Midland, TX Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Who must haul off-site
- Commercial yardmen, nurserymen, lawn services
- Disposal point
- Sanitary landfill or approved mulching site
- Overload charge
- $50.00 per container for yard waste
- Container weight cap
- 1,600 lbs per 3-cubic-yard container
- Household yard trimmings
- Collected as routine trash, twice weekly
Summary
Midland requires the commercial yard crews, nurseries and lawn services that generate grass clippings, tree trimmings and dirt from renovating a lawn to haul that waste to the sanitary landfill or an approved mulching site themselves, under City Code § 8-6-4. Overloading a City refuse container with yard waste adds a $50.00 charge under § 8-6-5.
Sec. 8-6-4. - Yardwaste. All commercial yardmen, nurserymen and firms regularly engaged in lawn and garden service shall provide for hauling of all waste generated by their activities to the sanitary landfill or approved mulching/composting site. The disposal of tree trunks, dirt, grass or combinations thereof generated in renovating lawns should be disposed of at the sanitary landfill. ... Sec. 8-6-5. - Weight of refuse containers. Refuse containers of three cubic yard size may not be loaded to a total weight of more than 1,600 pounds. If refuse containers are overloaded or contain construction debris, or commercial yardwaste, an additional charge of $50.00 per container will be made to any person who can be identified as placing the material in the container.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 1 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Ordinary household yard trimmings are part of routine residential trash: § 8-6-1 defines 'trash' to include grass, shrubs, yard cleanings, yard clippings, leaves, tree trimmings, weeds and hedge trimmings, collected twice weekly with the rest of a household's garbage under § 8-6-7. Commercial yard crews can't rely on that residential route, though. Section 8-6-4 requires 'commercial yardmen, nurserymen and firms regularly engaged in lawn and garden service' to haul everything they generate on a job to the sanitary landfill or an approved mulching or composting site, at their own expense, and § 8-6-8(D) confirms that duty applies 'notwithstanding' the chapter's general collection-charge provisions.
Homeowners renovating their own lawns and generating tree trunks, dirt or grass in bulk are told by the same section to take that material to the landfill directly rather than setting it at the curb. 00 charge per container, billed to whoever can be identified as having placed the material. 00 per truckload if it has to haul the pile away itself.
Violations & Fines
Overloading a refuse container with yard waste triggers the $50.00 per-container surcharge under § 8-6-5 rather than a criminal fine. A commercial yard service that dumps job-site waste in a residential container instead of hauling it to the landfill under § 8-6-4 is billed for the resulting overload charge and remains responsible for its own disposal costs under § 8-6-8(D).
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I put grass clippings and tree trimmings in my regular trash container?
Does Midland pick up yard waste from lawn care companies?
What if I'm renovating my lawn and generate a big pile of dirt or grass?
Sources & Official References
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