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Trash & Recycling in Texarkana, TX (2026)

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

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Bin Placement Rules

Texarkana requires waste and recycling carts to be stored away from the curb except the night before or the day of pickup, with lids kept closed at all times.

Texarkana Trash Cart Curb Timing

Some Restrictions

Sec. 22-13, Texarkana, TX Code of Ordinances

All persons are required to store the waste containers and recycling containers in a location away from the curb/street and near the residence, business or premises. Persons may only place containers at the curb or allow containers to remain at the curb/street on the night before or the day of waste/recycling pickup.

Recycling Requirements

Texarkana's citywide waste-disposal contract supplies each household an approved recycling container for paper, cans, cardboard, and plastics, and City Code bars residents from contaminating it, damaging it, or misusing it for anything else.

Texarkana Recycling Container Rules

Some Restrictions

Texarkana City Code § 22-12(e)

The city's contract for waste disposal includes provisions for approved waste containers and recycling containers to be provided. Recyclable material includes paper, cans, cardboard/paperboard, and plastics but does not include plastic bags or styrofoam. Persons are prohibited from disrupting the waste disposal process or the recycling program by:(1)Placing any form of nonrecyclable waste mater...

Illegal Dumping

Texarkana bans dumping brush, garbage, litter, trash, or refuse on any street, alley, sidewalk, public property, or someone else's land, backed by fines up to $2,000 per offense.

Texarkana Illegal Dumping Ban

Heavy Restrictions

Texarkana, TX Code of Ordinances § 22-7

It shall be unlawful for any person to dump or deposit any brush, leaves, garbage, litter, trash, waste matter, or refuse of any kind on any street, gutter, sidewalk, parkway, driveway, alley, public property or property belonging to another person anywhere within the city limits.

Yard Waste Collection

Grass, leaves and weed cuttings go in an approved greenwaste bag or can; big limbs must be cut to 4-foot lengths and tied into 40-pound bundles.

Texarkana Yard Waste Bagging Rules

Some Restrictions

Sec. 22-9(f)

Grass clippings, leaves, weed cuttings and other small-sized yard waste shall be put in an approved greenwaste bag or an approved greenwaste container or can. Large sticks and limbs shall be cut into four-foot lengths, bundled together in bundles not over 40 pounds, and the bundle must be tied.

Dumpster Rules

Texarkana requires construction and remodeling sites to collect debris in an approved roll-off or metal container, covered daily, so nothing blows onto neighboring property.

Texarkana Construction Dumpster and Roll-Off Rules

Some Restrictions

Texarkana, TX Code of Ordinances § 22-5

Property owners and any person working for the property owner, or person in control of the property, must use approved containers for any debris associated with construction, remodeling, building material and workmen's litter. All debris from construction, building or any related activity shall be properly placed in the approved construction site container at the end of each day to prevent the ...

Collection Schedule

Texarkana requires every residence and business to keep an approved waste container and to hold it off the curb except right before pickup.

Texarkana Mandatory Trash Container Service

Some Restrictions

Sec. 22-12; Sec. 22-13.

Every property owner or person in control of any property in the city where people reside, board or lodge, where food is prepared or served, or any private residence, shall keep and maintain at all times an approved waste container as defined in this chapter or as provided by the city's waste disposal provider. ... Persons may only place containers at the curb or allow containers to remain at t...