Sherman, TX Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest cart set-out
- 24 hours before the scheduled collection day
- Latest cart removal
- 12 hours after the scheduled collection day
- Cart requirement
- City automated roll-out carts, all residential customers
- Collection frequency
- Once per week, Monday through Friday
- Banned from carts
- Tires, liquid paint, crossties, untagged Freon appliances
- Extra cart charge
- $9.60 per month per additional cart
Summary
In the City of Sherman, Texas, every residential customer must use the city's automated roll-out carts. A cart goes to the curb or alley no earlier than 24 hours before the scheduled collection day and comes back no later than 12 hours after it. Tires, liquid paint, crossties and untagged Freon appliances stay out.
(b) All residential customers shall use the automated solid waste roll-out carts as provided by the city. Each cart shall be placed out by the curb or alley no earlier than 24 hours prior to the scheduled collection day and shall be removed from the curb or alley no later than 12 hours after the scheduled collection day.
Full Breakdown
Sherman Code of Ordinances § 13.06.042(b) sets the core pickup rule in the City of Sherman, Grayson County, Texas: all residential customers shall use the automated solid waste roll-out carts provided by the city. Each cart is placed out by the curb or alley no earlier than 24 hours prior to the scheduled collection day and removed no later than 12 hours after the scheduled collection day. Section 13.06.050(b) puts collection on one weekday per week, Monday through Friday.
What goes in the cart is limited. Section 13.06.043 picks up trash at the curb inside the automated carts, covering grass clippings, hedge trimmings, small tree limbs of one inch or less in diameter, paper and discarded refuse that the solid waste department packer trucks can compact. Under § 13.06.044, the following cannot go in carts or at the curb for bulk collection: tires, oil-based paints and any paints still liquid, railroad crossties, and appliances containing Freon unless tagged and certified by a licensed service provider as having the Freon removed.
Section 13.06.010 requires used syringes, needles, scalpel blades and similar sharps to be securely placed in puncture-resistant containers before they go into any residential solid waste container. Section 13.06.012 bars special waste and hazardous waste from any container serviced by the city; the property owner arranges an authorized private hauler instead.
The cart itself is regulated. Under § 13.06.050(a) carts stay the property of the city and must not be removed from the assigned address, and a person responsible for damage through willful negligence or abuse pays for a new cart or repair. Section 13.06.050(d) requires waste in the carts to be bagged and closed with the lid flat and level.
Residents who need extra capacity pay for it: § 13.06.005 charges $9.60 per month for each cart beyond the two initially provided and $26.30 per trip for a residential cart special pickup on request.
Violations & Fines
Violations of the solid waste article are class C misdemeanors under § 13.06.003(a), with fines set by § 1.01.009, which caps penalties for public health and sanitation rules at $2,000.00. Leaving items by a container triggers fees under § 13.06.013: $50.00 for each tire and $48.00 for the first bulky item, with $12.00 for each additional bulky item.
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