When is Trash Day?
- Service Time: Please have your waste at the curb no later than 6:00 am.
- Placement: Place waste in cans, bags, or bundles weighing no more than 50 pounds.
- Containers: If using garbage cans, please use containers between 20 and 96 gallons. Please, no barrels or drums. Waste may also be placed in bags weighing no more than 50 pounds.
- Freon: Per Federal law, items containing Freon must be completely drained and have an accompanying ticket verifying Freon has been drained.
Trash is collected every Wednesday and Saturday. Recycle is collected on Wednesday also. Remember, on Wednesday TWO different trucks will be in Rosewood Hill collecting Recycle and Trash. They could come at the same time, or different times, depending on the drivers.
Regular Collection and Heavy Trash Collection:
Please review the below guidelines regarding regular collection and heavy trash:
Heavy Trash Collection
Heavy/bulk waste is collected every service day. We ask that you please limit heavy/bulk waste to two items per service day.
Heavy/bulk waste includes but is not limited to:
Heavy/bulk waste includes but is not limited to:
- Furniture (couch, table, mattress, box spring, desk, dresser, etc.)
- Appliances (washer, dryer, dishwasher, etc.)
- Hot Water Heaters
- Fencing/Decking/Siding (please remove nails, cut into lengths 4' or less, and tie and bundle under 50 pounds, limit eight bundles per service day)
- Trampolines (broken down, please place metal with recycling if possible)
- Basketball goals (broken down into sections 4' or shorter, no concrete in base or poles)
- Carpeting/Flooring (please cut into lengths 4' or shorter and tie and bundle under 50 pounds, limit eight bundles per service day)
Items Not Accepted for Regular Collection
- Dirt
- Waste generated by a private contractor (remodeling, landscaping)
- Rocks
- Motor Oil
- Pesticides/Insecticides
- Gasoline/Kerosene
- Bricks
- Batteries
- Paint (liquid)
- Fertilizer
- Concrete
- Tires
- Pool Chemicals/Chlorine
- Cooking Oil
Concerning Yard Waste:
- Yard Waste: Please stack branches at the curb in individual piles no larger than 3 feet high by 3 feet wide by 3 feet long with the base of the branches facing the street. Although branches are not required to be tied and bundled, it is strongly encouraged. Branches must be no thicker than 4" in diameter to avoid damaging our equipment. Limit 8 bundles/piles per service day.
Acceptable placement of branches: individual piles that crews can wrap their arms around to load easily.
Unacceptable placement of branches: branches are not tied and bundled, are in a pile larger than 3' x 3' x 3', and are not neatly stacked with base of branches
facing the street.
What Holidays are observed by Texas Pride?
New Year's Day, Independance Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
What can I recycle?
Acceptable Items for Recycle:
- Cardboard
- Newspaper
- Glass
- Aluminum Cans
- Magazines
- Phone Books
- Junk Mail
- Plastic
- Tin Cans
Commonly Mistaken Items – Non Recyclables:
- Light Bulbs
- Paint / Solvent Containers
- Hangers
- Mirrors
- Tissue
- Styrofoam
- Windows
- Soiled Pizza Boxes
- Batteries
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