Pearland, TX Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Chapter 12 of the Pearland Code of Ordinances treats large items separately from weekly garbage. Section 12-1 defines 'bulky waste' as large rubbish items including white goods, bicycles, furniture, rugs, mattresses, fence material, auto parts and other similar oversized items customary to ordinary residential housekeeping. The same section defines 'unusual accumulations' as any regular collection that cannot fit into a residential garbage cart, bulky waste greater than two cubic yards, or accumulations a commercial customer would not generate in the ordinary course of business. Under § 12-32(a), the city's contractor collects bulk items once a week, the same day as recycling and green waste, alongside twice-weekly regular garbage pickup.

the day before collection; empty containers must come back off the curb within 24 hours. If a household generates more unusual accumulation than standard service covers, § 12-31(c) adds a separate fee to the utility bill covering the per-vehicle cost plus disposal. Residents who would rather haul debris or brush themselves can do so free of charge under § 12-18(b): up to three cubic yards, about one truck load, per month at the contractor's designated landfill or transfer station, on presentation of a current utility bill and a driver's license showing the same address.

Dead animals weighing more than ten pounds cannot go in a cart; the city will collect animals between ten and one hundred pounds from the right-of-way on request under § 12-14.