Burleson, TX Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Burleson Code of Ordinances § 82-91 sets the curbside recycling requirements for households in the City of Burleson, Texas. Subsection (a) requires recyclables to be placed for city household collection service only in recycling carts provided by the city, so a resident's own bin or loose bags do not qualify. Subsection (c) lists what the carts can hold: plastic containers numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7; unbroken glass bottles and jars of all colors; aluminum cans; tin food cans, rinsed; dry, unyellowed newsprint with slicks and ads; phone books; magazines, catalogs and junk mail; chipboard such as cereal boxes; and uncoated cardboard.

The list is adjustable. Subsection (d) authorizes the city manager or designee to add and delete materials as the market for recyclables changes, and subsection (e) lets the same official amend preparation requirements in accordance with market variables. Residents have to follow the current list rather than the printed one alone.

Contamination has a cost. Under subsection (i), a person commits an offense by placing prohibited material in a recycling cart for collection, or by allowing prohibited material placed in a cart set out for collection to remain on property under that person's control. Under § 82-83(b)(3), recyclables not collected because they contained unacceptable materials are not collected until the next regularly scheduled collection service.

Timing follows the garbage rules. Recyclables go to the curb no earlier than 7:00 p.m. on the day before collection under § 82-83(b)(2), and containers and unaccepted recyclables have to be removed from the curb by 8:00 a.m. on the day after under (b)(4). Section 82-83(a) bars anyone without a city contract from providing residential recycling services in the city. Section 82-81 defines recyclable material as material diverted from the waste stream for reuse, recycling or reclamation. Section 82-92 bills the collection fee monthly on the utility bill, and the fee is charged regardless of the actual disposal method the resident uses.