Garbage Collection Guidelines

  • Trash service days are Wednesday and Saturday.
  • Items must be placed curbside by 7:00 am.
  • Yard waste, and bulk items will be collected curbside.
  • Residents must provide their own trash container – any size, shape or color is acceptable.
  • All trash and yard waste should be placed in sturdy plastic bags weighing no more than 40 pounds each.
  • All branches and tree trimmings should be no more than 3 inches in diameter and no longer than four (4) feet in length. Bundles must be securely tied and weigh less than (40) forty pounds each.
  • Bulk items/heavy trash will be picked up on Wednesday and Saturday. There is a limit of one item per household per pick up day.
  • Excluded items: It is illegal to transport any hazardous waste in a trash truck and dispose of it in a landfill.  Hazardous waste includes:  medical waste, toxic or radioactive waste, any appliance containing Freon, acids, car batteries, dead animals, and chemicals of any kind, car parts, car tires, and construction trash (includes concrete, large quantities of carpeting, fencing, rolls of carpet or any construction type material or debris).  Other excluded items include:  Large pieces of glass (must be broken down in smaller pieces and placed in a closed box and labeled), metal items, improperly contained animal waste (animal waste must be placed in a sealed bag to be serviced).
  • Excluded Liquid Waste – Toxic or radioactive waste, Freon, paint, acids, petroleum products or filters are not accepted, cooking oil, or chemicals of any kind.
  • Any CFC (Freon) item must be properly tagged by certified technician that all Freon has been properly removed in accordance with the Federal Clean Air Act regulations. If items are not tagged, they will be left at curb.
  • Bulk items which are too large for Contractor to put in with the normal weekly pickup may be collected separately upon request. Party requesting service will be billed separately at a negotiated price depending on size, quantity and handling required to remove and dispose of item(s).
  • Holidays observed are: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. If the holiday falls on a scheduled pickup day, service will be the next day.

Electronic Waste Pickup and Document Shredding Event

Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 96

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Residential Recycling and Refuse of Texas

Electronic Waste Pickup and Document Shredding Event

 Provided free of charge by:

Residential Recycling and Refuse of Texas

Saturday – September 7th, 2019
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
7930 Fall Creek Bend, Clubhouse Parking Lot
Humble, Texas 77396

Document destruction will be provided on-site

You can watch while your files are shredded!!!

Items Accepted

  • Personal computers
  • All TV’s ($25.00 Disposal Fee)
  • Keyboards, mouse, and speakers
  • Cameras
  • Switches & routers
  • Cords & cables
  • Game consoles
  • Small kitchen appliances
  • ALL Computer monitors including CRT, LCD, LED, Plasma ($10.00 Disposal Fee)
  • Laptops
  • Hard drives
  • Car batteries
  • Memory chips
  • Hubs and routers
  • Tape drives
  • Printers, copiers, and plotters
  • Fax machines
  • PDAs
  • Projectors
  • Rechargeable batteries
  • Telephones
  • Cell phones
  • Toner cartridges
  • Paper Documents For Shredding – must remove all metal other than staples from paper and all plastic sleeves.

Items Not Accepted

  • AAA–AA–D–C–9v Type batteries
  • CFL light bulbs
  • Major appliances
  • Paint
  • Aerosol Containers
  • Medical Waste or Hazardous Waste