06/23/2026
Save the date! Next week we will be partnering with Owen R. Hopkins Library to help answer all your recycle questions. Presentation and craft for all ages!
Find out everything concerning Solid Waste in Corpus Christi. Also, learn about the effects of trash in our city, and learn to love where you live!
Learn how to recycle and what to throw away, when your next brush pick-up is scheduled, recycling education efforts in schools, and updates on committee opportunities.
06/23/2026
Save the date! Next week we will be partnering with Owen R. Hopkins Library to help answer all your recycle questions. Presentation and craft for all ages!
06/17/2026
REMINDER โผ
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Most City of Corpus Christi offices will be closed on Friday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth.
Fridayโs garbage and recycling for zones 5 and 10 will be collected on Saturday, June 20. Please disregard the mail-out stating zones 4 and 9; those are incorrect. Zones 4 and 9 will be collected on their usual date, Thursday, June 18.
See your zone schedule at: https://www.corpuschristitx.gov/department-directory/solid-waste-services/garbage-schedules-and-maps/
06/16/2026
Last week we celebrated the workers who keep our department running smoothly! Thank you again, to all out dedicated staff members who help keep our city clean everyday.
Thank you to Card My Yard Corpus Christi- North for providing our yard signs at our two locations.
06/15/2026
Join us Wednesday night at the Corpus Christi Hooks game at Whataburger Field! Our last campaign for recycling with Can'd Aid
Look for the blue recycle carts to recycle cans and plastic drink bottles-stop by our booth to get a koozie!
06/12/2026
REMINDER TOMORROWโผ
Got storm debris? Litter Critter this Saturday can accept them!
The City of Corpus Christiโs Solid Waste Services has you covered with a FREE community paper shredding event for City residents, hosted in partnership with RBFCU and Shred-IT.
The event is happening alongside our Litter Critter event on Saturday, June 13, at the W.B. Ray High School parking lot, 1002 Texan Trail, next to the Performing Arts Center.
๐๏ธ โ๏ธPaper Shredding
9:00 a.m. to Noon*
๐Litter Critter
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
*๐๐ง ๐ด๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.
โปOrganizers are excited to announce that cardboard recycling will be offered again at this Litter Critter event. Please bring clean, empty, flattened cardboard boxes, free of any Styrofoam or packing materials.
Residents should prepare to offload their items; commercial hauling is not permitted.
Items accepted include:
โข Heavy brush
โข Bulky items
โข Household trash
โข Up to 4 standard tires
โข Metal items and household appliances
Items NOT accepted include:
โข Hazardous waste
โข Asbestos, antifreeze, brake and transmission fluid, batteries, cleaning solvents
โข Concrete
Please take these items directly to:
J.C. Elliott Transfer Station 7001 Ayers Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78415 Open Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For more information, residents should refer to the Cityโs Solid Waste Department website at
https://www.corpuschristitx.gov/depa.../solid-waste-services
06/10/2026
Brush & Bulky Set-Out Schedule for Area 3-A has begun!
Remember to set out your heavy brush and bulky piles from June 10 through June 14. Collections begin the week after the set-out dates for your area.
Brush and bulky are picked up together, but piles must be separated. Group piles by metal, non-metal, brush, and tires.
For more information, visit https://www.corpuschristitx.gov/department-directory/solid-waste-services/heavy-brush-and-bulky-items/
and click on Interactive Map to find your area.
We were happy to be able to provide educational opportunities for one of our Corpus Christi Homeschool groups this school year!
Join us for H.O.S.T - Homeschool Organization of South Texas Homeschooling 101 event open to the public this Saturday from 4pm - 8pm at First Baptist Church.
https://www.cchomeschool.com/3267/events/events_view?public=1&eventid=3827586&view=list&year=2026&month=6&viewingDay=9&categoryid=all
06/08/2026
Got storm debris? Litter Critter this Saturday can accept them!
The City of Corpus Christiโs Solid Waste Services has you covered with a FREE community paper shredding event for City residents, hosted in partnership with RBFCU and Shred-IT.
The event is happening alongside our Litter Critter event on Saturday, June 13, at the W.B. Ray High School parking lot, 1002 Texan Trail, next to the Performing Arts Center.
๐๏ธ โ๏ธPaper Shredding
9:00 a.m. to Noon*
๐Litter Critter
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
*๐๐ง ๐ด๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.
โปOrganizers are excited to announce that cardboard recycling will be offered again at this Litter Critter event. Please bring clean, empty, flattened cardboard boxes, free of any Styrofoam or packing materials.
Residents should prepare to offload their items; commercial hauling is not permitted.
Items accepted include:
โข Heavy brush
โข Bulky items
โข Household trash
โข Up to 4 standard tires
โข Metal items and household appliances
Items NOT accepted include:
โข Hazardous waste
โข Asbestos, antifreeze, brake and transmission fluid, batteries, cleaning solvents
โข Concrete
Please take these items directly to:
J.C. Elliott Transfer Station 7001 Ayers Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78415 Open Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For more information, residents should refer to the Cityโs Solid Waste Department website at
https://www.corpuschristitx.gov/depa.../solid-waste-services
06/05/2026
Most City of Corpus Christi offices will be closed on Friday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth.
Fridayโs garbage and recycling for zones 5 and 10 will be collected on Saturday, June 20. Please disregard the mail-out stating zones 4 and 9; those are incorrect. Zones 4 and 9 will be collected on their usual date, Thursday, June 18.
See your zone schedule at: https://www.corpuschristitx.gov/department-directory/solid-waste-services/garbage-schedules-and-maps/
06/04/2026
SAVE THE DATE: In need of spring cleaning? The City of Corpus Christiโs Solid Waste Services has you covered with a FREE community paper shredding event for City residents, hosted in partnership with RBFCU and Shred-IT.
The event is happening alongside our Litter Critter event on Saturday, June 13, at the W.B. Ray High School parking lot, 1002 Texan Trail, next to the Performing Arts Center.
๐๏ธ โ๏ธPaper Shredding
9:00 a.m. to Noon*
๐Litter Critter
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Cardboard recycling will also be available on-site during this time.
*๐๐ง ๐ด๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.
For more details, please read the full news release at https://cctx.info/4dVS5ik.
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