Commercial Garbage Collection

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The City of New Braunfels offers a variety of solid waste and recycling services for commercial businesses located inside the City limits. The information below can help you better understand those services and the rates associated with them. Please call and leave a message at our office (830-221-4040) and the Commercial Foreman will return your call to customize a container size and collection schedule to fit your needs. 

Holiday Closure Note: Commercial customers, if you plan to close on a holiday that is not observed by the city AND your dumpster will not be accessible to our trucks (behind a closed fence, etc.) please leave a message at our office at least three business days before that day to discuss other arrangements. If you do not contact us beforehand and we are unable to service your dumpster on your regular pick-up day, a return service fee will apply.

New Service Information

All new container service requests must comply with standards for container pads and enclosures for commercial containers as described in Section 110-58 prior to collection by the city.

The Commercial Foreman will assist you in determining the size of container and number of collections needed.

Commercial Container Options & Rates

The Commercial Division offers collection one to six days per week from a variety of container sizes depending on your business' needs.

Commercial Waste Reduction Resources

  1. Materials Exchange
  2. Industrial & Hazardous Waste
  3. Commercial Recycling
  4. Food Waste

Materials Exchange


As TCEQ states, "the Resource Exchange Network for Eliminating Waste (RENEW) is a free materials-exchange network established by the Texas Legislature in 1987 to promote the reuse or recycling of industrial wastes."  RENEW is online listing for materials that are generated by businesses or materials that are needed for commercial use. 

Check out the RENEW page to see what you might be able to provide or receive from another Texas business.  It could save you money!

Commercial Solid Waste Hauler Permit

(Effective January 1, 2019): All commercial haulers that collect, haul, or transport commercial solid waste from any location in the City or transport waste over any public street, alley, or highway in with the City are required to have a Commercial Solid Waste Hauler Permit.

  1. Required Forms
  2. Permit Fees
  3. Permitted Solid Waste Haulers
  4. Regulation of Operations

Required Forms


All commercial solid waste haulers requiring permits must provide the following documentation:

    • Permit Application Form

    • Vehicle List Form

    • Customer List Form

    • Proof of Insurance Coverage

Please return completed forms to:

     City of New Braunfels
     Solid Waste and Recycling Division
     550 Landa Street
     New Braunfels Texas 78130