Grand Prairie, TX Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Mandatory service
- Every occupied premises must have garbage service
- Collection frequency
- Garbage 2x/week, recycling 1x/week
- Standard monthly fee
- $22.26 per residential unit
- Senior/disabled discount
- $1.00 off with certification
- Opted-out (pre-2000) rate
- $20.26 per month
- Nonpayment consequence
- Service termination plus up to $2,000/day fine
Summary
Grand Prairie requires every owner, occupant or person in control of a premises to carry garbage removal service, collected twice a week for $22.26 a month per residential unit, with recyclables picked up once a week. Failing to pay puts collection service at risk of termination under section 26-113.
Every person who owns, occupies, or controls any premises in the city shall have garbage removal service. ... The collection and removal of garbage and trash in disposable containers from premises used for residential purposes shall be made two (2) times per week (and collection of recyclables shall be made one (1) time each week). The fair and reasonable charge for such service is hereby determined to be twenty-two dollars and twenty-six cents ($22.26) per residential unit for each calendar month, and the charges shall accrue for each month or portion thereof during which the service is available and provided to the customer. ... When a customer has an active water bill account with the city, the charges shall be due and payable simultaneously with charges for water service. ... A person who fails to pay residential solid waste fees shall be subject to the termination of collection service.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 116).
Full Breakdown
Section 26-110 of the Grand Prairie Code of Ordinances imposes mandatory service: every person who owns, occupies, or controls any premises in the city shall have garbage removal service, so residents cannot simply opt out of city trash collection altogether. Section 26-113 fills in the schedule and price. 26 per residential unit per calendar month. Water-account customers age 65 or older, certified through an ad valorem tax exemption, and permanently disabled customers eligible for city disabled-transportation services, receive a one-dollar discount. 26 per month rather than the standard charge.
Charges attach to the customer's water bill account and are due and payable at the same time as water charges whenever the customer carries an active water account with the city. If a residential customer stops paying solid waste fees, section 26-113(c) allows the city to terminate collection service outright, in addition to prosecuting the nonpayment as an offense under the general enforcement provision, section 26-123. These fee figures were most recently updated by Ord. No. 11826-2026, § 1, effective January 6, 2026.
Violations & Fines
Failing to pay residential solid waste fees exposes a customer to termination of garbage collection service under section 26-113(c) and to prosecution as a misdemeanor under section 26-123(a), which is punishable under the Code's general penalty, section 1-8, capped at $2,000 per day for a public-health and sanitation violation since garbage service falls under that category.
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