Trash & Recycling in Guadalupe County, TX (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Guadalupe County, Texas.
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Pickup Rules & Schedules
Guadalupe County runs no curbside trash collection in unincorporated areas. Households along the San Antonio corridor contract a private subscription hauler directly. Tex. Health & Safety Code §364.011 lets the Commissioners Court regulate solid waste but no county program has been mandated.
Guadalupe County Trash Pickup Rules
Few RestrictionsTex. Health & Safety Code §364.011
(a) Subject to the limitation provided by Sections 361.151 and 361.152 (Solid Waste Disposal Act), and subject to Subsection (a-1), a commissioners court by rule may regulate solid waste collection, handling, storage, and disposal in areas of the county not in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
Bin Placement Rules
Guadalupe County does not regulate where you store trash cans outside city limits; screening is HOA territory. But under Tex. Health & Safety Code §343.011(c)(2), cans and rubbish left visible in a neighborhood 10 days or more are a public nuisance.
Guadalupe County Trash Bin Storage & Screening
Light RestrictionsTex. Health & Safety Code §343.011(c)(2)
A public nuisance is: ... (2) keeping, storing, or accumulating rubbish, including newspapers, abandoned vehicles, refrigerators, stoves, furniture, tires, and cans, on premises in a neighborhood or within 300 feet of a public street for 10 days or more, unless the rubbish or object is completely enclosed in a building or is not visible from a public street
Bulk Item Disposal
No county bulk pickup exists in unincorporated Guadalupe County; haul large items to a permitted site. Dumping them is illegal under Tex. Health & Safety Code §365.012, scaling from a Class C misdemeanor to a state jail felony by weight.
Guadalupe County Bulk Item Disposal
Light RestrictionsTex. Health & Safety Code §365.012
(a) 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... (d) An offense under Subsection (a), (b), or (c) is a Class C misdemeanor if the litter or other solid waste to which the offense applies weighs five pounds or less or has a volume of five gallons or less... (g) An offense...
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