Residents are provided, at their request, one or two 95 gallon blue (recycling) and one green (yard waste) carts at no extra charge. Here is a quick guide to your grey (trash), blue (recycling) cart and green (yard waste) cart!
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.
Recycling carts and yard waste carts are serviced the same day as your trash carts (but by a different truck).
The blue (recycling) and green (yard waste) carts are collected every other week, on alternating weeks.
A calendar with the blue (recycling) and green (yard waste) weeks as well as collection schedule changes due to holidays can be found here. You can also find next year's calendar here.
You CAN mix paper, plastic, metal and cardboasrd containers in your blue recycling cart.
Please NO Styrofoam, glass, or trash. Please no sharps (such as syringes or lancets). To safely dispose of sharps, see this guide.
Glass bottles and jars can be taken to the Cobbs Recycling Center, 2021 44th Street, between Cobbs Drive and Trice Avenue (map).
Place all material inside of the cart so that the lid may fully close. Do not bag recyclables.
Place the cart with arrows on the lid facing the street, and wheels at the edge of the street or curb.
Place carts on the street prior to 7:00 a.m. on your collection day.
Please keep at least a 5 foot distance between all carts or items to be collected and any obstacles, such as parked vehicles, mailboxes, utility meters, or overhanging tree limbs or power lines.
Return carts to your storage area before the following morning.