Frisco picks up bulk trash monthly on your regular trash day, but only if you reserve a spot online. The list closes at noon the business day before. Each pickup is capped at five items, none over 6 feet in any direction or heavier than 50 pounds.
Reserving your monthly bulk spot
Frisco runs bulk once a month on your normal trash day. Which week, first through fourth, depends on your zone. That comes from Frisco's bulk trash pickup page.
Nothing gets picked up without a reservation. Fill out the city's online form, and get it in before the list closes at noon the business day before.
How Frisco counts five items
Five items sounds simple until you hit the counting rule. Frisco treats an item as a single separate object. A desk split into two sections counts as two.
Nothing can be longer than 6 feet in any direction or heavier than 50 pounds. That rules out most sleeper sofas, solid dressers and treadmills before you even get to the item count.
- Carpet: one 6-by-6 section per pickup.
- Fencing or boards: one panel, or 5 loose boards.
- Kitchen cabinets and countertops: only in sections of 4 feet and 50 pounds or less, per Frisco's residential trash service page.
- Furniture is on the city's accepted list, within the same size and weight caps.
Curbside means curbside
Set items where your carts are normally serviced, either at the curb or in the alley. Crews can't go onto private property to get them.
That rule matters if the couch is upstairs. Somebody has to get it down and out before the truck rolls by.
What Frisco's bulk truck won't load
The excluded list is long, and it covers most of what a garage or remodel turns up:
- Household hazardous waste.
- Electronics, recyclables and large metal.
- Refrigerators and TVs.
- Hot water heaters and other enclosed metal containers.
- Construction and remodeling waste.
- Tile, which the city refers to Waste Connections for a removal quote at 469-452-8000.
- Bagged or boxed trash.
Extra trash bags and paid pickups
Bags don't go out with bulk. Frisco sells an extra cart service for overflow bags, priced lower on your recycling day than on other weekdays.
For anything beyond the free program, the residential trash page points to paid pickup through Waste Connections. Quotes run through (469) 452-8000.
How do appliances and scrap metal leave a Frisco home?
Metal doesn't ride with bulk, so Frisco runs a separate curbside pickup for metal items and appliances. It costs a one-time fee, happens on Thursdays, and must be scheduled before noon the day before.
Items holding refrigerant carry an extra per-item charge on Frisco's metal recycling pickup form. The charge is waived if the item is certified refrigerant-free.
- Refrigerators, freezers and wine coolers are assumed to hold refrigerant. The exception is a unit where a technician removed it and attached paperwork certifying it's refrigerant-free.
- Fridges and freezers must be empty and sealed shut with tape.
- Lawn equipment needs oil and gas drained, and propane tanks aren't accepted.
- A pickup is limited to what two crew members can clear from the curb in 10 minutes.
Free metal drop-off instead
Residents with a current water bill and matching ID can drop off metal for recycling at the Environmental Collection Center for no fee. The bulk page also lists free metal drop-off at 4030 W Plano Pkwy, twice monthly, Monday through Friday 8 to 4.
If you'd rather skip the curb and the drive, our Frisco appliance removal service unhooks standard plug-in and water-line connections. Gas lines need a plumber to disconnect first.
Frisco yard waste: three-foot limbs, paper bags
Waste Connections collects yard waste weekly, on the same day as trash and recycling. Frisco's yard waste page allows up to 10 bags or bundles a week.
- Grass, leaves and small cuttings go in paper bags. Plastic bags aren't accepted.
- Tree limbs must be cut to three-foot lengths and tied with compostable rope or twine.
- Each limb bundle tops out at 30 pounds.
- Not accepted: stumps, root balls, dirt, soil, mulch, pallets, fencing or concrete.
No program for whole trees
Frisco doesn't have a program to remove whole trees or large portions of them. Leaving cut-down trees on your property or in the street is a code violation that can bring a fine.
After a storm, report debris or downed trees blocking a street through the myFRISCO app, per Frisco's severe weather resources.
Driving it to a transfer station
Frisco's do-it-yourself disposal page lists two NTMWD transfer stations in Plano. Custer Road is at 9901 Custer Rd and Parkway at 4030 W Plano Pkwy. Both are open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Residents get two free drop-offs a month with a current Frisco water bill that includes trash billing, plus a matching driver's license. All loads must be covered, and uncovered loads are turned away.
Remodel debris has one door
Construction and remodeling debris is never accepted at the transfer stations. It goes only to the 121 landfill, with an authorization letter.
To avoid charges at the 121 Regional Disposal Facility, get a City of Frisco voucher first. Vouchers are given once a month, are date specific and go to residential account holders only.
- For remodels and big cleanups, the city suggests its Rent a Bin program.
- Per Frisco's construction waste services page, Waste Connections is the only contractor allowed to place temporary open-top construction containers in city limits.
- Concrete and metal can't be tossed in those containers and must be recycled.
Chemicals and electronics: the Walnut Street center
Frisco takes household chemicals and electronics at its Environmental Collection Center, 6616 Walnut Street, per the city's household chemical disposal page. Bring a matching Frisco water bill and driver's license. Apartment residents bring a current rent statement and get half the limits.
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday hours: 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m.
- Wednesday hours: 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday hours: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Chemical limit: 10 gallons or 50 pounds per product per day, no more than 15 containers.
- Electronics: free for residents, up to 2 each of CPUs, monitors and TVs per day.
- Not taken: ammunition, explosives, medical waste, syringes, mercury, smoke alarms, compressed gas cylinders and tires, among others.
- Anything with fuel or oil inside, like mowers, weed eaters and grills, is refused.
Bigger loads count as commercial
Quantities over those limits count as business or commercial waste and aren't accepted. Items containing Freon dropped off at the center add a charge to your next utility bill.
Our Collin County hazardous waste guide covers the chemicals we won't haul, like wet paint and motor oil.
When a hauler makes more sense in Frisco
Five items at 50 pounds each works for a broken chair and a few boards. It doesn't work for a leather sectional, a fridge and a garage of shelving on the same Saturday.
Frisco is about 25 minutes from our base in McKinney, with no distance surcharge. See what we haul around Frisco, or jump to the job that fits:
- Limbs from a tree the city won't take: Frisco yard debris and brush removal. Big clearing jobs may need rented equipment and get scheduled.
- Couches and bedroom sets over 50 pounds: furniture removal in Frisco.
- A garage full of boxes, tools and old furniture: Frisco garage and attic cleanouts.
What it costs and how it works
We price by how much room the load takes on the trailer, starting from $189 for a minimum pickup. Send photos for a quote, pick a time, and we haul it off and sweep up.
The firm price is confirmed on site before anything is loaded. For the other cities' programs, read the bulk trash rules across Collin County.