Burleson, TX Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Burleson Code of Ordinances § 82-84 controls how residential garbage must be packaged for the city's contracted waste collection service in the City of Burleson, Texas. Subsection (a) requires a person occupying any residential unit to use disposable garbage bags. Only bags manufactured for use as garbage containers are approved, and the Code spells out the exclusion: no shopping bags. Each bag has to be tightly sealed when prepared so nothing spills or comes out when handled.

Subsection (b) lets a resident use a disposable container for garbage or trash that is hazardous to the collector, with broken glass or sharp materials given as the example. Subsection (c) lets a resident supply a reusable solid waste container at their own expense, as long as the material is in tightly sealed garbage bags inside it and the container closes tightly. The definitions in § 82-81 cap a reusable container at 96 gallons, with no bag over 35 pounds, all waste in tied-off bags, and the container kept in good repair.

Subsection (d) allows customers to bundle shipping container cardboard, wooden boxes, cartons, crates and other pre-shaped packaging instead of bagging it, and small volume bulky items and bundles can be set out on the second municipal solid waste collection day of each zone week. Subsection (e) requires a bundle to be tied, taped, strapped or wrapped securely, and the service will not collect a bundle longer than six feet. Subsection (f) limits any disposable bag, container or bundle to 35 pounds, defined as the weight one collection person can reasonably lift, and each bag inside a reusable container carries the same limit.

Subsection (g) shifts weather and animal damage onto the customer: if a bag is damaged enough to lose its garbage-carrying capability, as determined by the city or its contracted service, the city and the service assume no responsibility for collecting it. Section 82-83(f) separately caps curbside placement at ten disposable bags on any collection day.