Garbage Collection
City of Greenville residents receive garbage collection twice a week. Collection days are Monday & Thursday, Tuesday & Friday, or Wednesday & Saturday, depending on the area of town in which you live.
Garbage must be at the curb no later than 7:00 a.m. Call IESI at (903) 450-8282 for route schedules. Garbage fees are as follows:
Curbside - $11.82 per month
Tub-out - $26.26 per month
Handicapped Tub-out - $11.82 per month (handicapped tub-out service requires a physician's statement of disability)
Call Utility Customer Service at (903) 457-2800 for
commercial garbage collection rates.
Curbside Recycling
Independent Environmental Services, Inc. (IESI) offers curbside recycling to all Greenville residents.
How It Works
Recycling collection occurs once a week.
Have recycling bins out by 7:00 am. on your recycling collection day. Recycling may be collected any time between 7:00 am. and 7:00 pm.
Loaded recycling bins must not exceed 50 pounds.
Only IESI recycling bins will be collected. If an additional bin is needed, contact IESI at (903)450-8282.
Acceptable Items
Cans - Metal food & beverage cans composed of tin, steel or aluminum.(Excluding scrap metal)
Plastic - Code #1,#2, #3, #4, #5, and #7 plastics, soft drink liter bottles & milk jugs.
Glass bottles and jars. (Excluding mirrors, windows, creamics, and other glass products)
Paper - newspapers, magazines, catalogs & other paper items including mail, paper bags, cardboard or other paper.
Brush pile pick up - up to four (4) cubic yards of brush per pick up per residential unit on the second collection day. Brush shall be cut in pieces no longer than six (6) feet and each individual piece shall weigh less than forty (40) pounds.
Unacceptable Items
Household trash
Aluminum foil
Auto/Window glass
Diapers
Styrofoam
(Accepted only at IESI Facility)
Metal (other than cans)
Mirrors
Ceramics, china, dishes
Yard waste
Light bulbs
Motor Oil
There is no charge for this convenient service. Recycling bins are provided by IESI and it is not necessary to sort recycled items. Also available is a 64 gallon rolling cart for an additional $1.00 per month.
For more information on garbage collection and recycling services or to report a problem, please call IESI at (903) 450-8282.
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