Amarillo, TX Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Yard waste in Amarillo does not ride out with the regular bagged trash or the automated cart. Sec. 8-3-31(4) carves trimmings out of the ordinary collection specifications: tree, hedge, shrub, and yard trimmings that will not fit in a receptacle must be piled at the front curb, and the resident has to call the Solid Waste Division to schedule the pickup rather than expecting it on the normal route day. Loose grass, weeds, and leaves are handled differently again: Sec. 8-3-31(5) requires those to be bagged before they go in a container for collection, unlike branches and cuttings, which are left loose at the curb for a scheduled haul.

Responsibility shifts when a business does the trimming: Sec. 8-3-79 makes any person engaged in the business of cutting or trimming trees or shrubs responsible, at that business's own expense, for properly disposing of the trees, cuttings, and trimmings it generates, rather than leaving the material for the City's residential program. Dumping that material anywhere other than as Article I of Chapter 8-3 allows is unlawful under the same section, and Sec. 8-3-79 expressly pulls in Article I's civil health nuisance and vehicle-owner presumption machinery from Sec.

8-3-6, meaning a landscaping company's truck can trigger the same registered-owner presumption used for illegal dumping generally. A violation is treated as littering and is punishable either as a civil health nuisance under Sec. 8-3-8(a) or as a criminal offense under Sec. 8-3-8(b), with the City able to bill the responsible party for cleanup and disposal costs under Sec. 8-3-9.