builders do not always mention.
Book the moving box pickup. New homeowners get a one-time pickup for moving boxes and packing material, scheduled on request. It is not offered to renters (Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District services flyer, 2025, checked October 2026).
Decide on glass and yard waste. Find out whether curbside glass is offered on your street, and plan for green waste knowing a curbside can is not currently available.

I am Kelsey Earl, a Realtor with Keller Williams South Valley, and the moving box pickup alone is worth the phone call in the first week. If you are still deciding where in the valley to land, start with the relocation guide.