Residential Rates & Fees

Austin Resource Recovery provides bundled services to manage your trash, recycling and yard trimmings. Costs are based on your trash cart size and reflect a per-gallon approach.

We offer four trash cart sizes; choose the size that best fits your household’s needs. Save money on your utility bill recycling as much as possible, setting aside yard trimmings for composting collection, and choosing a smaller trash cart.

Trash Cart Size	Monthly Rates
24-gallon	$13.35*
32-gallon	$14.60*
64-gallon	$19.75*
96-gallon	$33.50*

*Includes base fee of $9.50. Carts 64-gallons and smaller cost $0.16 per gallon; the 96-gallon cart costs $0.25 per gallon.

If you switch to a larger trash cart, you will be charged a $15 one-time cart exchange fee. You may downsize to a smaller cart at no charge. To change your trash cart size, call 512-494-9400.

Extra Trash Fees

Extra bags of trash that do not fit in your trash cart with the lid closed must be placed next to the trash cart and tagged with an Extra Trash Sticker, which can be purchased at H-E-B, Randall's and most local grocery stores for $4 + tax. Extra bags without a sticker will be charged a per-bag fee of $8 + tax. If you find that you often set out extra bagged garbage, consider switching to a larger cart for a $15 one-time cart exchange fee.

Clean Community Fee

All residents in Austin, including single-family homes and apartment and condo dwellers, pay a monthly $6 Clean Community Fee for services that keep Austin clean and enhance the livability of our neighborhoods and the downtown area. The Clean Community Fee funds the following:

Bulk Collection
Street Sweeping
Litter Abatement
Recycling Center
Household Hazard Waste Facility
Business Outreach
Resource Recovery Center
Austin Reuse Centers
Zero Waste Program Development
Clean Austin
Dead Animal Collection
Boulevard Sweeping

The fee also covers the enforcement of some City codes. Annexed properties also receive these services and are charged the Clean Community Fee. These fees appear on your monthly City of Austin utility bill.