Trash & Recycling in Texas (2026)

Texas law makes it a crime to put out garbage or other solid waste anywhere except an approved disposal site, and…

Carrollton residents can't just pile trash in the yard: § 50.16 bars letting refuse accumulate on a property outside an…

Farmersville requires polycarts and recycling bins to go to the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before pickup…

Houston bans setting garbage or trash at the curb before 6:00 p.m. the day before your scheduled pickup, and collection…

New Braunfels only collects garbage, recycling and green waste that is set out exactly where Sec. 110-4 says to put it…

Parker's § 53.03(F) bars residents from setting bulky items or brush at the curb, or anywhere visible to the public…

Plano requires solid waste, recyclable, landscape waste, HHW, bulky and special-collection materials to reach the curb…

Waco issues each single-family or duplex household one grey 95-gallon trash cart under Sec. 21-22, and every bag of…

Abilene provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection on designated days. Missed pickups can be reported to…

Allen contracts with CWD (Community Waste Disposal) for weekly residential trash and recycling collection. Service…

Amarillo collects residential cart trash twice a week under the Curbside Cart Collection Program, starting at 7 a.m…

Austin Resource Recovery collects trash and composting weekly on the same day, with recycling every other week. Find…

Baytown provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection through Republic Services. Each residence receives a…

Beaumont provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection on designated days. Missed pickups can be reported to…

Bellaire provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection through a contracted solid waste hauler. Trash is…

Brownsville rebuilt residential collection on January 1, 2026. Republic Services now hauls garbage and Redfish…

Cameron County runs a mandatory residential collection program in unincorporated areas: each household must have…

Cedar Hill provides weekly residential trash and recycling collection through its contracted hauler, with set route…

College Station provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection on designated days. Missed pickups can be…

Collin County unincorporated residents contract directly with private haulers such as Community Waste Disposal or…

Conroe contracts with Frontier Waste Solutions for weekly garbage and recycling collection. Residents receive 95-gallon…

Corpus Christi collects trash once a week and recycling every other week by zone. Find your zone and day with the…

Dallas City Code Chapter 18, Sec. 18-4 regulates residential solid waste collection. The city provides weekly curbside…

Trash is collected weekly and recycling every other week. Find your day with the address lookup on the city's Trash…

DeSoto collects garbage twice a week - homes west of Hampton Road on Tuesday and Friday, east of Hampton Road on Monday…

El Paso's Environmental Services collects the gray garbage bin weekly and the blue recycling bin every other week on…

Fort Bend County prohibits illegal dumping and unauthorized disposal of solid waste in unincorporated areas, with…

Fort Worth collects garbage and recycling weekly on the same day, with bulk waste monthly. Find your day with the…

Frisco contracts with Community Waste Disposal (CWD) for residential solid waste collection. Service includes…

Fulshear Ordinance 2023-1409 requires every utility customer to pay for solid waste service through GFL Environmental…

Garland collects trash and brush/bulky goods weekly in green carts on the same day, with recycling every other week in…

Grand Prairie provides twice-weekly garbage collection and weekly recycling. Collection schedule varies by zone: check…

Grapevine's residential solid waste and recycling service is provided by Republic Services under contract with the…

Humble provides weekly residential trash and recycling collection through Republic Services. Residents must place bins…

Irving collects residential trash twice a week and recycling plus brush and bulky items once a week on the same day…

The City of Katy collects garbage and recycling weekly by color zone - Blue on Monday, Red on Tuesday, Yellow on…

Keller provides weekly residential trash and recycling collection through a contracted hauler. Residents must use…

La Porte provides weekly residential trash and recycling collection through a contracted waste hauler. Residents must…

Residential garbage is collected on your assigned weekday; find your zone and days by entering your address at…

League City collects trash twice a week by zone (Mon/Thu, Tue/Fri, or Wed/Sat), with recycling on your trash day. Find…

Lewisville provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection for residential properties through its contracted…

Little Elm provides weekly trash and every-other-week recycling pickup. Carts must be at the curb by 7 AM on collection…

Live Oak provides once-weekly curbside residential trash pickup via a franchise hauler. Carts must be curbside by 7…

Lubbock Solid Waste provides weekly residential curbside trash collection using city-issued 95-gallon carts. Service is…

Mansfield residents receive weekly curbside trash collection through the city contractor. Carts must be placed at the…

Mcallen provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection on designated days. Missed pickups can be reported to…

McKinney contracts with Community Waste Disposal (CWD) for weekly residential collection. Trash and recycling pickup…

Mesquite Solid Waste collects trash weekly and commingled recycling weekly on assigned days. Bulk and brush collected…

Midland collects household garbage twice a week (Monday/Thursday or Tuesday/Friday) from alley carts. Call Solid Waste…

Missouri City requires twice-weekly residential garbage collection with curbside containers placed by 7 a.m. on…

Montgomery County does not provide unincorporated trash service. Residents contract with private haulers (Waste…

Republic Services collects residential trash and recycling in North Richland Hills through a city contract. Service is…

Pasadena provides municipal trash collection through the city's Sanitation Department. Chapter 14 (Garbage, Trash and…

Pearland contracts with Frontier Waste Solutions to provide twice-weekly residential garbage collection under Chapter…

Richardson provides weekly curbside trash collection. Most homes have alley pickup. Trash must be out by 7 AM on…

The City of Richmond contracts with GFL Environmental for weekly residential solid waste collection, requiring use of…

Rosenberg provides twice-weekly residential trash collection through its contractor GFL Environmental, with separate…

San Antonio collects garbage weekly, with recycling and organics on separate days. Use the city's My Collection Day…

Stafford provides twice-weekly residential garbage collection through GFL Environmental on either Monday/Thursday or…

Sugar Land provides separate collection days for garbage, recycling, green waste, and bulky items through Republic…

Universal City provides weekly residential trash collection through its contracted hauler. Carts must be at the curb by…

No county trash collection service. Residents must contract with private waste haulers. TX HSC Chapter 343 requires…

Guadalupe County runs no curbside trash collection in unincorporated areas. Households along the San Antonio corridor…

Unincorporated Harris County does not provide municipal trash pickup. Residents must contract with private waste…

Tarrant County does not operate residential trash collection in unincorporated areas. Residents contract with private…

Williamson County runs no municipal trash collection in unincorporated areas. Households contract a private…

Abilene Code of Ordinances § 27-13 tells residents exactly where and when to put out a solid waste cart: within four…

Amarillo requires bagged trash and Refuse Storage Carts to sit within three feet of the curbline, placed no earlier…

Arlington requires bins to be placed at the curb for collection and stored out of view after pickup. Carts must not…

Baytown residents must set garbage, heavy trash, yard waste, and brush out at the curb or in the designated alley by…

Carrollton residents may set carts and bulk items out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before collection and must…

Cedar Park requires nonresidential refuse and recycling containers to be fully screened from public view and set at…

Celina requires trash containers at the alley edge inside the property line and limits curbside set-out to 7 p.m. the…

Conroe residents may not put a collection cart at the curb before 5:00 p.m. the day before pickup, and must remove it…

Converse requires trash cans, bags, and other receptacles to stay hidden from public right-of-way view except from 8…

Corpus Christi decides whether your refuse cart goes out at the alley or the curb, and either way it can never sit on…

Dallas bars putting a garbage or recycling cart at the curb before 6:00 p.m. the evening before collection, and…

Denton requires curbside trash and recycling carts to be set out no earlier than 6 p.m. the night before and by 7 a.m…

Edinburg requires trash carts curbside between the sidewalk and curb, out by 7 a.m. on collection day and not before 7…

El Paso spells out exactly where a residential trash or recycling cart has to sit at the curb. City Code §…

Fort Worth requires carts to hit the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before pickup and no later than 7:00 a.m…

Garland requires trash carts to sit within two feet of a paved alley, or between the sidewalk and curb where there's no…

Georgetown limits when trash carts and bags can sit at the curb: no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the night before collection…

Grand Prairie tells residents exactly where and when to put out garbage containers: at the alley if one is designated…

Harlingen requires garbage carts out by 6:30 a.m. on collection day and pulled back by 8:00 p.m., set within five feet…

Houston requires garbage and recycling carts to be stored out of street view until pickup day, placed at the curbline…

Irving requires garbage and recycling bags to stay closed and secured at all times except while being filled, and to go…

Killeen's automated cart program sets a strict placement window: containers can't hit the curb before 8 p.m. the night…

Laredo restricts when residential carts can hit the curb: Sec. 14-3(i)(3) bars setting refuse and recycling carts out…

Every Leander dwelling must have a solid-waste storage structure that keeps garbage inaccessible to dogs and other…

Lewisville caps each residential setout at what fits in a standard one-ton pickup bed, limits individual bundles to 50…

Longview delegates garbage cart placement, collection days/times, and container limits to written Public Works rules…

Lubbock residents must place regulation garbage containers at the edge of the alley at the property line, or between…

Midland requires apartment complexes to provide at least three cubic yards of refuse container space per 15 units, and…

New Braunfels bars putting carts out before 8:00 p.m. the night before collection and requires them off the curb by…

Odessa requires every property to keep garbage in a city-issued container placed at or near the building, and the lid…

Pearland requires garbage and recycling carts to be placed curbside with the lid opening facing the street and at least…

Pflugerville requires residents to place their provided trash cart, recycling cart, and bundles at the edge of the…

Pharr requires garbage carts at curbside by the sanitation department's designated route time and pulled back by 6:30…

Plano issues one solid-waste cart per household free of charge and the container stays city property: you can't take it…

Richardson requires garbage and recycling receptacles to sit at the rear of the property next to the alley where one…

Rockwall requires every property to keep a lidded 18-to-35-gallon garbage can at the curbline or alley edge, sanitary…

Round Rock requires residents to place garbage carts at the curb before 7 a.m. on collection day, closed and spaced…

Rowlett residents must place trash and recycling polycarts curbside between 4 p.m. the day before collection and noon…

San Angelo requires residential trash and recycling carts to be stored out of sight between pickups and set out on a…

San Antonio's solid waste management department sets exact rules for where wheeled carts go and when: clear of…

San Marcos requires garbage bags and carts set out between 9 p.m. the night before collection and 7 a.m. on collection…

Sugar Land requires trash and recycling carts to sit wheels-against-curb, at least three feet from mailboxes or parked…

Temple requires garbage carts at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day and removed by 8:00 p.m., per City Code…

Texarkana requires waste and recycling carts to be stored away from the curb except the night before or the day of…

Tyler carts may be set at the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before collection and must be brought in by 7:00…

Victoria bars residential garbage carts from curbside before 8 p.m. the night before pickup and after 8 p.m. on…

Waco requires carts and brush at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day but not before 6:00 p.m. the evening prior…

Every Brownsville residence provides enough containers for its waste and puts them where crews can reach them: at the…

Bryan residents must set MSW and recycling carts at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day, and no earlier than 12…

In the county's unincorporated solid-waste program, each home gets one 96-gallon cart. Place it within 5 feet of your…

Unincorporated Fort Bend County treats uncontained garbage as a public nuisance: refuse left out must sit in a closed…

Fulshear residents must use the GFL-provided 95-gallon carts and place them at the curb by 7:00 AM on Wednesday…

Guadalupe County does not regulate where you store trash cans outside city limits; screening is HOA territory. But…

Unincorporated Hidalgo County has no cart-color or set-out ordinance because there is no county curbside service. State…

League City residents must place trash bins at the curb by 7 AM on pickup days, but no earlier than 6 PM the night…

Mission requires garbage containers to be kept at the alley for collection, or at a point the city designates if…

Missouri City requires solid waste and recycling carts to be placed at the curb no earlier than 6 p.m. the day before…

Richmond requires GFL carts to be set curbside by 7:00 a.m. on collection day with at least three feet of clearance…

Wichita Falls requires curbside trash carts to go out no earlier than 5 p.m. the day before pickup and come off the…

Williamson County does not regulate where you store trash cans outside city limits; screening is HOA territory. But…

Collin County has no unincorporated-area ordinance regulating trash bin storage. Residents typically store bins out of…

Texas law turns illegal bulk dumping into a felony once the pile crosses 1,000 pounds, or 200 cubic feet, or 200 pounds…

Dumping brick, lumber, dead trees or other bulky waste anywhere other than an approved disposal site is a crime under…

Texas Health and Safety Code section 365.012 criminalizes dumping bulk loads of litter or solid waste at any place that…

Austin Resource Recovery provides curbside bulk item collection by appointment. Residents can schedule up to two free…

Brownsville splits the city into four brush and bulk sectors, each served one week per month. Set items out before your…

Bryan gives residential customers one scheduled load of brush and bulky trash per service day, with strict placement…

Carrollton curb-collects bulk items and brush on a city-set schedule under § 50.21, but caps each category at three…

Celina caps how early bulk trash can hit the curb and puts disposal of construction debris and dead trees on the…

Converse offers scheduled bulk trash pickup for items too large for the regular cart, such as furniture and appliances…

Dallas provides brush and bulky item collection under City Code Chapter 18, Sec. 18-4. Items must not include building…

Denton won't collect bulk trash or construction debris over four cubic yards at the regular curb pickup: residents must…

Edinburg's once-per-week residential garbage service includes brush and bulk-item pickup at no extra charge, but…

Farmersville collects bulky items like stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, washing machines and furniture separately…

Garland collects bulky items like furniture and appliances if piled at the curb no more than a day before pickup and…

Georgetown residential customers get two free bulky-item pickups a year, up to three cubic yards each, but only by…

Grapevine offers monthly bulk trash and yard waste collection on residents' regular service day under their Republic…

Harlingen collects heavy bulky waste like furniture and mattresses every 4-6 weeks, capped at two cubic yards per…

Bulky household items that don't fit curbside pickup get hauled by Leander's contracted waste service in this…

Longview classifies furniture, appliances, and loose brush as 'bulky waste,' separate from routine bagged trash pickup…

McKinney provides monthly bulk trash pickup for residential customers through CWD. Items must be placed curbside the…

Mission requires residents to arrange their own removal of heavy bulky items like discarded auto bodies and oversized…

New Braunfels collects bulk trash and large brush by request only, for a $40 minimum fee, not on a routine curbside day.

Section 53.04 of the Parker Code defines bulky items as appliances and oversized trash that will not fit in a…

Pearland picks up bulky waste, items like furniture, mattresses, appliances and fence material too big for a garbage…

Pflugerville residents must bundle brush, limbs and Christmas trees no longer than 48 inches, under 4 inches in…

Pharr's sanitation department picks up brush bundled under three feet and large appliances like refrigerators and…

Richmond offers weekly heavy item pickup for appliances and bi-weekly bulk and brush collection through GFL, with…

Rockwall puts heavy bulky waste on the owner, not the trash truck: brick, lumber, concrete, and remodeling debris must…

Round Rock lets in-city residents schedule one free bulk trash pickup per year through Republic Services, capped at 5…

Rowlett caps curbside bulk and brush pickup at two cubic yards per week, requires items out by 7 a.m. on collection…

San Angelo collects bulk items curbside on your garbage day, alternating every other week with recycling. The limit is…

San Marcos residents must request special collection before setting out bulky waste, construction debris, or yard…

Sugar Land residents can set out up to five cubic yards of bulky waste, like furniture, mattresses, appliances, and…

Temple's Solid Waste Division collects furniture, appliances, junk, and bulk items curbside on the regular brush/bulk…

Victoria collects bulky waste and brush curbside but limits landscape brush bundles to three per pickup and requires…

Waco gives each service unit one free bulky waste pickup per month, capped at eight cubic yards, about a pile six feet…

Wichita Falls residents can schedule curbside bulky waste pickup through the sanitation office for a fee set by…

Abilene offers scheduled bulk item pickup for large items like furniture and appliances. Advance scheduling typically…

Baytown provides bulk item pickup through Republic Services by appointment. Large items like furniture, appliances, and…

Beaumont offers scheduled bulk item pickup for large items like furniture and appliances. Advance scheduling typically…

Bellaire offers scheduled bulk item pickup for large items that do not fit in standard bins. Residents must schedule…

Cedar Hill offers monthly bulk and brush collection by neighborhood with size limits per pile, prohibiting hazardous…

College Station collects bulk items such as furniture, mattresses, and large appliances on a scheduled basis, either…

Collin County operates the Melissa Transfer Station and partners on regional disposal. Bulky items for unincorporated…

Conroe provides monthly bulk and brush collection through Frontier Waste Solutions. Residents must schedule pickup at…

Corpus Christi offers bulk item collection for large items. Residents can schedule bulk pickups through Solid Waste…

El Paso Environmental Services provides bulk waste collection for large items that do not fit in standard city bins…

Fort Bend County hosts scheduled household hazardous waste, electronics, and bulk disposal collection events for…

Fort Worth provides scheduled bulk trash collection for large items that do not fit in the standard cart. Bulk…

Fulshear residents may set bulk items out next to their cart on Wednesday; oversized items receive a GFL yellow tag…

Grand Prairie provides bulky waste pickup for items too large for regular collection. Items must be placed at curb…

No county bulk pickup exists in unincorporated Guadalupe County; haul large items to a permitted site. Dumping them is…

Haltom City offers scheduled bulk trash pickup for large items that do not fit in the regular cart. Residents must…

Houston provides curbside bulk waste collection for large items like furniture and appliances on a scheduled basis…

Katy residents receive weekly bulk pickup of up to three bulky items plus quarterly Super Heavy Trash collection, with…

Keller offers scheduled bulk trash pickup for oversized items like furniture and mattresses. Residents follow size…

Laredo offers scheduled bulky waste pickup for items that do not fit in the regular cart. Residents must call to…

League City provides bulk item pickup through the contracted waste hauler. Section 94-2 limits placing refuse near…

Lewisville provides monthly bulk waste pickup for residential customers at no additional charge through Community Waste…

Little Elm offers periodic bulk item pickup for large items that do not fit in standard trash carts. Residents must…

Live Oak offers scheduled bulk waste pickup for large items like furniture and appliances. Residents must call to…

Lubbock offers on-call bulky item pickup for large items like furniture and appliances with scheduled collection…

Mcallen offers scheduled bulk item pickup for large items like furniture and appliances. Advance scheduling typically…

Missouri City collects bulk items and yard waste weekly on the recycling day, with brush bundled to four-foot lengths…

Montgomery County operates Environmental Services transfer stations in Conroe and Splendora for resident bulk disposal…

NRH residents receive scheduled bulk trash and brush pickup through Republic Services. Items such as furniture…

Pasadena provides bulk waste collection for large items through the Sanitation Department. Residents must schedule bulk…

Plano offers scheduled bulky item collection. Residents can arrange pickups for large items like furniture, appliances…

Rosenberg offers weekly bulky item pickup on Tuesdays through GFL Environmental, with size and material limits set by…

San Antonio provides curbside bulky item collection for single-family residents through the Solid Waste Management…

Stafford requires tree limbs, brush, and bundled yard debris to be tied in bundles under 45 pounds and 4 feet long…

A one-time bulky-item pickup outside normal trash service in Taylor is billed separately, with the exact charge set by…

Travis County residents can use the Austin Resource Recovery bulk pickup program (Austin addresses) or drop off at the…

No county bulk pickup exists in unincorporated Williamson County; haul large items to a permitted site. Dumping them is…

Allen provides weekly bulk item collection on the regular trash day. Residents may set out up to 4 cubic yards of bulk…

Amarillo provides free residential bulk-item pickup on request under Chapter 8-3. Standard residential garbage…

No county bulk pickup service. Private haulers may offer bulk pickup for additional fee. Illegal dumping of bulk items…

Denton County does not provide bulk waste collection service in unincorporated areas but does operate household…

Texas Health and Safety Code Section 361.425 orders every county, municipality, school district, university, and state…

Austin has a Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO) adopted in 2012 requiring recycling and organics diversion for…

Every commercial property in Denton must run an on-site recycling diversion program and file an annual diversion plan…

Bryan residents enrolled in curbside recycling must keep the container lid closed at the curb, and only the customer, a…

Carrollton collects recycling only from the plastic cart the city issues, and § 50.19 of the General Code caps every…

Dallas requires every residence and duplex to use a city-issued blue rollcart for recyclable materials, kept separate…

Edinburg runs weekly curbside recycling collection, with city-owned carts and contamination checks that can get service…

El Paso runs a curbside recycling program for residential properties. City Code § 9.04.060(B) requires program…

Farmersville's curbside recycling is run by an independent contractor under city agreement, and every residential…

Fort Worth runs its curbside recycling program to help meet the state-mandated 40% recycling goal under City Code §…

Garland provides one single-stream recycling cart per household for plastics #1-7, metals, glass, paper and cardboard…

Georgetown collects recycling carts every other week for Tier I and Tier II customers under a single-stream system, so…

Grand Prairie's recycling collectors cannot mix recyclables with garbage, and residential and commercial recycling…

Houston Public Works' Solid Waste Management division supplies one automated recycling cart per residential unit…

Irving defines curbside recycling as a service tied to the city's current recycling materials processing contract, and…

Laredo charges every individual residence a monthly recycling program mandate fee of $4.25 on top of the garbage bill…

League City provides curbside recycling through AmeriWaste, the city's contracted solid waste provider. Residents…

Lewisville requires residential customers to sort recyclables into a city-owned 64-gallon cart, set it curbside by 7:00…

The city issues every residential customer a 96- or 65-gallon recycling cart and picks it up every other week, with…

Every Plano household and non-franchisee business gets one free recycling cart from the Environmental Waste Services…

Round Rock requires residential customers to keep their city-issued recycling cart at the curb by 7 a.m. every other…

Rowlett residents may only use the polycarts and recycling bins issued by the city's franchised solid waste hauler…

Every residential customer in San Angelo must subscribe to the city's contracted solid waste service under Code of…

San Antonio issues every serviced household a blue cart for weekly recycling under Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-12. Only…

San Marcos provides single-stream curbside recycling to every residential and multifamily unit through its contract…

Every residential property in Sugar Land must use the city-issued recycling container under City Code § 3-155(a), which…

Taylor runs a curbside recycling program billed on the city utility account under Appendix B's Fee Schedule for City…

Texarkana's citywide waste-disposal contract supplies each household an approved recycling container for paper, cans…

Victoria bills every serviced residential unit for biweekly curbside recycling collection, run alongside weekly garbage…

Once Waco recyclables hit an authorized blue cart or drop-off container, City Code Sec. 21-8 makes them city property…

Brownsville's citywide curbside recycling started January 1, 2026 and is running. Redfish Recycling empties a red…

Cedar Hill provides weekly single-stream curbside recycling accepting clean paper, cardboard, plastics #1 and #2…

Every Conroe solid waste customer gets a city recycling cart, and it is unlawful to put anything other than the…

Corpus Christi provides single-stream curbside recycling. Accepted materials include paper, cardboard, plastic…

Fulshear provides each utility customer a 95-gallon single-stream recycling cart serviced weekly on Wednesdays, with…

Grapevine provides single-stream curbside recycling weekly through Republic Services. Accepted items include clean…

Killeen doesn't run curbside recycling pickup: residents use two staffed drop-off centers and three unattended trailers…

Mansfield provides curbside single-stream recycling with a dedicated cart. Accepted materials include paper, cardboard…

Texas Health & Safety Code § 361.421 defines what legally counts as 'recyclable material,' 'recycling' and 'yard waste'…

Pasadena offers curbside recycling through the city's Sanitation Department. Recyclable materials are collected…

Pearland provides weekly single-stream curbside recycling through Frontier Waste Solutions, allowing residents to…

Pflugerville provides every household single-stream curbside recycling through the city's hauler. Residents are…

Pharr runs a drop-off recycling center at west Hall Acres and Nelson St. instead of curbside pickup, with a strict list…

Richardson residents must set out recyclables only in blue disposable containers, which the city collects at least once…

Temple's curbside recycling program is voluntary, funded through the standard monthly utility fee, with recycling…

Wichita Falls sets exact curbside timing and clearance rules for recycling containers, and once material is set out for…

Amarillo offers voluntary curbside recycling through Chapter 8-3, §8-3-92 and private haulers. There is no mandatory…

Harris County has no mandatory recycling ordinance for unincorporated areas. Recycling availability depends on private…

Keller provides single-stream curbside recycling through its franchise hauler. Participation is voluntary but…

Lubbock recycling is voluntary drop-off only. The city does not provide curbside recycling. Residents may take accepted…

Richmond provides weekly curbside recycling through GFL, with one free recycling cart per home and accepted materials…

Tarrant County has no mandatory recycling rule for unincorporated areas. Residents may add curbside recycling as an…

Austin's Universal Recycling ordinance layers a specific composting mandate on top of its general recycling rule…

Plano runs an opt-in composting program for restaurants and other commercial generators of food waste rather than a…

San Antonio provides a green cart for yard trimmings and food scraps under Sec. 14-17, but the program is not…

Multifamily properties in Dallas that offer valet trash pickup cannot skip recycling: City Code Sec. 18-5.1(a)(3)…

Denton's Solid Waste Department runs a mandatory valet trash collection service in director-designated areas with…

When a city holiday falls on a scheduled garbage day, Baytown does not skip the pickup, it slides it. Sec. 86-68 states…

Abilene has no separate homegrown illegal-dumping ordinance; instead, Code of Ordinances § 19-45 adopts the entire…

It is unlawful under § 50.02 of Carrollton's General Code to place, throw or dump garbage, refuse, rubbish or yard…

Scattering or dumping refuse on any public or private street, alley, sewer, or premises in Cedar Park is unlawful…

Denton makes it unlawful and a public nuisance to dump refuse, trash, or debris on any street, alley, waterway, or…

Georgetown, Texas bans dumping litter, trash, yard waste, appliances or household goods on any public or private…

Grand Prairie Code § 13-108 makes it unlawful to discharge, deposit, or dump hazardous or other regulated waste on any…

Lewisville makes it unlawful to sweep, deposit or scatter trash on any street, sidewalk or public park, and separately…

Midland bans dumping hazardous, radioactive or noxious material anywhere in the city; each day the material stays is…

Pearland Code of Ordinances § 12-13 bans dumping garbage, solid waste, recyclable material, or brush anywhere other…

Richardson makes it unlawful to dump, throw or place garbage, rubbish, refuse, junk, ashes, wastepaper, weeds, grass…

Texarkana bans dumping brush, garbage, litter, trash, or refuse on any street, alley, sidewalk, public property, or…

Baytown makes it unlawful to sweep, throw, deposit or dump garbage, waste, construction debris or dead animals onto any…

Dumping or abandoning property on city right-of-way or public property in Converse is a class C misdemeanor carrying a…

Farmersville's general penalty section, Sec. 1-3(a)(1), singles out dumping of refuse, along with vegetation and litter…

Killeen makes it unlawful to throw, drop, sweep or place litter or junk on any private or public property…

Dumping trash, rubbish, or solid waste on any public or private land in Laredo is unlawful under City Code Article VI…

Leander bans dumping rocks, dirt, refuse, garbage, rubbish or junk on any public street, and extends that ban to any…

Dumping refuse in Shenandoah, Texas carries an enhanced fine of up to $2,000.00 per offense under the city's general…

Sugar Land bans dumping trash in a container you don't own or control, hauling waste in from outside city limits for…

Dumping garbage or trash on Amarillo streets, alleys, private property, or in an unauthorized City container is a civil…

Dumping trash where it doesn't belong is illegal in Arlington. Spilling or dropping waste from a vehicle onto a street…

Dumping refuse anywhere in Austin is a Class C misdemeanor. City Code Section 1-1-99 sets the fine at up to $2,000 per…

Dumping brush or municipal solid waste on streets, in drains, or on public or private property is a prohibited act…

Celina makes it unlawful for any property owner or occupant to let trash, rubbish, or other refuse accumulate or be…

Conroe's general penalty statute singles out dumping of refuse for its harshest fine tier: violations touching fire…

Corpus Christi bans depositing any litter or solid waste in public places: streets, rights-of-way, parks, sidewalks…

Dumping solid waste anywhere in Dallas outside a location approved by the director of sanitation is an offense under…

Discarding refuse on county-owned land, utility easements, or any property not authorized for it is a public nuisance…

Edinburg bans dumping garbage, debris, tires, or yard waste on streets, alleys, drainage canals, or private property…

Dumping, throwing, or discarding litter on any public or private property in El Paso is prohibited citywide…

Fort Worth Code § 16-294 makes it a criminal offense to deposit or discharge solid waste, dead animals, foul water, or…

Fulshear makes it a misdemeanor to dump refuse on private land, public right-of-way, or any public property within city…

Throwing or dumping refuse on public or private property in Garland is a criminal offense under Code of Ordinances…

Harlingen's City Code § 38-4 makes it unlawful to cast, throw, drop, sweep or deposit garbage or anything offensive to…

Dumping or accumulating refuse, junk, or rubbish outside a closed receptacle for 10 or more days on unincorporated…

Illegal dumping in unincorporated Hidalgo County is a state offense under Texas Health & Safety Code Section 365.012…

Depositing solid waste anywhere it doesn't conform to Chapter 39's pickup rules is an unlawful deposit of litter in…

Irving City Code § 33-4 makes it unlawful to throw or deposit garbage, brush, bulky items, construction debris, or…

Longview makes it a public nuisance to dump solid waste on any public or private property outside a building…

Lubbock makes it unlawful to discard furniture, appliances, mattresses, carpet, brush, trees, or any nuisance material…

Dumping garbage, trash, dead animals, or debris on streets, alleys, curbs, or private property anywhere in Mission is…

Dumping litter, trash, or waste on public or private property in New Braunfels is a public nuisance carrying a…

Dumping garbage, rubbish, or solid waste anywhere in Odessa besides a permitted landfill or city-designated site is a…

Parker's Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful under § 53.01 to sweep, throw, or deposit garbage, trash, dirt, concrete…

Pharr treats dumping trash or waste on another's property, a right-of-way, or a street as unlawful littering, backed by…

Plano makes it a criminal offense for a property owner to cause or allow refuse, carrion, or unsanitary conditions to…

Dumping litter, garbage, or refuse in any public place in Rockwall is a criminal offense unless it goes into a trash…

Dumping garbage, trash, rubbish, or dead animals on any street, alley, drain, or public or private property inside…

Dumping trash, debris, junk, or garbage on any San Antonio street, waterway, drain, or public or private lot is…

San Marcos fines illegal dumping of refuse up to $2,000 per offense, four times the city's standard $500 code-violation…

Taylor makes it unlawful to cast, throw, deposit, place, sweep or dispose of trash, junk, garbage, refuse or other…

In unincorporated Travis County, letting litter pile up for more than 30 days within 50 feet of a public highway is…

Dumping refuse in Victoria is punishable by a fine up to $2,000, with each day of a continuing violation counted as a…

Waco's nuisance code makes it unlawful to throw or dump litter, junk, rubbish or garbage on any occupied, unoccupied or…

Dumping refuse anywhere but an approved receptacle is banned citywide, with fines up to $4,000 per offense.

Illegal dumping is a state crime enforceable countywide: disposing of litter or solid waste at an unapproved site is an…

Temple's Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to place, store, or abandon garbage, junk, furniture, appliances, or…

Abilene Code of Ordinances §§ 27-23 and 27-26 keep yard waste, defined as trimmings, cuttings, leaves and branches, out…

Amarillo residents cannot bag ordinary tree, hedge, shrub, or yard trimmings for automatic pickup: Sec. 8-3-31(4)…

Austin doesn't run a separate yard-waste chapter: brush and yard trimmings collection is folded into Chapter 15-6's…

Baytown collects yard waste once a week and brush once a month, and the two waste streams follow different set-out…

Bryan requires brush cut to 8-foot lengths, curbside by 7 a.m., and separated from bulky items for city collection.

Carrollton collects bagged yard waste only when it is placed in an approved residential container or bag at the front…

Celina's trash service does not pick up brush or yard debris: owners must handle disposal of dead trees, tree limbs…

Converse collects brush once monthly by zone for a $0.86 monthly fee, with strict size and placement limits on piles.

Corpus Christi collects yard waste, heavy brush, clean wood waste, and bulky items on a scheduled day per address, one…

Denton requires tree limbs, shrubs, and yard waste to be prepped a specific way before curbside pickup, or the city…

Tree, shrub and brush trimmings in Farmersville must be bundled, not loose, to qualify for regular yard-waste pickup…

Fort Worth requires yard trimmings to go out in kraft paper bags or an optional yard-trimmings cart, never plastic…

Garland bans dumping grass clippings, leaves, and brush into a street, alley, or the municipal storm sewer system under…

Georgetown collects yard trimmings monthly for in-city residents, capped at 20 bundles or compostable bags per pickup…

Grand Prairie will not collect grass clippings as a regular service, but brush and other yard trimmings qualify for…

Harlingen collects tree limbs, brush and yard waste once a month at no extra charge, but piles are capped at one…

Houston requires yard waste in biodegradable bags or reusable containers under 50 pounds, with tree trimmings tied in…

Killeen collects grass clippings, leaves, shrub trimmings and garden waste once a week as part of the standard trash…

Laredo defines yard waste as grass clippings, weeds, leaves, mulch, and small limbs three inches or less in diameter…

Lewisville requires brush and yard waste bundles to be cut, tied and set at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day…

Longview requires bundled yard waste for regular curbside pickup: tree, shrub, and brush trimmings must be tied or…

Lubbock requires trees and brush cut into lengths no longer than five feet, in bundles weighing no more than 80 pounds…

Midland requires the commercial yard crews, nurseries and lawn services that generate grass clippings, tree trimmings…

New Braunfels requires green waste bagged separately at 40 pounds max, with brush bundled in four-foot lengths for…

Section 53.04(B) defines brush items in Parker as trees, tree limbs, plants, and leaves, distinct from the bulky items…

Pearland requires green waste, grass clippings, leaves and small tree limbs, to go out in clear plastic or brown paper…

Richardson lets residents set out brush, shrubs, tree trimmings, lawn clippings, logs and boards for collection only if…

Rockwall doesn't run a separate brush or yard-waste pickup: grass, weeds, and small tree limbs count as ordinary trash…

Rowlett requires grass clippings to be bagged before collection: either inside the trash polycart or set out for bulk…

San Antonio picks up brush only twice a year on a fixed, evenly spaced citywide schedule under Code of Ordinances Sec…

San Marcos requires yard waste to be bundled or bagged and set out only after residents notify the city for special…

Sugar Land lets residents set out up to ten cubic yards of green waste per scheduled collection day under City Code §…

Temple requires brush, leaves, and tree trimmings to be placed at the curb in a separate pile from bagged trash, with…

Grass, leaves and weed cuttings go in an approved greenwaste bag or can; big limbs must be cut to 4-foot lengths and…

Victoria collects up to 3 tied brush bundles and bagged yard waste weekly, each capped at 50 pounds and set out under…

Waco gives single-family, duplex and quadriplex households up to two green carts, plus as many as 20 biodegradable…

Wichita Falls collects yard waste through a weekly curbside organics cart, requires it bagged or contained with the lid…

Conroe collects yard waste that fits in the standard cart with regular refuse, and picks up bulky yard debris like tree…

Edinburg requires brush to be bundled and set at the curb separately: never inside city trash carts.

Leander, Texas has no weekly curbside yard-waste pickup: brush and yard waste are accepted only at the city's…

Mission picks up bundled yard trimmings with regular trash service, but larger brush, stumps, and land-clearing debris…

Odessa's city containers don't take dead trees, brush, or other bulky yard debris: residents must haul it off at their…

Pharr requires tree limbs and brush to be cut to 3 feet or less and neatly stacked at the curb, with a one-cubic-yard…

Round Rock requires curbside brush to be piled loose, not bundled, with limbs no longer than 10 feet, or dropped off…

A licensed private hauler can't just drop a mechanically-handled dumpster or roll-off container on an Austin street…

Anyone placing a commercial dumpster or roll-off container in Baytown for hire needs a city waste-collection permit…

Dallas treats commercial dumpsters and roll-off boxes as franchised collection equipment: operating one without a solid…

Denton's solid waste department is the exclusive provider of municipal waste collection, so private roll-off dumpsters…

El Paso requires commercial dumpsters and construction roll-offs to sit on the generator's own property, not the…

Any dumpster, roll-off, compactor, or other outdoor receptacle placed on non-residential, multi-family, or mixed-use…

No hauler may commercially empty or transport a dumpster or roll-off container on San Angelo's streets and alleys for…

San Antonio's Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-41 sets tight placement and collection windows for commercial dumpsters and…

Abilene requires commercial properties to place roll-off containers and dumpsters on an approved concrete slab for new…

Commercial dumpsters, roll-off boxes, and compactor containers in Amarillo require a Commercial Collection Service…

Arlington's Unified Development Code requires dumpsters and other trash and recycling service areas in Form-Based…

Bryan requires commercial dumpster pads and screening built to city specs at the owner's expense, with siting set by…

Carrollton's general code bars placing a commercial dumpster where it blocks a street or alley right-of-way, drainage…

Nonresidential dumpsters in Cedar Park must be screened from view and sit at least 50 feet from any single-family…

Celina's zoning code requires commercial dumpster and recycling enclosures to be screened with matching masonry walls…

Conroe bars any commercial dumpster or roll-off container from being visible from a public street or adjacent…

Converse allows businesses to keep dumpsters in plain view, but trash cans, bags, and loose garbage can't be staged…

Private waste haulers can't leave disposal dumpsters on any city or state right-of-way in Corpus Christi; every…

Edinburg requires businesses to use city-issued commercial containers sized to their needs, keep dumpster enclosures…

Farmersville requires commercial dumpsters to sit on a concrete pad with a ten-foot lifting apron, stay behind the…

Fort Worth requires every commercial waste container, the dumpster used for business and multifamily garbage, to be…

Frisco requires commercial properties with 20 or more employees, over 2,000 square feet of contiguous HVAC space, or…

Fulshear requires multi-family, nonresidential, and mixed-use developments to enclose dumpsters behind six-foot opaque…

Nonresidential and multifamily refuse containers in Garland must sit behind the main building or in an interior service…

Georgetown requires every residence, business, and commercial establishment to keep a City-contracted Cart or Dumpster…

Grand Prairie requires every commercial, institutional and industrial property to keep garbage and trash in approved…

Commercial and multi-unit lots in Harlingen must enclose their garbage dumpster on private property, with truck access…

Houston requires new developments to place bulk containers, i.e. dumpsters, out of view from public streets and screen…

Irving bans commercial dumpsters from front yards, rights-of-way, fire lanes, required parking, and any spot that…

Jefferson County requires every Recreational Vehicle Park and Manufactured Home Rental Community built outside city…

Every commercial business in Killeen using the city's dumpster system has to give the container a site accessible to…

Multifamily and commercial dumpsters in Laredo must sit within 30 feet of any residential structure they don't serve…

Leander requires nonresidential and multifamily dumpsters to sit behind a masonry-style screening wall at least as tall…

Businesses that haul commercial or industrial dumpsters and roll-off containers in Longview must hold a city-issued…

Lubbock requires dumpsters, donation bins, and recycling containers on nonresidential and mixed-use property to sit on…

Midland's zoning code requires nonresidential and multifamily dumpsters to be screened on three sides by an eight-foot…

Mission requires trash dumpsters and refuse containers at multi-family and nonresidential properties to sit behind a…

Before a dumpster goes on a commercial site in New Braunfels, the pad and enclosure have to clear the standards in Sec…

Odessa lets businesses use privately owned compactors and roll-off containers, but the city sets the service fees…

Commercial customers in Pearland must use a dumpster or roll-off supplied by the city's exclusive waste contractor…

Nonresidential and multifamily developments in Plano must provide at least two solid waste containers per lot for…

Richardson requires every front-loading and roll-off container in commercial, retail, apartment, office and industrial…

Private commercial recycling dumpsters in Rockwall need building-official sign-off on placement and must be screened…

Commercial dumpsters and trash compactors in Rowlett must be screened from public view: dumpsters need six-foot masonry…

San Marcos bars commercial haulers from placing or storing dumpsters, roll-offs, and bins on public streets, alleys, or…

The City of Shenandoah, Texas requires a city-issued permit before any dumpster is placed on private property in city…

Sugar Land businesses must use the dumpster provided by the city's exclusive franchisee, keep it in a safe, accessible…

Commercial, office, institutional, and multifamily properties in Taylor must screen their trash dumpsters from public…

Any dumpster placed on a Taylor County road must sit 3 to 10 feet from the edge of the pavement and the county…

Temple requires refuse container storage areas for commercial and multi-family properties to sit in a rear or side…

Texarkana requires construction and remodeling sites to collect debris in an approved roll-off or metal container…

Victoria requires commercial refuse dumpsters to sit on paved pads inside screened enclosures in the rear yard, hidden…

Waco lets residential and commercial customers rent roll-off containers from ten to 40 cubic yards through Solid Waste…

Wichita Falls requires commercial roll-off containers to sit on a firm surface, clear of overhead lines, and off public…

Pharr requires solid waste containers placed for alley collection to sit inside the subscriber's property line next to…

Carrollton's collection service is exclusive: § 50.15 makes it unlawful for anyone but the city to collect or remove…

Every residential property owner in Denton must sign up for and maintain city solid waste and recycling service: if any…

Under § 53.03, the City of Parker provides solid waste collection and disposal service to residents and may contract…

Richardson requires every residence to use the city's or a franchised hauler's solid waste service, and it is unlawful…

Rowlett runs solid waste and recycling collection exclusively through the city and its franchised contractors, and no…

Only the City of Sugar Land, or a hauler with the city's contract or consent, may collect residential trash for pay…

Abilene's Solid Waste Services Division sets residential pickup routes and schedules itself, delivering service by…

Austin Resource Recovery must offer collection service to every premises in the city, and City Code Section 15-6-11…

Cedar Park bans garbage, waste, and refuse collection between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. in any residential-zoned area or within…

Celina limits when trash and rubbish containers can sit at the collection point: no earlier than 7:00 p.m. the night…

Converse grants Waste Management of Texas an exclusive franchise to collect residential and commercial solid waste, and…

Dallas does not let residents hire a private hauler: City Code Sec. 18-9(b)(3) requires that collection service for…

Farmersville requires every resident to use the city's authorized garbage contractor, with weekly residential pickup…

Fort Worth requires owners and occupants of single-family homes, duplexes, garage apartments and occupied mobile homes…

Garland residents may set trash carts out no earlier than 6 p.m. the evening before pickup and, if their collection…

Georgetown collects solid waste from residential carts once a week on a set day and requires every resident to carry…

Grand Prairie requires every owner, occupant or person in control of a premises to carry garbage removal service…

Harlingen bills every household for mandatory twice a week garbage service and fixes collection day at both ends: bins…

Houston's Solid Waste Management Department collects heavy trash every other month: up to six curbside pickups a year…

Every residential unit in Killeen that has city water service must open a solid waste account and pay a mandatory…

Laredo collects residential garbage and recycling at least twice weekly, one garbage pickup and one recycling pickup…

Leander's contracted hauler collects residential refuse once a week and recycling every other week for $18.91 a month…

Lewisville ties trash and recycling service to your water account: Sec. 12-21 requires residents to establish solid…

Lubbock's solid waste manager can adjust weekly pickup counts and timing for weather and seasonal conditions, but City…

Midland picks up residential garbage, trash and waste twice a week under City Code § 8-6-7, with additional on-request…

Mission collects residential garbage and refuse twice a week on a schedule set by the city, through its exclusive…

Odessa's Solid Waste Division must pick up residential garbage at least once a week under City Code § 13-4-12, and most…

In Pflugerville, every residential customer inside the city limits must use City refuse collection and set carts at the…

Rockwall bundles garbage collection into every residence's monthly utility bill and bars paying for it separately…

Round Rock requires weekly curbside collection for every residential property, with carts due at the curb by 7 a.m. on…

San Angelo makes weekly trash service mandatory: Code of Ordinances Sec. A8.017(a) requires every residential customer…

San Antonio homes must use and pay for the city's garbage, brush, and refuse service; Sec. 14-30(a) makes it mandatory…

San Marcos provides residential solid waste collection through a city contractor to every residential unit, billed via…

Taylor bundles garbage and trash service into the city utility bill under Sec. 11-27, and refuses to accept water or…

Temple requires every residence to carry city garbage service, with containers curbside by 7 a.m. on collection day and…

Texarkana requires every residence and business to keep an approved waste container and to hold it off the curb except…

Waco requires every residential, commercial, industrial and institutional property within city limits to maintain solid…

The City of Bryan collects residential trash once a week; carts must be curbside by 7:00 a.m. on your scheduled day or…

Conroe picks up residential garbage and recycling together on the same single day each week, with the city divided into…

Corpus Christi collects the trash cart weekly and the recycling cart every other week on a zone-assigned day. City code…

Edinburg requires weekly garbage pickup and sets strict cart placement times before and on collection day.

Fulshear does not fix trash and recycling pickup days in the city code. Section 30-40 instead points residents to the…

Irving collects residential garbage twice a week and recycling once a week on days assigned by address. Section 33-13…

Longview bills every occupied building for city garbage pickup unless the owner hires a licensed private hauler…

New Braunfels runs residential solid waste collection through its own solid waste and recycling division, requiring…

Pharr requires every residence and commercial property to subscribe to city sanitation service, and the sanitation…

Plano's Environmental Waste Services Division collects residential garbage and yard waste weekly and recycling every…

Victoria collects residential garbage weekly and recycling every two weeks, and only the City may collect residential…

Every residential dwelling in Wichita Falls must subscribe to the city's trash collection service, and the director of…

Any company that collects recyclable material from a Dallas apartment complex must hold a multifamily site recycling…

Baytown bundles curb-side recycling into the standard $36.95 monthly refuse charge under Sec. 86-101(b), and backs it…

Carrollton's trash and recycling carts stay city property under § 50.29, and marking, painting or breaking one is a…

Corpus Christi's solid waste services department runs curbside recycling for every subscribed residence and business…

Denton requires recyclables to go loose into city-issued bins, never bagged, and accepts only current 'program…

Farmersville limits its green recycling bin to defined commingled items, flattened plastics coded 1 through 5 and 7…

Landlords of Fort Worth multifamily complexes with eight or more units must file and carry out a written recycling plan…

Frisco requires commercial properties with 20 or more employees, over 2,000 square feet of contiguous HVAC space, or…

Garland issues one City-owned single stream recycle container per household and sets exact placement windows and…

Houston's chief solid waste officer, not a fixed statute, decides which materials the curbside program accepts, tying…

Irving requires curbside recyclables to go out in the city's blue recycling bag, which must hold between thirteen and…

Laredo's recycling carts are limited to clean plastic, paper, cardboard, and metal under Sec. 14-1, and Sec. 14-2(k)…

Parker's § 53.02 makes it a misdemeanor for anyone besides the resident, property owner, or an authorized carrier to…

Pearland residents may recycle material from their own homes, but state law bars anyone from diverting recyclable…

Once you set your recycling out in Plano, it belongs to whoever issued the container, the city or its contractor, and…

San Antonio residents get a blue recycling cart with once-a-week pickup under Sec. 14-12, accepting paper, cardboard…

Waco's blue recycling carts accept only paper, metals and #1-#2 plastic bottles, cups and jars under City Code Sec…

Taylor picks up curbside recycling every other week for $5.77 per month for a single 95-gallon cart, with each…