Solid Waste / Recycling Information : Household Recycling

Household Recycling

Recycling Service Provider

Texas Disposal Systems provides single-stream recycling service for Brushy Creek residents.  Residents who are not currently recycling may complete a Solid Waste/Recycling Request form to acquire a recycling cart. 

Recycling Service Fee

Current Pricing

  • Standard service includes one 96-gallon trash cart and one 96-gallon recycle cart. The mandatory cost is $23.31 per month for all residents.   
  • Each additional trash or recycling cart will be $6.85 per month.
  • Residents should use the Solid Waste/Recycle Request Form to request a change to solid waste service.

Recycling Collection Days

Recycling is picked up every other week on regular trash collection days. Residents should have carts to the curb by 7 a.m. on pickup days. 

  Every other Wednesday
     Every other Thursday
  Brushy Creek South
Cat Hollow
Highland Horizon
Highlands of BC
Hillside at BC
Hunter Brook
Liberty Village  
Neenah Oaks
Meadows of BC
Villages of BC
Woods of Brushy Creek
Woods VI
Woods VII (Courtyard)    
Neenah Oaks
Meadows of BC
Woods of Brushy Creek
Woods VI
Woods VII (Courtyard)    
   Brushy Creek North
 Sendero Springs


     

 

Recyclable Items

ACCEPTED

Note: Items must be rinsed out. 
Clean plastic containers with symbols:
Clean glass bottles and jars
Clean cereal and shoe boxes 
Clean aluminum, steel and tin cans
Inner rolls from paper towels and toilet paper
Newspaper
Colored paper fliers
White and colored office paper
Magazines
Corrugated cardboard
  - If in recycle cart:
      - Must be broken down
  - If placed next to cart:
      - Must be flattened, bundled, and tied together
      - Bundles are placed next to the cart but must be able to fit inside the cart 
      - If it is larger than the cart, cardboard must be
        cut in half and then bundled
    
  - One bundle of 10 or less boxes per recycle pick-up 

NOT ACCEPTED

Note: Items MUST be loose and not bagged.
Pizza boxes
Rechargeable batteries
Plastic grocery bags
Milk cartons with shiny lining
Juice boxes with shiny lining
Styrofoam
Foil
Aluminum tins
Paper towels
Toilet paper
Facial tissue
Plastic bags
Wet paper
Paper plates
Plastic utensils

Item Contamination

Brushy Creek Resident Recycling Statistics

According to data from Texas Disposal Systems, so far in 2024 Brushy Creek Residents have recycled the tonnage reported below.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
123.83 100.70 102.35 110.70 128.60 101.12 118.68 100.56 101.56      




  • Brushy Creek residents recycled about 1,491.48 tons in 2022.
  • Brushy Creek residents recycled about 1,388.25 tons in 2023.

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 Miscellaneous Items (light bulbs, tires, etc.)