San Angelo, TX Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Storage rule
- Inside garage/carport or beside it
- Earliest curb time
- Evening before collection day
- Latest set-out time
- 7:00 a.m. on collection day
- Retrieval deadline
- Noon the day after collection
- Contaminated recycling
- Cart may be pulled from service
- Enforcement
- Solid waste administrator cites violators
Summary
San Angelo requires residential trash and recycling carts to be stored out of sight between pickups and set out on a strict schedule: Code of Ordinances Sec. 11.04.031 says carts belong in a garage, carport, or beside that structure, closed securely, and only at the curb from the evening before collection until noon the day after.
(3)Store containers. Customers shall keep all solid waste and recyclables containers inside garages, carports, or other parking structures, or outside in the immediate vicinity of such structure.(4)Secure containers. Every customer shall keep all solid waste and recyclables containers used by it securely closed in such manner as to prevent the scattering of the contents thereof and to render said contents inaccessible to insects, rodents and other animals.(5)Maintain collection site. It shall be the responsibility of the residential customer to ensure the collection site is clean and free of loose solid waste and debris.(b)Placement of containers for residential collection. It shall be the duty of each customer of residential premises in the city to place solid waste and recyclables containers at locations designated by the city for pickup as follows:(1)Time of placement. All containers shall be placed at the hereinabove prescribed locations no earlier than the evening prior to, nor later than 7:00 a.m. on the day of scheduled collection(2)Retrieval of containers. All containers must be retrieved from the collection location by 12:00 noon the day following the collection day.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 10).
Full Breakdown
031 of the solid waste article, division 2 collections. Subsection (a)(3) tells every residential customer to store solid waste and recycling containers inside a garage, carport, or other parking structure, or outside in the immediate vicinity of that structure, when the carts are not out for pickup, which is the city's version of a screening requirement. Subsection (a)(4) requires the containers to stay securely closed so contents cannot scatter and are inaccessible to insects, rodents, and other animals, and subsection (a)(5) makes the resident responsible for keeping the collection site itself clean and free of loose waste and debris.
Recycling gets its own rule at (a)(6): the customer must keep the recycling cart free of contamination, and the solid waste administrator can order a contaminated cart pulled from service by the city's contracted provider, with reinstatement left to the administrator's discretion. Placement timing is set out separately in subsection (b). on the collection day itself, and residents must pull the empty containers back from the curb by 12:00 noon on the day following collection, so a cart cannot legally sit at the curb overnight after pickup.
002, inspects streets and alleys for compliance and can issue citations directly to violators, commanding them to appear in municipal court within ten days. 033 lets the administrator approve exceptions to any of these placement or storage duties on a case-by-case basis. 009 and treats each day of a violation as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Leaving carts out in view between collections instead of storing them in a garage, carport, or immediately beside the structure violates subsection (a)(3); an unsecured or overflowing container violates (a)(4); and setting a cart at the curb before the evening prior to collection, or failing to retrieve it by noon the next day, violates subsection (b). The solid waste administrator can cite violators directly to municipal court under section 11.04.002, and section 11.04.003 applies the general penalty schedule, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where am I supposed to keep my trash and recycling carts between pickups?
What time can I put my cart out, and when do I have to bring it back in?
What happens if my recycling gets contaminated?
Who enforces the cart placement rules and what if I need an exception?
Sources & Official References
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