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Residential Trash
Collection and
Residential and Multi-Family Recycling
Customer Service: call 512-393-8026
FOXe Report: San Marcos
Recycling
Published : Tuesday, 25 Aug 2009, 6:10 PM CDT
Residential Trash and Single Stream Recycling Collection
There will be no change to the trash/recycle schedule on Monday, February 20, 2012. Trash/Recycling will be picked up on your scheduled day.
Trash Tips:
Please set your trash cart out by
7 a.m. on the day of collection or the night before and return it to your house by 9 p.m.
Recycle Calendar: 2012 Recycle Calendar
Interactive Map: Trash and Single Stream Recycle Route Map
If your trash doesn’t fit in your cart, you may:
• Request an extra TDS cart for an additional $5.00 per month fee by calling
393-8026
•Purchase garbage tags for $5.00 each at City of San Marcos Utility offices at 630 E Hopkins or 1040 Hwy 123
• Request a bulk/brush pick up - limited to 3 cubic yards, 4 times per year per resident
FREE bulky/brush waste pickup (furniture, appliances, yard waste) may be scheduled for your collection day the first and third full
weeks of the month by calling 393-8026 by 2 p.m. the previous business day. Branches less than 5" in diameter must be cut to 4- foot lengths, tied and bundled, weighing no more than 35 pounds; branches that are not tied and bundled will not be picked up or over 5" in diameter.
Landfill Access: San Marcos customers may
take up to 5 cubic yards of yard waste to TDS Landfill, (3606 FM 1327 Buda, TX 78610) each month at no additional charge. Only yard waste like branches or bags of leaves will be accepted, no other bulky items are permitted. You must take your driver's license and a copy of your utility bill showing you pay for garbage service and make sure you cover the load with a tarp.
Single Stream Recycling Items
Will accept:
- Paper: Newspaper, office paper, junk mail, magazines, boxboard, and cardboard
- Tin and Aluminum: Food or beverage cans
- Plastic: Rigid plastic jugs and bottles and round plastic tubs #'s 1-7
- Glass: Unbroken Glass and bottles of any color
Will not accept:
- Disposal plastic bags, ovenable meat trays, any form of styrofoam, pizza boxes, or plastic disposable meat trays.
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TDS Trash Collection in San
Marcos
Texas Disposal Systems (TDS) provides trash collection for residential customers. The map shows the days for once-a-week pickup in five zones. The City’s trash service includes picking up large bulky items
and lawn trimmings two times a month. Each resident is limited to three (3) cubic yards of bulk trash four (4) times per year. You must call 393-8026 no later than 2:00 p.m. the previous business day to schedule a
bulk waste or lawn trimmings pickup. Large items are picked up on the 1st & 3rd full weeks of each month on your collection day. Here are the next days for large item pickup:
Zone 1: Monday, February 6 & 20
Zone 2: Tuesday, February 7 & 21
Zone 3: Wednesday, February 8 & 22
Zone 4: Thursday, February 9 & 23
Zone 5: Friday, February 10 & 24
Bulk waste includes old furniture, hot water tanks, mattresses, etc.
(Try to donate to a charity if your unwanted items are still usable). Trees,
shrub and brush will also be picked up. Please cut branches into 4-foot
lengths and tie them in bundles weighing no more than 35 pounds.
Bulk items that will not be picked up:
- Branches that are not tied and bundled
- Tree stumps or branches larger than 5" in diameter or longer than 5'
- Tires
- Rocks, bricks or dirt
- Appliances container Freon, not tagged by a licensed technician
- Hazardous waste
- Construction debris generated from commercial remodel or demolition
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| Green Guy
Recycling Center
Drop-Off
Center * Buy-Back Center * Commercial Collection Service
Green Guy Recycling Center is located at 937 Highway 80 (behind Hobby
Lobby and Tractor Supply Company).
- Telephone: (512) 353-3266
- Buy Back and Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m. Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
- The Center is open 24 hours/ 7 days a week to drop off recyclables.
- Web site: Greenguyrecycling.com
Green Guy Accepts:
Household Recyclables: |
- Aluminum and tin cans
- Cardboard, boxboard and paper bags
- Plastic Bottles - #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7(must have smaller neck than base)
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- All Paper - News, magazines, catalogs, junk mail and office paper
- Books - Phone, paperback, hardback
- Clear, brown, green, blue & gold glass bottles
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| Appliances
and Scrap Metal |
- Washers/ Dryers/ Dishwashers
- Water Heaters
- Small Appliances (toasters, irons, mixers)
- Stoves/ ovens/ microwaves
- *A/C units ($5 fee for Freon extraction)
- *Refrigerators ($10 fee for Freon extraction)
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- Corrugated Steel
- Angle Iron
- Fencing
- Box Springs
- Anything a magnet will stick to--even if rusted
- Computer Monitors (disposal fee - $0.25 per pound)
* No fee to San Marcos residents |
| Auto
Recyclables: |
- Junk Vehicles -(only if completely drained of fluids and empty of trash)
- Oil and Oil Filters (50-cents per filter)
- Antifreeze
- Car Batteries
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- Oils- Engine, hydraulic, brake, transmission, power steering fluid
- *Tires- (18.5" and below $2)
- Any other equipment tire, etc. fee varies $15.00 and up
* No fee to San Marcos residents |
| Green Guy Buys: (Call 512-353-3266 for current prices) |
- All non-ferrous metals
- Aluminum cans and scrap
- Copper
- Brass
- Computer towers and computer and telecom components
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- Radiators/ Cores
- Stainless
- Lead
- White and Computer Paper (over 100 lbs.)
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| Green Guy Cannot Accept: |
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- Cannot accept household hazardous waste (paint, chemicals, etc.)
- Cannot accept scrap wood
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- Cannot accept glass (other than bottles)
- Cannot accept mattresses
- Cannot accept televisions
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| Apartments and Commercial Customers
Apartment residents are served through private contractors provided by the apartment complex for trash collection but will use the City contractor for recycle services. Commercial businesses must make their own arrangements for trash and recycle collection with private contractors. Apartment residents may still use the Green Guy Recycling Drop Off Center.
Recycle information: Multi-Family Recycle Information
Items that can and cannot be recycled
Questions or comments? Write us at:
Public Services/Transportation
City of San Marcos
630 E. Hopkins
San Marcos, Texas 78666
512.393.8026
or e-mail us at City Hall.
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