New Braunfels, TX Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Garbage pickup
- Once a week
- Recycling & green waste
- Biweekly
- Service
- Mandatory, city-only provider
- Curb placement window
- 8 p.m. day before to 6 a.m.
- First-offense fine
- $25-$1,000
Summary
New Braunfels runs residential solid waste collection through its own solid waste and recycling division, requiring every household to subscribe and setting garbage pickup at once a week with recycling and green waste every other week.
The city's solid waste and recycling division shall be the exclusive provider of residential and commercial garbage, residential recycling, residential green waste and residential refuse collection for all premises within the city. ... All residential, commercial, governmental, and non-profit premises must subscribe to city solid waste services... Standard residential solid waste collection service shall include once-a-week collection of garbage and bi-weekly collection of recyclables and green waste.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 36).
Full Breakdown
The city's solid waste and recycling division is the exclusive provider of residential garbage, recycling, and green-waste collection, and every residential, commercial, governmental, and nonprofit property in the city must subscribe -- anyone who applies for city water or electric service is automatically enrolled as a solid waste customer. Standard residential service is once-a-week garbage pickup in a city-issued cart, with recyclables and green waste collected biweekly. Carts and bags may go out no earlier than 8:00 p.m. the evening before collection and must be pulled back by 6:00 a.m.
Violations & Fines
Violating the solid waste chapter is a misdemeanor: fines run $25-$1,000 for a first offense and $150-$2,000 for repeat offenses, with each day counted as a separate violation.
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