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Trash Rate Increase
As of May 1, 2022, League City garbage rates will increase for customers from $18.45 to $19.66. This is an annual adjustment that's part of AmeriWaste’s contract with the City of League City.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE
All trash MUST be bagged before being placed in a bin or it will not be picked up. Residents no longer have to bag recyclables. Recyclables shall be placed loosely in a 48-gallon blue recycle container and placed at the curb on your designated recycle day. For questions or concerns, contact the City’s Solid Waste Coordinator Kristin Bender at 281 554-1086.
AmeriWaste League City, Inc. is the primary trash provider for League City’s 32,000 plus residential and commercial customers. To make trash pickup more efficient, the City has three trash zones. Use the interactive map below to check your trash and recycling pickup days by address. The zone boundaries are set based on major roadways to make it easier for residents to determine which zone they live in.
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- Heavy Trash
- Non-Serviceable Items
- Hazardous Waste
- Recycling
- Do’s and Don’ts
- Helpful Links & Resources
Heavy Trash
Your heavy trash day is the second collection day of the week, heavy trash includes all green waste (bagged grass clippings, bundled and tied tree limbs).
Guidelines
Heavy trash service is provided on resident’s second trash service day.
Heavy trash service guidelines:
- Set your heavy trash items out by 7 a.m. on your collection day, but no earlier than 6 p.m. the evening before.
- Place heavy trash items curbside with at least four feet from other objects.
- Shall not include items or materials which cannot be safely lifted and placed upon a truck by 2 people.
- Shall include household appliances such as furniture, washing machines, dryers, stove and the like (excluding refrigerators, freezers,
televisions, microwaves, and computers).
- Green waste is collected on the second pick-up day.
- Leaves and woody material items will not be picked up if they are not bagged.
- Branches, brush and similar woody material shall be bundled and tied in lengths not exceeding five feet (5’) or having diameters not exceeding eighteen inches (18”), or overall weight exceeding fifty pounds (50 lbs) (does not include tree trunks or root balls).
- Loose lumber must be less than 5 feet and bundled together in bundles not exceeding 50 pounds.
- Aggregate weight of tree limbs and/or lumber must not exceed 300 pounds.
- Yard trimmings shall be securely tied together and shall not exceed 5 feet in length or 50 pounds in weight.
- Shall not include construction waste.
Contact 281-585-3200 with questions about what AmeriWaste League City will accept or to request a pick-up of excessive or move-out debris.
Non-serviceable Items (by AmeriWaste)
AmeriWaste Services will not pick-up the following items:
- Bricks
- Cabinetry and Counter Tops
- Car Batteries
- Car Parts
- Concrete
- Construction Debris (any waste materials resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition)
- Hardy Plank
- Hazardous Waste
- Car Oil
- Cooking Oil
- Gasoline
- Microwaves
- Oil-based paints
- Spray cans
- Highly Flammable or Explosive Items
- Petrochemicals
- Plywood
- Propane Tanks
- Radioactive Materials
- Roofing
- Sheet Rock
- Shingles
- Tar
- Televisions
- Tile
- Tires
- Toxic or Bi-Hazardous Waste
Construction Debris
Construction debris is considered any waste materials resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition.
All construction debris is the responsibility of the resident and shall be collected in roll-offs and disposed of at a Type IV Landfill. To order a roll-off, contact Hill Sand Inc. at 281-482-1213. To dispose of a smaller amount construction debris, a dumpster bag, purchased from your local home improvement store, can be disposed of for a $76.07 pick-up fee plus a disposal fee of $7.91 per cubic yard of debris by AmeriWaste. Please contact AmeriWaste at 281-585-3200 for additional questions and details.
Freon Disposal
Customers looking to dispose of refrigerators, air conditioners, or other cooling devices are responsible for properly dealing with Freon disposal before the items are picked up. The item must be tagged by a Freon removal company before AmeriWaste picks it up.
Disposal Sites for Non-Serviceable Items
- Antifreeze, diesel, brake fluid and transmission fluid: Kwik Car
- Car batteries: Any local automotive store
- Car oil and oil filter: O’Reilly, Auto Zone, Firestone, Advance Auto Parts
- Car tire and trailer tire disposal: Discount Tire and Liberty Tire (disposal fee applies per company)
Landfill Locations
- 3935 Avenue A
Santa Fe, TX 77510
Phone: 281-337-3022 - 21000 East Highway 6
Alvin, TX 77511
Phone: 281-388-1708 - 4649 Dixie Farm Road
Pearland, TX 77581
Phone: 281-482-1213
Hazardous Waste
AmeriWaste offers an on-demand household special collections program. Residents can have refrigerators, freezers, televisions, computers and unwanted paint picked up from their home on an on-call basis by contacting AmeriWaste at 281-585-3200 and arranging for a pickup day and general time.
Stella Roberts Recycling Center in Pearland takes a variety of Hazardous Waste Materials. There is a recommended donation for residents not living in Pearland or Brazoria County.
Hazardous Waste Items
- Car Oil
- Cooking Oil
- Gasoline
- Microwaves
- Oil-based paints
- Spray Cans
- Highly Flammable or Explosive Items (Ammunition)
- Petrochemicals
- Propane Tanks
- Radioactive Materials (this includes smoke detectors)
- Any appliance with Freon
- Sharps and Needles
- Televisions and Electronics
- Tires
- Toxic or Bio-Hazardous Waste
Acceptable Recycling Bins
Residents are provided with a 48-gallon closed-top, wheeled cart for recycling. Recyclable items should be placed directly in the cart and not bagged. Residents may also place recyclables in clear or clear blue, plastic recycling bags that can be purchased at a local hardware or discount store. If you need a recycling cart, please email AmeriWaste or call 281-585-3200.
NOTE: Recycle carts are to be used for recyclable materials only, and they remain the sole property of the solid waste provider. When moving from a residence, the recycle cart shall remain at the address to which it was delivered.
Pickup Days
Please check your designated recycle pickup date by using our interactive map.
Acceptable Items
The following is a list of accepted recycling. Please note that glass is now being accepted curbside. Please ensure that all items are clean, dry, and empty to avoid contamination.
- Kraft Paper
- Dry food boxes, beer, and soda carriers
- Shoe Boxes
- Newspapers
- Paperboard
- Chipboard
- Junk mail and inserts
- Aluminum, Bi-metal, and Steel Cans
- Cardboard (flattened)
- Envelopes (including those with windows)
- Glass (all colors)
- Legal Pad Paper
- Letterhead/Stationary/Manilla Folders
- Magazines
- Paper (white and colored, also with staples and paperclips is acceptable)
- Phone Books/Paperback Books
- Plastics (Number 1 through Number 7 are accepted except Number 6, it is not necessary to remove bottle caps from your plastic bottles)
- Post-It Notes
Items Not Accepted
- Candy Wrappers
- Chip Bags
- Carbon Paper
- Floor Sweepings
- Food or Beverage Waste
- Cardboard contaminated by food/grease
- Non-Paper Packing Material
- Plastic Packaging Wrap
- Plastic Grocery Bags (These can be taken to most local grocery stores)
- Polystyrene (i.e. coffee cups, take out containers, foam packaging, and packing peanuts)
- Stickers/Labels
- Tissue Products
- Tyvek Envelopes
- Ammunition
- Batteries
- Ceramics
- Clothing or Toys
- Medical Waste – Bandages, lancets, surgical gloves, syringes/needles
- Light Bulbs
- Tires
- Yard Waste
Do’s and Don’ts

Do’s
- Separate household garbage from recycling, from yard waste, and heavy waste
- Set items out no later than 7 a.m. on collection day and no earlier than 6 p.m. the day prior
- Make sure what you set out meets the standards
- Be sure there is no hazardous waste in your household garbage (see Hazardous Waste section)
- Recycle as much as possible
- Flatten and bundle all boxes
Don’ts
- Stack items for collection in front of or immediately next to mailboxes, fire hydrants, utility poles, meters or utility boxes, or overhead utility lines or low hanging tree limbs
- Block sidewalks, driveways, vehicle travel lanes or parking spots
- Discard hazardous waste with household garbage (see Hazardous Waste section)
- Forget to follow the collection standards
- Contribute to blight by littering or dumping waste illegally
- Place recyclables in plastic bags
- Place trash in cardboard boxes (boxes must be flattened and bundled for pick up)
Why waste gets left behind
- Garbage mixed with recycling
- Excessive size and/or weight
- Improper placement of receptacles
- Receptacle being block by vehicles
- Set out after 7 a.m. on collection day
- Contractor-generated material (construction material)
- Is or contains household hazardous waste
- Usually, items left on the curb don’t meet one or more of the service standards.
Please contact AmeriWaste at 281-585-3200 for an explanation or call the City at 281-554-1100.
Helpful Links
EARTH 911
This site provides information on where and how to recycle.
Harris County Engineering Department - Household Hazardous Waste
Find information on disposing of household hazardous waste.
Houston-Galveston Area Council - Household Hazardous Waste
Details on the collection and disposal of household hazardous waste.
Television & Electronic Recycling
TCEQ provides computer and electronic recycling links and resources.
Cooking Oil Recycling Stations
Dickinson Cooking Oil Recycling Station
Located in the parking lot on 45th Street between Highway 3 and St. Goar Street.Pour used cooking oil in the black metal tote marked "Used Cooking Oil."
Open to anyone living in the surrounding area.
City of Nassau Bay Recycling Station
Open to anyone living in the surrounding area.
Get more details and make appointments to drop off your used cooking oil by calling 281-333-2944.
City of Seabrook Recycling Station
Open to anyone living in the surrounding area
Get more details and make appointments to drop off your used cooking oil by calling 281-291-5725.
Clear Lake City Water Authority Cooking Oil Recycling Station
Turn down Beacon Street from El Camino Real towards the water tower.
Pour used cooking oil in the black metal tote marked "Used Cooking Oil."
Open to anyone living in the surrounding area.
League City Recycling Center
League City's recycling center is located at 1535 Dickinson Ave. Residents can bring their program recycling materials to this location.
Hours of Operation
Monday - Sunday
7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Please note: The recycling center stopped taking oil and fluids on September 1, 2013, however, residents can go to any local auto supply store, and recycle up to 5 gallons per visit.
Trash Pickup Days
- Yellow Zone: Mondays and Thursdays
- Green Zone: Tuesdays and Fridays
- Blue Zone: Wednesdays and Saturdays
Trash pickup will be between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on pickup days, and customers are asked to have their trash cans placed at the curb by 7 a.m. on their designated days.
NOTE: Items placed at the curb for donation (i.e. Purple Heart, etc.) may be inadvertently picked up as trash if placed alongside trash/recycling.
Holidays
Please note: If your pick-up falls on a holiday, your garbage will be picked up on the next regularly scheduled day for your neighborhood. Garbage will not be picked up on the following holidays:
- New Year’s Day
- July 4th
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
*As stated in the contract with the City, the schedule is subject to change based on AmeriWaste Services’ schedule. Any changes will be communicated through the City’s website, social media, and NextDoor.
Frequently Asked Questions
For other questions, please contact the City at 281-554-1100 or AmeriWaste at 281-585-3200.