City Operations

Department of Public Works

All garbage is to be placed at the curb at 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled day.

All garbage is to be placed in City of Wilkes-Barre blue plastic garbage bags. The garbage bags can be purchased at any convenient or grocery store located within the city.

Click here for City garbage/recycling zones

Garbage Collection Schedule

• Tuesdays
  • North End, Heights and Brookside

• Wednesdays
  • Mayflower, Rolling Mill Hill, Iron Triangle and Goose Island

• Thursdays
  • South Wilkes-Barre

• Fridays
  • East End, Parsons and Miners Mills