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Trash & Recycling in Frisco, TX (2026)

3 verified trash & recycling rules for Frisco, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Pickup Rules & Schedules

Frisco contracts with Community Waste Disposal (CWD) for residential solid waste collection. Service includes twice-weekly trash pickup, weekly single-stream recycling, and weekly yard waste collection. Carts must be placed curbside by 7:00 AM on collection day and removed within 12 hours after pickup.

Trash Recycling: Pickup Rules

Light Restrictions

Texas Health and Safety Code Sec. 365.012(a), (d)

A person commits an offense if the person disposes or allows or permits the disposal of litter or other solid waste at a place that is not an approved solid waste site, including a place on or within 300 feet of a public highway, on a right-of-way, on other public or private property, or into inland or coastal water of the state... (d) An offense under Subsection (a), (b), or (c) is a Class C m...

Dumpster Rules

Frisco requires commercial properties with 20 or more employees, over 2,000 square feet of contiguous HVAC space, or centralized multi-tenant collection to build a masonry refuse and recycling enclosure. Every enclosure must sit at least 100 feet from a residential district line, 150 feet if it houses a compactor, and be reachable by a 15-foot turning radius on a 30-foot approach.

Frisco Commercial Refuse Enclosure Placement Rules

Some Restrictions

Frisco Code of Ordinances § 74-20

(a) All commercial properties receiving an approved site plan after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived and meeting any one or more of the following criteria shall be required to construct at least one singlewide refuse enclosure and one singlewide recycling enclosure: (1) A business having 20 or more employees. (2) A commercial property having in excess of 2,...

Recycling Rules

Frisco requires commercial properties with 20 or more employees, over 2,000 square feet of contiguous HVAC space, or centralized multi-tenant refuse collection to build a masonry recycling enclosure alongside a refuse enclosure. Multifamily developments of 30 or more units must add at least one triplewide recycling enclosure under Section 74-21.

Frisco Commercial Recycling Enclosure Requirements

Some Restrictions

Frisco Code of Ordinances § 74-20; § 74-21 (Recycling Enclosures)

All commercial properties receiving an approved site plan after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived and meeting any one or more of the following criteria shall be required to construct at least one singlewide refuse enclosure and one singlewide recycling enclosure: (1) A business having 20 or more employees. (2) A commercial property having in excess of 2,000 ...

Looking for Collin County county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Frisco city rules.

Trash & Recycling in Collin County