Lubbock, TX Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum frequency, Oct-Feb
- Once weekly (§22.06.189)
- Minimum frequency, Mar-Sep
- Twice weekly (§22.06.189)
- Residential rate
- $20.50 per month, effective 10/1/2025
- Billing due
- 15 days after issuance (§22.06.184)
- Late penalty
- 5% after 15 days past due
- Disconnection
- 5 days after delinquency notice (§22.06.185(e))
- Deposit for non-water accounts
- $50.00 (§22.06.182)
Summary
Lubbock's solid waste manager can adjust weekly pickup counts and timing for weather and seasonal conditions, but City Code Section 22.06.189 sets a floor: no less than once a week from October through February and no less than twice a week from March through September. Residential service runs $20.50 a month effective October 1, 2025, billed on the water bill under Section 22.06.185.
The manager of the city solid waste department shall be authorized to make changes in the number of weekly container pickups and the days and times of container pickups to fit weather, seasonal and usage conditions as required by such circumstances. However, the pickups shall not be less frequent than once a week between October 1 and February 28 and not less frequent than twice a week between March 1 and September 30. The solid waste superintendent is authorized to vary the date up to two (2) weeks depending on weather conditions. Where fewer than three (3) households share one dumpster, the solid waste superintendent shall have the discretion to provide once a week pickup.
Full Breakdown
189 gives the manager of the solid waste department authority to change the number of weekly container pickups and their days and times to fit weather, seasonal, and usage conditions, but it also fixes the outer limits: pickups can't drop below once a week between October 1 and February 28, and can't drop below twice a week between March 1 and September 30. The solid waste superintendent can shift a pickup date by up to two weeks for weather, and where fewer than three households share one dumpster, the superintendent has discretion to run once-a-week service.
07 for eight cubic yards. That charge rides on the water bill and is due and payable under the same schedule as water charges. 184 makes solid waste bills due 15 days after issuance and adds a 5% late-payment penalty to any bill unpaid after that window, applied to every class of customer. 182 before billing service starts. 185(e) requires the city to mail a delinquency notice and allows both water and garbage service to be discontinued five days later if the account still isn't paid, with service not restored until the balance plus a month's charge in advance is paid.
Violations & Fines
An unpaid solid waste bill draws a 5% late penalty under Section 22.06.184 once it's more than 15 days past due, and Section 22.06.185(e) allows the city to disconnect both water and garbage service five days after a delinquency notice if the account remains unpaid. Interfering with the collection schedule, such as blocking a detachable container or dumping without a permit, is a misdemeanor under the article's general penalty, Section 22.06.002, punishable by a fine of $15 to $200.
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