Veterans Day brings a one-day shift for county waste collection
County Solid Waste customers in unincorporated Polk have no Wednesday pickup on November 11. Monday and Tuesday routes stay unchanged.
No county pickup Wednesday, November 11; affected routes shift one day later. Confirm that you are a county Solid Waste customer.
Polk County Solid Waste will not provide curbside residential collection on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, for its customers in unincorporated Polk County, according to the county’s November 2 notice.
Wednesday service moves to Thursday, November 12. The remaining collection days that week shift back one day. The change includes furniture and appliance collection. Monday, November 9, and Tuesday, November 10, remain on their normal schedules.
The North Central Landfill and North Central Transfer Station will close November 11 and reopen November 12.
Check who provides your collection service before changing your plans. This notice describes county Solid Waste service in unincorporated areas; it does not establish the holiday arrangements of individual cities or other providers.
Prepared from the official source below, reviewed November 4, 2026. This is an independently written summary; the source provides the full notice or report. Dated service and traffic details may change.
Polk County Government · November 2, 2026 ↗