Solid Waste (Trash)

What day is my trash collected? (click here for map)

When is my next bulk or recycle collection? (visit the links at the top of the page to see your region) 

Residential garbage collection occurs once a week. On the same day, a separate truck will pick up either recyclables or bulk trash items; collection of those will alternate every other week. Pickup will typically occur on the front curb if most of the homes on a street have front garages or in the alley if that’s where most of the homes’ garages are located.

Special pickup services are available at no additional charge to disabled customers who cannot move the carts. To receive that service, customers must fill out and submit this Disability Exemption Request form.

Each home’s tan-colored trash cart should be reserved for bagged household waste and bagged grass clippings and weeds. On the same day the tan cart is emptied, a separate truck will come by to either pick up bulk items or empty the home’s green cart of the recyclables inside. Recyclables should not be bagged.

Customers should roll their carts by 7 a.m. on collection day to their front curb or within two feet of the alley, depending upon a home's collection location. Many customers put their carts out the evening before. The cart’s handles should be facing backward, toward the home. Carts and bulk items need to be placed at least three feet (approximately one medium-sized step) from each other, from trees and from mailboxes, and at least five feet from any parked vehicles. This ensures the carts can be emptied via the controls inside the new automated trucks. Improper bin placement forces Republic personnel to leave the truck, slowing service.

Once emptied, customers should return their carts to their homes by noon the following day.

Bulk trash pickup alternates every other week with recyclable collection. Residential customers can learn when their bulk trash and their recyclables will be picked up with the interactive map and red region calendar or blue region calendar available at the top of this page.

Tan garbage bins are emptied weekly.

The maps divide each collection day into a red zone and a blue zone. The calendar shows which weeks in each zone that bulk trash will be picked up and which weeks recyclables will be collected.

Garbage and recyclables will continue to be picked up on the same day and in the same location for customers. Bulk items should be placed at least three feet away from the tan bin to avoid interfering with weekly trash collection.

Bulk item collection amounts are limited to five cubic yards (roughly size of pickup bed or 15 bags of yard waste)

Bulk items include:

• Furniture
• Appliances *For applicants with refrigerants (Freon), a licensed professional must remove the refrigerant and tag the appliance stating that the refrigerant has been removed. HVAC companies can typically handle this. 
• Mattresses
• Barbecue grills without propane tanks
• Toilets
• Carpeting
• Fencing
• Wooden pallets
• Bags of yard waste (max 15 bags)
• Brush and limbs cut and bundled in lengths of no more than 4 feet
• Flat screen TVs
• Water heaters (please make sure it has been drained)

Non-acceptable bulk items include:

• Household trash
• Tires
• Concrete
• Construction materials
• Glass
• Hazardous waste
• Roofing materials
• Propane tanks
• Soil and rocks

Christmas tree disposal: Citizens can set their Christmas tree out during their scheduled bulk collection day for disposal. Citizens should remove the ornaments from the tree but are not required to cut the tree in order for it to be collected.

Regulations for garbage collection have been codified in Chapter 11.04 of the City of San Angelo's Code of Ordinances. The City contracts with Republic Services for garbage collection. Contact Republic by calling 325-481-7700 or visiting republicservices.com.

Collection, landfill rates

Waste Collection Agreement

Assistance is available for disabled citizens and citizens 65 and older. Please contact our Code Compliance Division at 325-657-4409 for more information or fill out a Disability Exemption request form.

General trash: City residents can take their most current paid water bill (along with their driver's license with a matching address) to dump items for free once per billing cycle. Visit cosatx.us/Landfill for more information. All loads must be secured or tarped. County residents may deliver items at no charge once per month by providing their electric bill.

Toner and printer cartridges: Office supply stores

Plastic shopping bags: Supermarkets

Brake fluid, motor oil, other automobile fluids and vehicle batteries: Auto parts stores

Tools, equipment, paint, building materials: Contact Republic Services at 325-481-7700 or donate to nonprofits such as Habitat for Humanity.

Pesticide disposal

Create a compost pile

Trash pickup is subject to be interrupted by six holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. If a holiday occurs on a day regularly scheduled for trash pickup, check this website's News page or the City's Facebook page for how residential garbage pickup will be affected.

Solid waste holiday collection schedule

Holidays with unaffected trash collection

• MLK Day
• Good Friday
• Memorial Day
• Juneteenth
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veterans Day
• Friday after Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve
• New Year's Day

Holidays with affected trash collection

• Thanksgiving Day *No collection
• Christmas Day *No collection

The City contracts with Republic Services for the operation of the landfill at 3002 Old Ballinger Highway. Contact Republic at the landfill by calling 325-655-6869.

Landfill hours of operations:

• 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
• 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday
• Closed Sunday

Landfill dumping fees can be found in this chart. 

All loads taken to the landfill must be secured or covered with tarp so that it prevents anything from falling off of the vehicle along the route. Hard hats and safety vests are required for anyone dumping at the working face of the landfill. These are available at the landfill scalehouse if visitors do not have their own.

Electronics accepted

Republic Services will accept electronics from people with a photo ID that shows a San Angelo address. The service will be provided year-round.

Accepted electronics include televisions, computers, stereos and cellphones. The landfill also accepts appliances (without freon), which can be picked up during a household’s bulk trash pickup day every other week. The landfill does not accept batteries.

Free dumping for citizens

City residents can take their most current water bill (along with their driver's license with a matching address) to dump items for free once per billing cycle. All loads must be secured or tarped. County residents may deliver items at no charge once per month by providing their electric bill.

Citizens not signed up for paperless billing should bring:

Most recent water bill statement (paper or mobile).

Citizens signed up for paperless billing should bring:

• Most recent water bill statement printout. There is a designation on the paperless printout that shows proof the citizen is signed up for paperless billing.
• Valid ID that matches address on statement.

Republic has constructed a convenience center near the landfill's entrance to provide easy access to self-haulers away from commercial customers disposing of waste. Republic personnel will direct customers to bays and help sort recyclables. 

The landfill will not accept the following:

• PCB – Ballast from fluorescent lights
• Batteries
• Burn barrels
• Anything containing Freon
• Enclosed drums
• Motor oils
• Radiation continued waste
• Household hazardous waste
• Explosives
• Liquid paint
• Petroleum products or byproducts

Free mulch is also available at the landfill. 

Landfill operations are interrupted by six holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Storm debris

Tan-colored trash carts are emptied on a weekly basis and should be reserved for bagged household waste and bagged grass clippings/leaves. On the same day the tan cart is emptied, a separate truck will come by to empty the home’s green cart of the recyclables inside or to pick up bulk trash items. Recyclables should not be bagged.

By 7 a.m. on collection day customers should roll their carts to their front curb or within 2 feet of the alley, depending upon a home's collection location. The cart’s handles should be facing backward, toward the home. Carts need to be placed at least 3 feet from each other, from trees and from mailboxes, and at least 5 feet from any parked vehicles. This ensures the carts can be emptied via the controls inside the automated trucks.

Additional carts will be available for a monthly fee of $6.47 for trash and $1.62 for recyclables. To receive additional trash and/or recycling bins, fill out this additional cart form.

Special pickup services will be available at no additional charge to disabled customers who cannot move the carts. To receive that service, customers must fill out and submit this Disability Exemption Request form.

As with any of Republic's services, if customers have questions, they can call Republic's offices at 325-481-7700 during business hours. 

• Properly place bins and bulk items in their collection spot by 7 a.m. on their pickup day.
• Place all materials inside one of the provided bins. Waste left on the ground or in a personal trash container will not be picked up.
• Bag garbage placed in the tan bins. This prevents trash from being spilled.
• Recyclables should not be bagged before being placed in the green bin.
• Fill out an online request form for additional garbage or recycling carts.
• Remove bins from streets once they have been emptied.
• Call Republic Services at 325-481-7700.

What not to recycle

What to recycle

Other recycling options

• Properly place bins and bulk items in their collection spot by 7 a.m. on their pickup day.
• Place all materials inside one of the provided bins. Waste left on the ground or in a personal trash container will not be picked up.
• Bag garbage placed in the tan bins. This prevents trash from being spilled.
• Recyclables should not be bagged before being placed in the green bin.
• Fill out an online request form for additional garbage or recycling carts.
• Remove bins from streets once they have been emptied.
• Call Republic Services at 325-481-7700.

Residential collections will occur once a week. For details about residential collections, see Chapter 11.04.001-.002 of the Code of Ordinances. Charges for residential collections are billed on the monthly municipal services statement (commonly called "the water bill").

Residential collections can be established by calling the Water Customer Service Division at 325-657-4323.

Holidays with unaffected trash collection

• MLK Day
• Good Friday
• Memorial Day
• Juneteenth
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veterans Day
• Friday after Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve
• New Year's Day

Holidays with affected trash collection

• Thanksgiving Day *No collection
• Christmas Day *No collection

Residents with tree limbs and other leftover storm debris have a couple of options for cleanup:

1. Place debris on curb for regular bulk pickup. Please do your best to bundle in 4-foot lengths. Republic Services will accept about the size of a pickup truck bed of bulk items. Whatever is not taken during the first bulk cycle will be picked up during the next.

2. Take debris to the landfill at 3002 Old Ballinger Highway. City residents must present their water utility bill with a matching driver's license for the once-monthly free drop-off. County residents may deliver items at no charge once per month by providing their electric bill.