Cameron County runs a mandatory residential collection program in unincorporated areas: each household must have service, billed at $93.30 per quarter (before tax), with one 96-gallon cart and set collection days. Inside cities, the city or its hauler provides pickup.
The Cameron County Department of Transportation, Solid Waste Division requires that each residential household in the unincorporated area have solid-waste service. Cost is $93.30 per quarter before tax, and each home receives one 96-gallon container on sign-up. All waste must be bagged and placed in the cart, set out by 6:30 AM within 5 feet of the mailbox on your assigned collection day (see the county's collection map). Because Texas counties can't compel a single hauler everywhere, incorporated cities (Brownsville, Harlingen, San Benito, Port Isabel) arrange their own municipal or franchised trash service.
Continued billing regardless of use since service is mandatory; non-collection for late set-out, blocked, or improperly bagged waste.
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Home composting is allowed in Cameron County. Texas law protects it: an HOA cannot ban composting of yard vegetation, but a compost pile that draws pests cou...
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Cameron County has no ordinance banning or regulating artificial turf on private property. Cities may set their own rules, and an HOA may steer choices towar...
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Cameron County places no restriction on using native or drought-resistant plants. Texas law actually protects that choice: an HOA cannot ban water-conserving...
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Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in Texas. Cameron County can't deny a building permit just because a project uses rainwater collection, and HOAs...
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Cameron County itself sets no lawn-watering schedule. Restrictions come from your water utility or irrigation district's state-required drought contingency p...
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There is no city-style weed ordinance for private lots, but Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 343 lets Cameron County treat overgrown weeds in the unincorpo...
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