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

Section 59-22 puts the city's curbside recycling program in the hands of an independent contractor operating under an agreement with the city, the same franchise structure the code uses for garbage collection under section 59-21. Participation isn't opt-in for most residents: section 59-30(c) charges every garbage customer inside the city limits a recycling fee, set from time to time in the master fee schedule in appendix A, covering curbside and dropoff recycling plus additional bins and covers. For residents outside the city limits but within Farmersville's extraterritorial jurisdiction who receive the city's regular refuse collection, section 59-30(d) goes further and states they 'shall be included in the curbside recycling program' at the same rate charged to in-city customers.

The recycling bin itself is defined in section 59-19 as a green 18-gallon bin the contractor provides and delivers to each residential unit for commingled items, and section 59-32(b)-(c) applies the identical fee-and-inclusion structure to commercial recycling customers, both inside the city and in the ETJ. Together these sections mean a Farmersville household cannot decline the recycling fee simply by not using the bin: the charge and program enrollment attach to the underlying garbage account.