PUBLIC WORKS - SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING SERVICES
Public Works - Solid Waste & Recycling Services
Waco Recycles!
Blue & Green Cart Information
Curbside Recycling
Blue curbside recycling carts and green yard waste carts are available at no extra charge to residents in Waco.
To pick up a blue recycling cart and/or green yard waste cart, visit the Cobbs Recycling Center, 2021 44th Street, or the Solid Waste Services main office, 501 Schroeder Drive.
To request delivery of a grey, blue or green cart please complete this form. A cart guide can be found here. Call (254) 299-2612 with questions.
Para informacion en Espanol: (254) 299-2612.
Watch our PSA on Keeping Waco 'Green & Clean'
Other Recycling Services
Apartment & Multi-Family
Cobbs Recycling Center
Commerical
Yard Waste
Leaves & Mulching (Courtesy of Texas A&M)
One way to conserve the earth and our community's resources is to donate your used items to a local charity!
Goodwill, Salvation Army, Caritas, Habitat for Humanity's ReStore, Mission Waco, Family Abuse Center and several others can all take your gently used items and turn them into support for their worthy programs. Check your phone book under 'Charitable Organizations' or 'Thrift Shops'.
Earth911 has information on local recycling options, searchable by zip code.
Helpful Ways to Dispose of:
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Latex Paint
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Televisions & Other Monitors
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Refrigerators & Freezers
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Computers & Accessories
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Household Batteries
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Cooking Oil and Grease
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Tires
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Mulching and Composting, A Take Care of Texas Guide
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Keep Waco Beautiful
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Earth-Kind Landscaping
About Curbside Recycling
In Waco, residents are provided, at their request, one or two 95 gallon blue (recycling) and one green (yard waste) carts at no extra charge. Read more about your cart options.
If you are a Waco resident that has trash service with a grey wheeled cart from Waco Solid Waste Services, you can “do the blue and green”. To get a blue or green cart for recycling and yard waste, please complete this form or visit the Cobbs Recycling Center, 2021 44th Street, or the Solid Waste Services Administrative office, 501 Schroeder Drive in Waco to pick up a cart. Call (254) 299-2612 with questions.
When picking up a cart, please bring a driver’s license and a vehicle large enough to accommodate the container, which is 46” high, 27.5 “ deep, and 31” wide. (A pickup truck is usually fine.)
Carts can be picked up from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Solid Waste Services Administrative Office, 501 Schroeder Drive, or from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at the Cobbs Recycling Center, 2021 N. 44th St. The Cobbs Recycling Center is closed on Sunday and Monday.