Trash and Recycling in Greatwood Community

Your carts

The City provides a 95-gallon grey garbage cart and a 65-gallon green recycling cart.

• Bag your household rubbish before it goes in the garbage cart. Recycling goes in loose — never bagged.
• Everything has to fit inside the cart with the lid shut.
• Put carts at the base of the curb, wheels against it, handles away from the street.
• Leave 3 feet clear of cars, mailboxes, trees, poles and hydrants.
• Bring carts back onto your property by 8:00 a.m. the morning after collection.
• The carts belong to the City. Leave them at the house if you move.

Recycling

Collected every Friday, loose in the green cart.

• Empty, clean and dry.
• No plastic bags in the cart.
• Flatten cardboard and cut it down so it fits inside.
• No household rubbish in the recycling cart.

Review Sugar Land's complete recycling guidelines

Green waste

Collected every Friday, up to 10 cubic yards.

This is changing on 1 January 2027. The City's grace period runs from 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026 — Republic will still collect green waste in clear plastic bags during it, though you may get an educational door tag. From 1 January 2027, soft green waste such as leaves and clippings must go in a transparent certified compostable bag (ASTM D6400 or BPI certified) or your own reusable container clearly marked Green Waste, no heavier than 40 pounds when full. Brush and limbs must be tied with compostable cord rather than wire, under 4 feet long and under 40 pounds a bundle. Ordinary plastic bags and paper lawn bags will no longer qualify.

Review the new green-waste rules

Bulky waste

Once a month, on a Monday that depends on your address — look yours up.

• Out by 7:00 a.m., not before 6:00 p.m. the evening before.
• Up to 5 cubic yards, at the curb and not in a cart.
• Keep it 4 feet clear of carts, mailboxes, cars and utility equipment.
• Appliances count, but refrigerant has to be removed first and the appliance tagged by a licensed professional.
• No construction or demolition debris, no hazardous waste, no electronics.
• Extra pickups are available for a fee, arranged with Republic Services.

Review all bulky-waste requirements

Textiles

By request — not an automatic weekly pickup. Put them in your own bag or box on the front porch by 7:00 a.m., never in the green cart. Schedule textile recycling, or call Green City Recycler on 832-989-2745.

Household chemicals and electronics

Not in the carts and not in bulky waste. These go to the Fort Bend County Recycling Center, 1200 Blume Road, Rosenberg. Check your options — and confirm accepted materials, fees, residency rules and opening hours before you drive out there.

Holidays

There is no collection on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. When one of those falls on or before your collection day, the rest of that week usually slips by a day; a holiday on a weekend usually changes nothing. Other holidays run as normal unless the City posts otherwise, and there is extra bulky-waste collection after Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year on dates that change each year.

Check the current holiday schedule

Still not right?

For repeated missed pickups or an unresolved problem, Sugar Land 311 — dial 311 in the city, or email 311@sugarlandtx.gov.