San Marcos trash pickup: cost and carts

Texas Disposal Systems (TDS). Billed by: City of San Marcos Resource Recovery monthly rate for single-family solid waste collection and recycling.

CartA monthA year
65-gallon$31.57$379
96-gallon$36.57$439

The 65-gallon trash cart is the standard rate; the 96-gallon cart costs $5 a month more.

Changing your cart

Upgrading to a 96-gallon cart costs an extra $5 a month. For questions or service issues, call the Resource Recovery Office at (512) 393-8412.

Ways to pay less

  • Use your four bulk pickups. Residential garbage customers get four bulk pickups a year, each up to 3 cubic yards. How: Call the Resource Recovery Office at (512) 393-8412.

Pay or manage it

Sources

  1. City of San Marcos Resource Recovery (garbage/recycling)

Checked October 20, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.