Leander, TX Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Weekly refuse + biweekly recycling
- $18.91/month per unit
- Extra refuse cart
- $9.45 (max 1 additional)
- Extra recycling cart
- Free (max 1 additional)
- Senior/disabled 1-cart discount
- 10%
- Annual cleanup surcharge
- $1.00/account each March
- Free bulk cleanup events
- Twice yearly, residents only
- Illegal-dumping penalty
- Up to $2,000/day
Summary
Leander's contracted hauler collects residential refuse once a week and recycling every other week for $18.91 a month per unit, using city-issued 95-gallon carts. Customers 65 and older or disabled who use a single cart get a 10% discount, and the city funds two annual bulk-item cleanup events through Appendix A § A7.008.
Sec. A7.008(a): "Residential curbside refuse collection.(1)The contractor will provide curbside recycling and collection service of residential refuse and waste to each residential unit subject to the following rates and fees:(A)Refuse-One time per week (one 95-gallon cart) and recycling every other week (one 95-gallon cart): $18.91.(B)Each additional refuse cart: $9.45. Limited to one additional cart.(C)Each additional recycling cart: $0.00 Limited to one additional cart.(D)An additional one-time annual fee in the amount of $1.00 shall be assessed to each residential service unit account in March of each year to fund city cleanup and waste collection programs.(2)Customers age 65 and greater or disabled customers contracting for one cart pickup shall receive a ten percent (10%) discount. No discount shall be provided to senior citizens or disabled customers that use more than one cart."
Full Breakdown
45 (limited to one extra) and additional recycling carts free (also limited to one extra). 00 annual fee is added to every residential account each March to fund the city's cleanup and waste-collection programs, and curbside pickup covers up to five additional 35-gallon bags or bundles per collection day at no extra charge. 008(a)(2); the discount does not apply if the account uses more than one cart. 80 a week for one hand-pickup cart, with dumpster and roll-off rates scaled by container size and pickup frequency for larger producers.
008(f). 008(g) allows a special, individually negotiated pickup for bulky waste, construction debris and stable matter that does not fit curbside, though the contractor will not collect hazardous waste under any of these provisions.
Violations & Fines
Leander does not publish a per-account fine for missing a curbside pickup, but dumping in place of using the contracted service is separately banned: § 6.05.002 makes it unlawful to dump refuse, garbage or rubbish on any public street, and § 6.05.003 extends that ban to any dumping within 300 yards of a public road. Both are enforced under the Code's general penalty, § 1.01.009(b), which caps fines for health-and-sanitation violations at $2,000 per day, with each day of a continuing violation a separate offense.
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