4 rules for unincorporated Guadalupe County, Texas.
Verified from official government sources
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.
Tex. 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.
Guadalupe County sets no curbside set-out time for unincorporated areas; your private hauler dictates placement. State law under Tex. Health & Safety Code §343.011(c)(1) requires refuse in a neighborhood to be kept in a closed receptacle.
Tex. Health & Safety Code §343.011(c)(1)
A public nuisance is: (1) keeping, storing, or accumulating refuse on premises in a neighborhood unless the refuse is entirely contained in a closed receptacle
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.
Tex. 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...
Guadalupe County mandates no recycling in unincorporated areas, and Texas has no statewide residential recycling law. Participation depends on whether your private hauler offers it. Cities such as Schertz and Cibolo run curbside programs and drop-off sites.
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