About TrashAlert
TrashAlert is a free, community-powered platform that helps you never miss trash day again.
The Problem
Every household faces the same frustration: "When is my trash pickup day?"Municipal websites are clunky. Schedules shift for holidays. Recycling is every other week. And when you move to a new address, good luck figuring it out without calling city hall.
In San Diego alone, 225,000+ households rely on a Salesforce-powered lookup tool that requires navigating a map interface just to find their collection day. There's no mobile-friendly experience. No reminders. No calendar integration.
Our Solution
TrashAlert combines community-reported schedules with official municipal data to create the most accurate, user-friendly trash pickup database — starting with San Diego and expanding nationwide.
When you report your pickup day, you're not just helping yourself — you're building a resource for your entire neighborhood. As more people confirm schedules, our data becomes more reliable through consensus verification.
How Community Data Works
- You report your collection day — it takes 10 seconds
- When 3+ people confirm the same day for an address, it becomes "verified"
- Conflicting reports are tracked and resolved as more data comes in
- Our leaderboard recognizes top contributors (GasBuddy-style)
The Dash Philosophy
TrashAlert is built by TombStone Dash LLC in San Diego, CA. Our company name comes from a simple idea: the dash on a tombstone between your birth year and the year you die represents everything — every moment, every choice, every day you lived.
We build tools that give people back their time. Even something as small as never having to Google "when is trash day" again. Those minutes add up. That's more time with your family, more time on what matters. That's making the Dash count.
Open Source & Privacy
TrashAlert is free and always will be. We don't sell your data. We don't run ads. Your address lookup is processed in real-time and not stored unless you choose to report your schedule to help your community.
Disclaimer
TrashAlert is not affiliated with the City of San Diego. We use publicly available information and community reports. For official schedules, visit the city's official lookup tool.
Contact
Questions, feedback, or want to help expand to your city? Email us at info@tombstonedash.com
🔔 Get Trash Day Reminders
Free reminders the night before pickup — auto-adjusted for holidays.