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Farmersville, TX Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Residential collection frequency
Once per week
Service
Mandatory for all residents
Commercial trigger
Electric or water service
Outside-city rate
200% of standard residential fee
Franchise structure
Single independent contractor citywide

Summary

Farmersville requires every resident to use the city's authorized garbage contractor, with weekly residential pickup, and requires any commercial customer with electric or water service to carry garbage service too.

(a)Residential. ... All residents within the city shall be required to use the waste disposal services offered directly by the city under its authorized contractor.(b)Commercial.(1)Any commercial customer who has electric or water service is required to have garbage service through a city-authorized contractor and shall pay the required fee for this service. ... These fees shall provide for residential collection once per week. Any residential customer who has electric and water service, or who inhabits a residential unit, is required to have garbage service through a city authorized contractor and shall pay the required fee for this service.

Full Breakdown

' Commercial customers face the same rule triggered by utility service, any commercial customer who has electric or water service is required to carry garbage service through the city-authorized contractor and pay the required fee, though the dumpster size is left to the customer's discretion, and businesses may share a dumpster if a written sharing agreement is filed at city hall, or contract independently for a 30-yard or 42-yard roll-off if an eight-yard container proves inadequate. Section 59-30(a)(2) fills in the schedule itself: residential fees 'provide for residential collection once per week,' and any residential customer with electric and water service, or who simply inhabits a residential unit, must carry garbage service through the authorized contractor.

Customers outside the city limits are charged 200 percent of the standard residential rate for the same weekly service, and brush collection is not extended to those nonresident accounts. All of this runs through the franchise structure set out in section 59-21, under which an independent contractor holds the city's exclusive garbage and refuse collection franchise.

Violations & Fines

Failing to maintain mandatory garbage service where required, or bypassing the authorized contractor, is enforced under chapter 59's general penalty in section 59-20: a misdemeanor punishable in municipal court by a fine of up to $2,000.00 per offense, with each day the violation continues treated as a separate offense.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is trash collection mandatory in Farmersville?
Yes. Section 59-23 requires all residents in the city to use the waste disposal services offered by the city's authorized contractor; commercial customers with electric or water service must carry garbage service as well.
How often is residential trash picked up?
Once per week, per section 59-30(a)(2), which sets the residential collection fee on that weekly schedule.
Can I use a private hauler instead of the city's contractor?
No. Collection runs through a single independent contractor holding the city's exclusive franchise under section 59-21, and section 59-23 requires residents and qualifying commercial customers to use that contractor.

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