The county sets no trash-cart rule; your city does. In the City of Galveston, refuse must go in city-issued carts, bagged, with the lid able to close, and the area around the cart kept clean and clear.
Texas counties do not regulate household trash containers. In the City of Galveston, Sec. 15-3 requires that receptacles for refuse be limited to city-issued carts for household garbage and trash only; all garbage and trash must be bagged and placed inside the cart so the lid can close, and the area around the cart kept clean of loose trash. In unincorporated Galveston County, residents contract with private haulers, and container rules follow the hauler's service agreement rather than a county ordinance.
Galveston may suspend collection service until cart violations are corrected; overfilled or improperly stored refuse is a code violation (Sec. 15-3, 15-8).
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