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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEHG02

Garbage and trash collection

Prices for garbage and trash collection rose 4.4% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 1.0% in the month.

12 months+4.4%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+1.0%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+8.4%seasonally adjusted
Index685.01982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%2%5%8%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

5006002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026685.0+1.0%+4.4%
July 2026677.9+0.9%+3.9%
June 2026671.8+0.1%+3.6%
May 2026671.3+0.2%+3.8%
April 2026669.8+0.3%+4.2%
March 2026667.8+0.3%+4.0%
February 2026665.9+0.7%+3.7%
January 2026661.1+0.4%+5.0%
December 2025658.2+0.4%+4.8%
November 2025655.7—+4.6%
September 2025652.8−0.5%+5.4%
August 2025656.1+0.5%+6.5%
July 2025652.7+0.6%+6.3%
June 2025648.5+0.3%+6.0%
May 2025646.5+0.5%+6.1%
April 2025643.1+0.2%+5.2%
March 2025642.1+0.0%+5.3%
February 2025641.9+1.9%+5.1%
January 2025629.8+0.3%+3.8%
December 2024627.8+0.1%+4.3%
November 2024627.1+0.9%+4.2%
October 2024621.6+0.3%+4.0%
September 2024619.6+0.6%+3.8%
August 2024615.9+0.3%+3.1%
July 2024614.1+0.4%+3.0%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEHG02 and CUSR0000SEHG02). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.