Pharr, TX Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Brush length limit
- 3 feet maximum
- Large appliance pickup
- Free, no extra charge
- Heavy accumulation threshold
- Over 1 cubic yard per collection
- Overage fee
- Actual cost plus 10%
- Construction/demolition debris
- Not collected on regular routes
Summary
Pharr's sanitation department picks up brush bundled under three feet and large appliances like refrigerators and stoves at no extra charge, but heavy accumulations over one cubic yard trigger an additional collection fee.
Tree limbs and other types of brush shall not exceed three feet in length and shall be stacked in accumulations which are easily collectible by sanitation department employees... Large discarded appliances, which term includes refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, stoves, ovens, and water heaters...shall be placed at the collection point as designated in this article; the sanitation department shall collect such items as early as reasonably practicable. Such collections shall not subject a residential account to an additional service charge.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 44).
Full Breakdown
City sanitation crews collect noncontainerized bulk waste at the regular curbside or alley point. Tree limbs and other brush must be cut to three feet or less and stacked in easily handled bundles; smaller cuttings go in approved containers. Large discarded appliances, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, stoves, ovens, water heaters, are picked up free of charge even though they can't be broken into 50-pound pieces. But a residential accumulation exceeding one cubic yard per collection is billed extra at actual collection cost plus ten percent, and construction or demolition debris isn't collected on regular routes at all.
Violations & Fines
Placing brush over three feet long or dumping construction debris at the curb for city pickup violates the code; the sanitation director can bill actual disposal cost plus ten percent for oversized loads.
Frequently Asked Questions
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