Trash, recycling and brush pickup in Baytown
What are you trying to do?
Find your trash or recycling day: use the schedule on this page.
Find your brush week: use the brush-zone schedule on this page.
Get rid of something that does not belong in regular curb pickup: use the Green Center section and the official disposal link before loading the car.
Solve a different city-service problem: use Baytown city services FAQ.
Twice-weekly trash and weekly recycling, run under contract by Best Trash; brush goes on a rotating four-zone schedule, each zone about once a month.
Collection days, rules and rates — from the city's pages
City of Baytown offers twice-weekly trash collection and weekly recycling; brush is picked up on a rotating four-zone schedule, each zone about once a month. City-provided bins and personal trash containers (30-50 gallons) accepted. Collection contractor: Best Trash LLC (per Garbage & Recycle FAQs on page).
| Service | Days | Area |
|---|---|---|
| trash | Monday / Thursday | North of SPUR 330 (Decker Dr.) and North of Highway 146 |
| trash | Tuesday / Friday | South of SPUR 330 (Decker Dr.) and South of Highway 146 |
| recycle | Monday | North of Highway 146, West of Main Street |
| recycle | Tuesday | South of Highway 146, East of Main Street |
| recycle | Thursday | North of Highway 146, East of Main Street |
| recycle | Friday | South of Highway 146, West of Main Street |
Brush and bulk
- Put materials on the curb in front of your home; do not place on vacant lots or medians
- Do not place materials in front of utility poles, traffic signs, utility meters or hydrants
- Do not stack brush too close to fences, mail boxes, under overhead wires or low hanging tree limbs
- Do not allow brush to block the sidewalk or protrude into the street
- Accepted at curb: Tree Limbs (8 feet or less), Shrubbery
- Do not include bagged leaves, lumber, wood, plastic or any other material with the brush and limbs
- Bagged leaves & cuttings go out with the regular garbage collection
- Brush should be at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on Monday of your collection week
Baytown Green Center accepts household debris, brush/tree limbs, electronic waste, and recyclable materials. Page also references Harris County HHW Facility for hazardous materials. See the city's Green Center page.
Household hazardous waste
Baytown Household Hazardous Waste Event — Held twice a year; last event mentioned April 18, 2026. Stay in your vehicle throughout drop-off Proof of Baytown residency required (driver’s license or utility bill) Residential disposal only; businesses not eligible Accepted items may vary by event—review latest list before attending Accepted, for example: Antifreeze, Gasoline/Fuels, Household Cleaners, Pool Chemicals, Car Batteries, Paint Products (up to 5 gallon containers; 10 cans per vehicle), Pesticides, Fertilizers, Motor Oil, Filters, Tires (up to 4 per vehicle), Old Furniture, Scrap Metal, Building Materials, Brush/Tree Limbs.
Baytown Green Center
1601 W Main, Baytown, TX 77522 · Sunday and Monday: Closed; Tuesday-Friday: 12pm-7pm; Saturday: 9am-4pm · Contact Public Works and Engineering. Accepts household debris, brush/tree limbs, electronic waste, and recyclable materials (per Green Center / Garbage pages). Fees: cars and pickups $10, trailers to 8 ft $10, 8–16 ft $20. 3 ft max height for all trucks & trailer loads; trailers over 16 ft not allowed; cash only; residents only; driver license + City of Baytown water bill required (names must match)
Water and sewer rates (single-family)
From the first full billing cycle after October 1, 2026 (Ordinance No. 16,602), an inside-city home pays water: $8.72 base + $4.19 customer charge, then $4.07, $7.86 and $10.85 per 1,000 gallons (first 2,000, next 4,000, over 6,000); sewer: $10.89 base + $5.23 customer charge, then $4.04 per 1,000 for the first 2,000 gallons and $9.09 for the next 10,000, nothing over 12,000. At 5,000 gallons a month that is $96.10, up from $88.48. The city's rates page. Garbage and recycling ($40.00) and drainage ($4.00) are flat fees on the same bill.
Deposits: $100 owner / $200 tenant; service charge $30 (must be included with the deposit). Deposits must be paid before service is activated. Commercial deposits vary. Same-day service not available; service activated next business day after account established (exceptions for under-construction). Previous account balance must be paid in full.
Service fees (effective November 1, 2025): Broken Lock and Device $100.00; Damaged Register $60.58; Delinquent Fee $50.00; Late Charge 10 percent of Bill; Meter Test $60.58; Pulled Meter or Tampering $500.00; Pull Straight Line $1,000.00; Reread (first and after) $10.00 and $25.00; Returned Check $30.00; Transfer of Service $25.00; Vacant or Unauthorized Use $500.00. Account numbers beginning with 1: due between 5th and 10th; beginning with 2: due between 20th and 25th.
From baytown.org: Garbage & Recycle, Water Utility Accounts. No public BAWA site could be confirmed.
Trash — twice a week
| Days | Area |
|---|---|
| Monday & Thursday | North of SPUR 330 (Decker Dr.) and north of Highway 146 |
| Tuesday & Friday | South of SPUR 330 (Decker Dr.) and south of Highway 146 |
Put it at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on your collection day.
Recycling — once a week
| Day | Area |
|---|---|
| Monday | North of Highway 146, west of Main Street |
| Tuesday | South of Highway 146, east of Main Street |
| Thursday | North of Highway 146, east of Main Street |
| Friday | South of Highway 146, west of Main Street |
Brush — about once a month, on a four-zone rotation
Your zone is collected once a month, in the week shown. Out by 7:00 a.m. on the Monday of your collection week.
| Zone | When | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Zone 1 (Blue) | Week of the first Monday | East of North Main, north of Ward Road |
| Zone 2 (Orange) | Week of the second Monday | South of Ward Road, east of Goose Creek |
| Zone 3 (Purple) | Week of the third Monday | Southwest of Decker Drive, west of Goose Creek |
| Zone 4 (Green) | Week of the fourth Monday | East of Decker Drive, west of North Main, north of West Lobit |
What they will take
- Tree limbs 8 feet or shorter
- Shrubbery
What they will not take
- Bagged leaves and cuttings — these go out with the regular garbage
- Lumber and wood
- Plastic
- Any other material mixed in with the brush
Where to put it
- At the curb in front of your own home, not on a vacant lot or a median
- Clear of utility poles, traffic signs, meters and hydrants
- Not against fences or mailboxes, and not under low wires or branches
- Not blocking the sidewalk or sticking into the street
Getting a bin, or replacing a damaged one
Contact Public Works and Engineering. Give your name, address and phone number. Best Trash delivers the bin in 5-7 business days. Your own container is fine if it holds 30-50 gallons; bags of 30 gallons or smaller can go beside the bin.
Mont Belvieu, Crosby and Highlands
Mont Belvieu
City of Mont Belvieu Public Works (city crews). Trash goes out by 7 a.m. on your day. Everything in the cart must be bagged; carts at least three feet apart; lids closed.
- Monday: Lakes of Champions Sections 1, 2 and 2B, Reserve at Champions Estates, Blue Heron, South Lake, Icet Creek Crossing, Riverside Estates
- Tuesday: Wilburn Ranch, Mystery Lane, Old River Country, Fisher's Landing, FM 565 east of Eagle Dr, Riceland Sections 1-6, Riceland Sections 7-11
- Wednesday: Trinity Drive, Bridgette Lane, Crown Colony, The Colony (Royal Palms Dr etc.), Eagle Creek, Magnolia Landing 1 & 2, Cotton Wood Estates
- Thursday: Brookstone, Eagle Ridge, The Villages at Champions Gate, Champions Forest, Cherry Point, Country Creek, Kings Point, Hwy 146, Eagle Drive, Langston Drive, Earl Porter Dr / Loop 207 / Winfree / Warren Dr, FM 565 west of Eagle Dr, St Augustine Meadows, Grand Oaks
Weekly on your regular day: tree limbs under 4 ft, small project debris, small appliances, cardboard, furniture. Not collected: tires, TVs, monitors, liquids, wet paint, chemicals, refrigerators, contractor debris, vehicle batteries.
Recycling is a drop-off program, not curbside: Recycling Drop-Off Program.
Holidays this year:
- Veterans Day, Wed Nov 11: Wednesday and Thursday trash collected Thursday
- Thanksgiving, Thu-Fri Nov 26-27: Wednesday and Thursday trash collected Wednesday
- Christmas, Thu-Fri Dec 24-25: Thursday trash collected Wednesday
Source: City of Mont Belvieu, Solid Waste and its residential trash schedule (PDF).
Crosby
Crosby has no city trash service. Your HOA, utility district or private hauler sets your day. Check your HOA or utility district bill, or the hauler on your cart.
Source: Crosby is unincorporated; Crosby MUD's site lists water and sewer service only — crosbymud.org.
Highlands
Highlands has no city trash service. Your HOA, utility district or private hauler sets your day. Check your HOA or utility district bill, or the hauler on your cart.
Source: Highlands is unincorporated; residential service is by subscription with private haulers (for example Republic Services — republicservices.com.
Transcribed from the City of Baytown'sGarbage & Recycle andBrush Pickup pages. Schedules change, and holidays shift collection days — check the city's pages before relying on this.
Trash and recycling charges
Amounts as the city publishes them; blank where the page does not state one.
| item | amount | unit | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential solid waste/recycling rate | — | ||
| Residential trash/recycling rate | — | montbelvieu.net |