San Angelo, TX Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Base service
- 1x weekly trash pickup
- Recycling/bulk pickup
- Every other week
- 2024-25 base rate
- $19.87 per month
- 2031-32 base rate
- $25.28 per month
- Opt-out path
- Council-approved hardship exemption only
- Enforcement
- Solid waste administrator cites violators
Summary
San Angelo makes weekly trash service mandatory: Code of Ordinances Sec. A8.017(a) requires every residential customer to subscribe to the city's licensed garbage collection service, which delivers trash pickup once a week and recycling and bulk collection every other week, with the only exception a hardship exemption the city council can grant or revoke.
(a)Residential service. It shall be the duty of all residential customers to subscribe to a commercial garbage collection service which is licensed by the city. The city council may authorize an individual to dispose of his own garbage and trash where hardship is shown. The city manager shall cause an investigation to be made of the circumstances surrounding any application for exception and shall report to the city council on the results of his investigation. A list of such exempt persons shall be kept and given to any city garbage company monthly. The city council may revoke said exemption at any time. RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION RATES: Base Collection Rate (1x week trash & every other week recycle/bulk collection) $19.87 [8/1/24 - 9/30/25], rising to $25.28 [10/1/31 - 7/31/32].
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 10).
Full Breakdown
031(a)(1) of the solid waste article. 28 a month by 2031-32. Residents who want a second trash cart, an extra recycling cart beyond the standard two, or a replacement or delivered cart pay separate itemized fees set in the same table. The only way out of the subscription duty is a hardship exception: the city council may authorize an individual to haul and dispose of his own garbage and trash, but only after the city manager investigates the circumstances and reports back to the council, and the council keeps a list of exempted residents that it distributes to the city's garbage company every month.
That exemption is not permanent: the council can revoke it at any time, putting the resident back on mandatory service. 009, with each day a resident goes without service counted as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Failing to subscribe to the city's licensed garbage collection service, without an approved hardship exemption from the city council, violates section A8.017(a) and section 11.04.031(a)(1). The solid waste administrator can inspect the property and issue a citation ordering the resident to municipal court within ten days under section 11.04.002, and section 11.04.003 applies the general penalty schedule in section 1.01.009, with each day of non-subscription treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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