Hutto, TX Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Billing basis
- Charged whether or not recycling is used
- 95/95 gallon combo
- $19.86 per month, per Appendix A3.001
- 65/65 gallon combo
- $16.77 per month
- Extra cart fee
- 50 percent of monthly rate
- Multi-unit billing
- Per dwelling unit, up to 5 units
Summary
Hutto bills every occupied residence a citywide sanitation charge that covers recycling service whether or not the household uses it, and residents choose their cart-size combination from the fee schedule rather than the ordinance itself. Code of Ordinances § 24.03.015(a) sets the mandatory, use-it-or-not billing structure.
(a) Residential customers.A sanitation charge for the collection of refuse and for city-wide recycling services, if any, shall be made for each occupied residence within the city, whether or not any refuse is deposited for collection for such occupied residence during any month and whether or not the residence utilizes the city-wide recycling services, if any, during any month. For multiple housing units, up to and including five (5) units, the sanitation charge shall be applied for each dwelling unit regardless of the number of water meters.
Full Breakdown
Section 24.03.015(a) requires a sanitation charge for both refuse collection and citywide recycling services to be billed for every occupied residence in Hutto, regardless of whether any refuse is deposited for collection or the recycling service is used during a given month; a multiple-housing property with up to five units is charged per dwelling unit rather than per water meter. Section 24.03.015(d) folds that charge into the water bill automatically, without a separate line item, billed to whoever holds the water-meter deposit for the address.
Appendix A, § A3.001 sets the actual monthly rates by cart-size combination rather than the ordinance text: a 95-gallon solid waste cart paired with a 95-gallon recycling cart runs $19.86 a month, a 95-gallon solid waste and 65-gallon recycling pairing runs $19.04, a 65-gallon solid waste and 95-gallon recycling pairing runs $17.59, and matching 65-gallon carts run $16.77, with additional carts billed at half the monthly rate. The printed code does not set a minimum recyclable-material list or a contamination penalty; it establishes the citywide billing obligation and leaves cart selection and any sorting guidance to the utility's rate schedule and service program.
Violations & Fines
Section 24.03.015 does not itself carry a criminal penalty; it is a billing rule enforced through the water utility account, and unpaid sanitation charges added to the water bill are collected the way any other unpaid utility charge is under the city's utility billing procedures in article 24.02. Separately, removing recycling material from a container without authorization violates § 24.03.006's scavenging ban, discussed on Hutto's recycling-rules page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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