Guadalupe County, TX Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- County Collection
- None unincorporated
- Service
- Private subscription hauler
- County Authority
- Tex. H&S §364.011
- Cities
- Seguin, Schertz, Cibolo collect
Summary
Guadalupe County runs no curbside trash collection in unincorporated areas. Households along the San Antonio corridor contract a private subscription hauler directly. Tex. Health & Safety Code §364.011 lets the Commissioners Court regulate solid waste but no county program has been mandated.
(a) Subject to the limitation provided by Sections 361.151 and 361.152 (Solid Waste Disposal Act), and subject to Subsection (a-1), a commissioners court by rule may regulate solid waste collection, handling, storage, and disposal in areas of the county not in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
Full Breakdown
Outside city limits there is no county-run pickup. Residents in unincorporated Guadalupe County, from Marion to the fringes of Seguin, arrange service through a private subscription hauler and pay the company directly. Tex. Health & Safety Code §364.011(a) authorizes the Commissioners Court to regulate solid waste collection, handling, storage, and disposal in areas not inside a municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, subject to the Solid Waste Disposal Act. The county has adopted no mandatory program, so pickup days, billing, and cart sizes are set by each hauler's contract. Inside Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo, the city runs or contracts collection.
Violations & Fines
No county penalty for having no service. Dumping trash rather than subscribing to a hauler triggers illegal-dumping charges under Tex. Health & Safety Code §365.012.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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