Holiday Garbage Pickup Bartlett IL: No Delay in 2026

By Bartlett Guide · Published November 9, 2026

Every November, the same question ripples through Bartlett group chats: does the holiday push garbage day back? In most suburbs the answer is a one-day slide, because their haulers run five-day routes. Bartlett is different. Groot, the Village’s contracted hauler, collects every Bartlett home on Tuesdays — one route day for the whole village. The Village of Bartlett’s Garbage Service page states the rule plainly: garbage is not collected on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, and if one of those holidays falls on a Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday, collection moves to Wednesday for that week only. In 2026, none of the three winter holidays lands on a Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday — so nothing moves.

Thanksgiving week garbage pickup in Bartlett IL

Thanksgiving week is also the last yard waste week of the season. Per the Village, Groot collects yard waste April through November — and during October and November, leaves in generic bags do not need a sticker. That makes Tuesday, November 24 the final yard-waste pickup of 2026, so the last bag of leaves should ride along with the holiday-week trash. (Our fall leaf pickup guide has the rest of the season’s details.)

Christmas and New Year garbage pickup in Bartlett IL

The same math holds for the rest of the season. Christmas Day is Friday, December 25, 2026, and New Year’s Day is Friday, January 1, 2027 — both after the Tuesday pickup, not on it. So:

• Christmas week: pickup Tuesday, December 22 — normal schedule.
• New Year’s week: pickup Tuesday, December 29 — normal schedule.

One genuinely useful Christmas-week extra: the Village says Groot removes Christmas trees on your regular pickup day for the three weeks following Christmas, at no additional charge — that’s Tuesdays December 29, January 5, and January 12. Trees taller than 8 feet need to be trimmed to under 8 feet, and trees put out with decorations still on (or after the three weeks) are collected but not recycled. More seasonal dates — the tree lighting, closures, and brunch — live in our Christmas in Bartlett 2026 guide.

When Bartlett garbage pickup DOES move to Wednesday

The Wednesday shift is real — it just needs the holiday to cooperate. If New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas ever falls on a Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday, that week’s collection runs on Wednesday instead of Tuesday. A Monday Christmas, for example, would push pickup to Wednesday, December 27. The next time you hear a neighboring town announce a holiday slide, check the calendar before assuming Bartlett slides too: with a single Tuesday route, Bartlett only moves when the holiday itself lands on or just before pickup day.

Whenever your week falls, the Village’s set-out rules are the same: carts at the curb (on the driveway or the grassy parkway — never in the street) no earlier than 6 p.m. the day before, materials out by 6 a.m. on pickup day to be safe, and empty containers back in by 9 a.m. the day after. Bulk items ride free on the regular collection day with no call needed, though Groot may circle back with a different truck for oversized pieces. Questions go to Groot at 847-429-7370 or BartlettCSR@groot.com, or to the Village at 630-837-0800. Planning the rest of the holiday week — brunch, the Turkey Trot, what’s closed — is in our Thanksgiving in Bartlett 2026 guide.

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