Sanitation & Recycling

Our city currently has 20 sanitation workers running seven sanitation trucks 5 days a week to keep the City of West Fargo clean. Sanitation Manager, Logan Jacobson, and his crew are committed to providing convenient and affordable residential and commercial solid waste services to the citizens of West Fargo.

Sanitation & Recycling

Residential garbage curb side pick up costs $17.50 a month. To ensure your garbage and recycling is picked up on your designated day, please have your receptacles out by 7 a.m. on your collection day. 

For a calendar of holiday schedule changes and the weekly recycling rotation, please view 2020 Garbage and Recycling Collection Zones.

Sanitation Zones Map for Collection Day

To determine your weekly collection day, find your location in 2020 Sanitation and Recycling Daily Collection Zones The day of the week your address appears in is your collection day. The color your address appears in, green or gold, determines the weeks your recycling will also be collected based on the adjacent recycling schedule.

Recycling Drop-Off Locations


  • Eagle Run Water Tower (40th Avenue W. and Sheyenne Street)
  • Department of Sanitation (117 Eighth St. W.)

​Compost and Yard Waste Drop-Off Locations
(closed during winter months)
  • Department of Sanitation (117 Eighth St. W.)
  • Eagle Run Water Tower (40th Avenue W. and Sheyenne Street)
  • 165 17th Street E. (between Starr Avenue and Second Avenue E.)

Transfer Station Location


  • 1620 Main Avenue W. 

Household Hazardous Waste Location

  • 606 43 1/2 St N, Fargo, ND 58102

Helpful Documents

  1. Residential Trash and Recycling Manual (PDF)
  2. Cleanup Week Guidelines (PDF)
  3. Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Guide (PDF)
  4. Recycling Bin Information (PDF)
  5. 2020 Garbage and Recycling Holiday Schedule Changes
  6. Curbside Brush Pickup and Grapple Truck Rules