Converse, TX Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Provider
- Waste Management of Texas, exclusive franchise
- Franchise ordinance
- No. 909, eff. Jan. 1, 2008
- Residential rate
- $26.16 per month, single-family unit
- Enforcement
- Converse Police Department, Sec. 36-6
- Penalty class
- Class C misdemeanor, Sec. 1-14
Summary
Converse grants Waste Management of Texas an exclusive franchise to collect residential and commercial solid waste, and every single-family home is billed $26.16 a month for the service.
Residential solid waste rate: Customers will be charged $26.16 per month for each single-family unit.
(Ord. No. 621-2021, § 2, 4-6-2021; Ord. No. 621-2022, § 1, 2-1-2022; Ord. No. 621-2024, § 1, 2-6-2024; Ord. No. 621-2025, § 1, 3-18-2025; Ord. No. 621-2026, § 1, 2-3-2026)
Full Breakdown
Ordinance No. 909, effective January 1, 2008, granted Waste Management of Texas, Inc. an exclusive franchise to collect and dispose of garbage, recyclables, junk, weeds and brush citywide, using city streets and alleys to do so. Chapter 36's rates article backs that franchise with a flat utility charge: Sec. 36-8 sets residential solid waste service at $26.16 per month for each single-family unit, billed regardless of how much waste a household sets out. Bin placement, bulk pickup, and brush pickup windows are separately regulated under Sec. 36-3.
Violations & Fines
Failure to comply with Chapter 36 obligations is enforced by the police department (Sec. 36-6) and punishable as a class C misdemeanor under the general penalty in Sec. 1-14, up to $2,000 for sanitation offenses.
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