4 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Williamson County, Texas.
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Williamson County runs no municipal trash collection in unincorporated areas. Households contract a private subscription hauler directly. Under Tex. Health & Safety Code §364.011, the Commissioners Court may regulate solid waste collection but has not mandated a county program.
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.
Williamson County sets no curbside placement times for unincorporated areas; the private hauler dictates set-out. State law under Tex. Health & Safety Code §343.011(c)(1) requires refuse in a neighborhood 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 Williamson 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...
Williamson County mandates no recycling in unincorporated areas. Participation is voluntary and depends on whether your private hauler offers it. Section 364.011 lets the county regulate solid waste, but no recycling program has been required.
1 cities in Williamson County have their own trash & recycling rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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