Mesquite, TX Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Frequency
- Weekly trash and recycling
- Cart Size
- 95-gallon, same day
- Set Out Time
- After 6 PM prior day
- Recycling Type
- Commingled no sorting
- Holiday Schedule
- Shifts one day weeks
Summary
Mesquite Solid Waste collects trash weekly and commingled recycling weekly on assigned days. Bulk and brush collected on separate routes. Set out after 6pm prior day.
Sec. 365.012. ILLEGAL DUMPING; DISCARDING LIGHTED MATERIALS; CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person disposes or allows or permits the disposal of litter or other solid waste at a place that is not an approved solid waste site, including a place on or within 300 feet of a public highway, on a right-of-way, on other public or private property, or into inland or coastal water of the state. (d) An offense under Subsection (a), (b), or (c) is a Class C misdemeanor if the litter or other solid waste to which the offense applies weighs five pounds or less or has a volume of five gallons or less. (e) An offense ... is a Class B misdemeanor if the litter or other solid waste to which the offense applies weighs more than five pounds but less than 500 pounds.
Full Breakdown
Mesquite Solid Waste provides once-weekly trash collection and once-weekly single-stream commingled recycling collection on the same day for residential customers. Each home receives a 95-gallon trash cart and 95-gallon recycling cart. Carts must be at the curb after 6:00 p.m. the day before pickup, with handles facing the house and at least 3 feet of clearance on all sides from cars, mailboxes, and other carts. Recycling accepted in the cart includes paper, cardboard (flattened), plastic bottles and containers (#1-#5, #7), aluminum and steel cans, and glass bottles and jars, no plastic bags, no styrofoam, no food-soiled items. Bulky items (furniture, appliances, mattresses) are collected on a separate schedule with limits per pickup; brush must be cut to under 4 feet and tied or in cans. Holiday weeks shift collection one day later. Hazardous waste (paint, chemicals, batteries) is not accepted curbside, use the Dallas County Home Chemical Collection Center.
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