Conroe, TX Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Pickup frequency
- Once per week per zone
- Recycling timing
- Same day as regular trash
- Holiday impact
- Week's zones shift forward one day
- Schedule source
- Utility billing office and city website
- Schedule authority
- City director may revise zones
Summary
Conroe picks up residential garbage and recycling together on the same single day each week, with the city divided into collection zones that each have an assigned day. A holiday skips that week's pickup and shifts the rest of the week's zones forward by one day.
Residential refuse collection, including the collection of recyclable materials, shall be provided one day each week with both recyclable and nonrecyclable refuse collected on the same day. The city has established collection zones and has specified the collection day applicable to each zone. A copy of the collection schedule is available in the office of utility billing and on the city's internet site and includes provision for bulky waste collection. The director may revise the schedule from time to time as necessary to meet the operational needs of the city. If a regular collection day falls upon a holiday no collection will occur and collection will resume the following day with the collection schedule for the remainder of the week shifted by one day to permit collection of all zones in the ordinary rotation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 85).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 54-36 sets the collection schedule structure for Conroe. Residential refuse, including recyclable materials, is collected one day each week, with both the recycling cart and the regular garbage cart picked up on that same day. The city is divided into collection zones, each assigned a specific collection day, and a current copy of the zone schedule, including bulky waste pickup timing, is kept in the utility billing office and posted on the city's website. The director of finance (referenced as 'the director' in the section) can revise the zone schedule as needed to meet the city's operational needs.
When a regular collection day falls on a holiday, no collection happens that day; collection instead resumes the next day, and every zone's collection day for the rest of that week shifts forward by one day to keep the rotation intact, with the normal schedule resuming the following week. This same-day pairing of trash and recycling, defined by zone under Sec. 54-36, works alongside the set-out timing in Sec. 54-34, which limits when carts may sit at the curb before and after the scheduled pickup.
Violations & Fines
There is no separate fine tied to the schedule itself; missing your zone's collection day means waiting for the next cycle. Violations arise instead from set-out timing or improper storage under Sec. 54-34, carrying a $25.00 fee after warning, or from unlawful waste disposal generally under Sec. 54-41's $2,000.00 chapter-wide penalty.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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