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

Sec. 2 establishes Single Stream Recycling Services for Tier I and Tier II customers: recyclable materials placed in a recycling cart are collected once every other week, and residents do not need to separate materials by type before setting the cart out. Tier I customers are those inside Georgetown's corporate limits; Tier II customers are outside city limits but also take City water, wastewater, or electric service. Sec. F narrows what actually belongs in the cart, stating only recyclable materials approved by the City may be placed in recycling carts, meaning the biweekly pickup does not cover every category of material a resident might consider recyclable.

Recycling carts are covered by the same set-out and pickup rules as trash carts under Sec. the day after collection if missed. The Code also protects recycling containers from tampering: Sec. A makes it a violation for anyone other than the owner, an authorized user, or an authorized collector to meddle with, scatter, scavenge from, or disturb the contents of a recycling bin, recycling container, cart, or dumpster.