Albany trash pickup: cost and carts
Trash service in Albany costs about $68 a month ($819 a year) for the usual option (32-gal trash); by size, service runs $61 to $168 a month. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
Waste Management. Billed by: Waste Management; monthly rates for single family dwellings (1 to 4 units).
Pay or manage it
| Cart | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|
| 20-gal trash | $60.96 | $732 |
| 32-gal trash | $68.26 | $819 |
| 64-gal trash | $117.97 | $1,416 |
| 96-gal trash | $167.66 | $2,012 |
Monthly bundle rate effective May 1, 2026; each trash cart includes one recycling cart and one organics cart.
Changing your cart
Contact Waste Management by phone at 510-613-8710, or email csnorthbay@wm.com.
How Albany compares with nearby cities
Trash, a month
- Emeryville · 4 mi$27
- San Pablo · 5 mi$52
- Richmond · 5 mi$58
- Berkeley · 2 mi$68
- Albany$68
- El Cerrito · 2 mi$76
The standard cart in each city. Cities that pay for trash through property tax are not listed.
Ways to pay less
- Low-income households: Waste Management discount. Households enrolled in PG&E's CARE program get a 25% low-income discount on residential trash rates (for example $15.24 off the 20-gallon cart). How: Send Waste Management a recent PG&E invoice showing CARE enrollment; call 510-613-8710.
Sources
Checked October 28, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.
Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
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