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Book before you bring it out.
Your items can still be inside when you book. Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation.
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Choose a clear outdoor spot.
You arrange any carrying out of your home or down interior stairs. Keep entrances, sidewalks and shared access clear. We handle loading and haul-away from outside.
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Show us where to find it.
Add a photo and clear location notes. Contact us before booking if a gate, building rule or restricted access window needs an arrangement.
At a house: outside, accessible and easy to identify.At an apartment: an approved outdoor spot with shared access clear.
Access needs an arrangement?
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City collection Furniture is named in the district's definition of heavy trash, so a couch or dresser counts as one of the four extra items on a collection day. No charge. Included with the residential collection at a Dickinson address, as one of the four extra items allowed alongside the 96-gallon cart.
City collection The district defines heavy trash by size rather than naming a mattress, so the set has to be confirmed with AmeriWaste before it is set out as one of the four extra items. No mattress rule or mattress price is published. Heavy trash is defined as items too big for a cart with appliances and furniture as the examples, so call AmeriWaste on 281-585-3200 and confirm whether the mattress and box spring count as heavy trash before setting them out.
City collection Household appliances are named heavy trash, and a refrigerator or freezer is only taken with a tag proving the refrigerant was removed. No charge. Included with the residential collection as one of the four extra items alongside the 96-gallon cart, with a cooling unit accepted only when it carries the refrigerant-removal tag.
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Dickinson's trash contract sits with the water district, not the city. Galveston County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 took over solid waste in March 2020 and contracts AmeriWaste Solutions, and every residence inside the district and the city limits has to use it. Collection runs twice a week in three zones, and the household cart is a 96-gallon AmeriWaste cart that is the only container serviced. Alongside the cart, any four items mixed or matched from bundled waste, green waste and heavy trash are picked up, and heavy trash is defined as anything too big for a cart, including household appliances and furniture. Refrigerators and freezers must carry a tag proving the refrigerant was removed. Televisions, computers, monitors, microwaves, paint, tires, motor oil, pool chemicals and cooking oil are excluded from the curb and go to the district's hazardous waste route.
Alongside the 96-gallon cart, any four items mixed or matched from bundled waste, green waste and heavy trash are collected. Heavy trash is anything too big for a cart, including household appliances and furniture.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included with the district's residential collection at a Dickinson address on the twice weekly route. The published fee schedule covers the base cart at $24.00 per unit per month and extra carts at $9.50 each per month, and the four extra items carry no published extra charge.
When & how
Put the four items out with the cart on the regular collection day. Service runs twice a week in three zones on a Monday and Thursday, Tuesday and Friday, or Wednesday and Saturday schedule.
Get it ready
Keep each item to the published heavy trash and bundle limits, bag loose trash so nothing blows away, and keep hazardous material, electronics, tires, paint and cooking oil off the street because they are excluded from the AmeriWaste route.
Furniture is named in the district's definition of heavy trash, so a couch or dresser counts as one of the four extra items on a collection day.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included with the residential collection at a Dickinson address, as one of the four extra items allowed alongside the 96-gallon cart.
When & how
Put the furniture out on the regular collection day along with the cart, and keep the total to four extra items across heavy trash, bundles and green waste.
Get it ready
Keep the piece clear of the cart, the street lane and any obstruction, remove cushions or loose parts, and do not put household chemicals, electronics or tires out with it.
The district defines heavy trash by size rather than naming a mattress, so the set has to be confirmed with AmeriWaste before it is set out as one of the four extra items.
City cost & eligibility
No mattress rule or mattress price is published. Heavy trash is defined as items too big for a cart with appliances and furniture as the examples, so call AmeriWaste on 281-585-3200 and confirm whether the mattress and box spring count as heavy trash before setting them out.
When & how
Call AmeriWaste on 281-585-3200, then put the set out on the regular collection day only if it is confirmed as heavy trash.
Get it ready
Keep the set dry and out of the cart, keep it clear of the street lane and the mailboxes, and do not put it out with chemicals, electronics or tires.
Household appliances are named heavy trash, and a refrigerator or freezer is only taken with a tag proving the refrigerant was removed.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included with the residential collection as one of the four extra items alongside the 96-gallon cart, with a cooling unit accepted only when it carries the refrigerant-removal tag.
When & how
Set the appliance out on the regular collection day with the cart, and have the refrigerant tag in place before a refrigerator or freezer goes to the street.
Get it ready
Empty the unit, remove or secure the doors so nothing can be trapped, and arrange the refrigerant-removal tag through a qualified technician for a refrigerator or freezer.
Televisions, computers and monitors are expressly excluded from the AmeriWaste collection and are routed to the district's household hazardous waste alternative in Pearland.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free of charge at the Stella Roberts Recycling Center in Pearland, where the district says household hazardous waste may be disposed of at no charge on presentation of a Texas ID and a WCID1 water bill.
When & how
Call the Stella Roberts Recycling Center on 281-489-2795 before travelling to 5800 Magnolia Parkway in Pearland, and keep the devices off the street and out of the cart until then.
Get it ready
Erase personal data before the device leaves the house, keep the screens intact, and never put a television, computer or monitor at the curb because the district prohibits it.
Exercise equipment is not named in the heavy trash definition, so the machine has to be confirmed with AmeriWaste before it counts as one of the four extra items.
City cost & eligibility
No item rule or price covers exercise equipment. Call AmeriWaste on 281-585-3200 and ask whether the machine counts as heavy trash inside the four item allowance, or whether it needs a special pickup.
When & how
Call 281-585-3200 before the machine goes out, and use the regular collection day only if AmeriWaste confirms it as heavy trash.
Get it ready
Describe the machine and its weight when you call, take it down as far as it will come apart, remove the console and any battery pack, and keep the pieces clear of the cart and the street lane.
The district's garbage rules do not address construction or renovation debris, and the only published instruction is to call AmeriWaste for a special pickup when debris does not meet the collection requirements.
City cost & eligibility
No construction rate or accepted list is published. The green waste sheet tells residents to call AmeriWaste on 281-585-3200 to schedule a special pickup for debris that does not meet the requirements, so confirm acceptance and price there before the material goes out.
When & how
Call AmeriWaste on 281-585-3200 to arrange a special pickup, and do not put construction material out with the cart or the four item allowance until it is confirmed.
Get it ready
Keep construction material out of the cart and off the street, keep hazardous material, liquids and chemicals separate, and confirm the load size, the acceptance and the price before transport if you plan to self-haul.
Paint, chemicals, tires, motor oil and cooking oil
Accepted with preparation
Paint, tires, motor oil, pool chemicals and cooking oil are excluded from the AmeriWaste route and go to the district's own alternatives, including a free household hazardous waste drop-off in Pearland.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free of charge at the Stella Roberts Recycling Center in Pearland on presentation of a Texas ID and a WCID1 water bill, and free at the Dickinson cooking oil recycling station on 45th Street. The Texas City Biosphere 1 Recycling Center takes used motor oil and some recyclables at no charge.
When & how
Call the Stella Roberts Recycling Center on 281-489-2795 before travelling to 5800 Magnolia Parkway in Pearland, use the Dickinson cooking oil station on 45th Street at any hour, or drop accepted material at the Texas City Biosphere 1 Recycling Center at 3301 Loop 197 North.
Get it ready
Never put these items on the street for collection, keep products in their original containers with sealed lids, and note that some recyclables can be dropped free at the Biosphere 1 center, which takes used motor oil, newspapers and magazines, cardboard, aluminium, steel, clear and coloured glass and plastics numbered 1 and 2.
The AmeriWaste cart is the only container serviced, and it goes into the street by 7 a.m. with the wheels against the curb and the front facing the street. Leave two feet of space all round from fences, meters, poles, utility boxes, trees, shrubs, mailboxes and other containers, keep vehicles clear so the truck can manoeuvre, bag loose trash, and keep only garbage inside the cart with the lid closed. Carts are set out no earlier than the night before and returned to the property no later than the morning after collection.
Four extra items, and the excluded material stays off the street
Up to four items mixed or matched from bundles, green waste and heavy trash go out with the cart on the collection day. Bundles stay under five feet long, 18 inches in diameter and 50 pounds, green waste goes in bags no heavier than 50 pounds and no more than four bags or bundles, and heavy trash covers anything too big for a cart, with a refrigerant tag required on a refrigerator or freezer. Televisions, computers, monitors, microwaves, paint, tires, motor oil, pool chemicals and cooking oil must never be put on the street.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
Galveston County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 with AmeriWaste Solutions
Use the four extra items on the regular collection day
A Dickinson household with furniture, an appliance, a mattress the operator confirms, or another item too big for the 96-gallon cart.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Included with the district's residential collection, alongside the base cart billed at $24.00 per unit per month and extra carts at $9.50 each per month. No extra charge is published for the four items.
Arrange it
Put the items out with the cart on the twice weekly collection day for the zone, which runs Monday and Thursday, Tuesday and Friday, or Wednesday and Saturday depending on the route.
Four items is the cap across bundles, green waste and heavy trash, and a cooling unit needs the refrigerant tag. Hazardous waste, electronics, tires, paint and cooking oil are excluded and have their own routes.
Galveston County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 with AmeriWaste Solutions
Arrange a special pickup with AmeriWaste
A Dickinson household with debris that does not meet the cart, bundle, green waste or heavy trash requirements, or with construction material the district does not address.
Cost & conditions
No special pickup rate is published. Call AmeriWaste on 281-585-3200 and confirm the acceptance and the price before the material goes out.
Arrange it
Call AmeriWaste on 281-585-3200 to schedule the special pickup, and keep the material off the street until it is confirmed.
The district publishes the special pickup instruction for debris that does not meet the collection requirements, and it does not publish a construction debris allowance at all, so acceptance is never automatic.
Galveston County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 with AmeriWaste Solutions
Take hazardous waste and screens to the Pearland drop-off
A Dickinson household with paint, chemicals, tires, motor oil, pool chemicals, cooking oil, a television, a computer or a monitor.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free of charge with a Texas ID and a WCID1 water bill, by calling ahead to the Stella Roberts Recycling Center on 281-489-2795.
Arrange it
Call 281-489-2795, then take the material to the Stella Roberts Recycling Center at 5800 Magnolia Parkway in Pearland. Cooking oil can go free to the Dickinson station on 45th Street instead.
These items are excluded from the AmeriWaste collection and must never be placed on the street, and the district asks residents to call before travelling.
Dickinson's curbside system covers the routine clean-out. AmeriWaste, under the water district's contract, collects twice a week from a 96-gallon cart that is the only container serviced, and any four items mixed from bundles, green waste and heavy trash go out with it. Heavy trash means anything too big for the cart, including appliances and furniture, with a refrigerant tag required on a refrigerator or freezer. Bundles stay under five feet, 18 inches and 50 pounds and green waste is bagged under the same weight. Everything hazardous is off the street: televisions, computers, monitors, microwaves, paint, tires, motor oil, pool chemicals and cooking oil are excluded, and the district routes household hazardous waste free of charge to the Stella Roberts Recycling Center in Pearland with a call ahead and proof of a WCID1 account. Cooking oil has its own free station on 45th Street, and the Texas City Biosphere 1 Recycling Center at 3301 Loop 197 North takes used motor oil, paper, cardboard, aluminium, steel, glass and plastics numbered 1 and 2 at no charge. Debris that does not meet the collection requirements needs a special pickup booked with AmeriWaste on 281-585-3200. Garbage collection rules, heavy trash and four item allowance, cart rules and the rate scheduleGreen waste bag and bundle limits and the special pickup instructionOptional curbside recycling subscription and the accepted recyclables
Household hazardous waste drop-off
Stella Roberts Recycling Center
5800 Magnolia Parkway, Pearland, TX
Household hazardous waste from Dickinson residents, including the televisions, computers, monitors, microwaves, paint, tires, motor oil and pool chemicals that the district excludes from the AmeriWaste collection.
Residents must call ahead and present a Texas ID and a WCID1 water bill. The district publishes no hours, item list or fee schedule for the center beyond the free-of-charge statement, so confirm the current rules when you call.
Call ahead on 281-489-2795 to confirm the open hours; the district guide does not publish them.
No charge. Free of charge for the household hazardous waste the district routes there, with a Texas ID and a WCID1 water bill required.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
How much heavy trash will Dickinson collect?+
Any four items mixed or matched from bundled waste, green waste and heavy trash are collected alongside the 96-gallon cart. Heavy trash means anything too big for a cart, including household appliances and furniture, and bundles have to be under five feet long, 18 inches in diameter and under 50 pounds.Official guidance
Will Dickinson take a couch as heavy trash?+
Yes. Furniture is named in the district's heavy trash definition, so a couch counts as one of the four extra items collected alongside the 96-gallon AmeriWaste cart on the regular collection day.Official guidance
What does a Dickinson refrigerator need before pickup?+
Household appliances are heavy trash, but a refrigerator or freezer must be tagged to prove that all refrigerant has been removed before AmeriWaste will take it. The unit then counts as one of the four extra items collected alongside the cart.Official guidance
Where do Dickinson televisions and computers go?+
Not to the curb. The district says televisions, computers and monitors will not be picked up by AmeriWaste and must never be placed on the street, and it routes household hazardous waste free of charge to the Stella Roberts Recycling Center at 5800 Magnolia Parkway in Pearland, by calling ahead on 281-489-2795 with a Texas ID and a WCID1 water bill.Official guidance
Who collects Dickinson trash?+
AmeriWaste Solutions, under a contract held by Galveston County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 since March 2020. Every residence inside the district and the city limits uses the service, collection runs twice a week in three zones, and the 96-gallon AmeriWaste cart is the only container that will be emptied. Missed pickups and cart problems go to 281-585-3200.Official guidance
What can go out beside the Dickinson cart?+
Any four items mixed or matched from bundled waste, green waste and heavy trash. Bundles have to be under five feet long, 18 inches in diameter and 50 pounds, green waste is bagged yard clipping under the same weight with four bags and four bundles the maximum, and heavy trash covers anything too big for a cart such as appliances and furniture. Televisions, computers, paint, tires, motor oil and cooking oil are excluded and must never go on the street.Official guidance
