Brownsville, TX Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Container specifications come from the city's sanitation service contracts rather than the code text. Residential service uses a 96-gallon trash cart, with a red single-stream recycling cart collected every other week. Set carts out by 7 a.m. on collection day, wheels facing the house and three feet clear of other objects, never blocking the sidewalk. Where the yard is fenced, containers go outside the fence: section 82-4(a)(3) bars crews from entering dwelling units or passing through fence gates. Homeowners, tenants and lessees also keep the abutting alley clean of spilled garbage, rubbish and weeds. Rock, scrap building materials and debris from construction, remodeling or a general cleanup fall outside regular service and get removed at the owner's expense.