This facility is permitted and registered through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). This agency regulates all Landfills and Transfer Stations within the State of Texas. In order to stay in compliance and not violate any TCEQ rules, Republic Services requires that all visitors cross through the scales prior to unloading recyclables. This is so that the visitor can be acknowledged, and determined by the scale house attendant that only authorized items are brought into the facility. Be advised that crossing the scales is not so your vehicle can be weighed, but rather so your vehicle can be accounted for. Furthermore, radiation monitors are located on both sides of the scale. This is to ensure that any unauthorized waste which may contain radiation is screened and prohibited from entering the site. This is a requirement to protect the site, and most importantly, the safety of all visitors. Below are some reminders and what you should expect when arriving at the drop off site – 

• Enter through the scales and stop at the attendant's office
• Proceed to the dumpsters and follow all directional signs
• When finished, you may bypass the outbound scale and proceed to the exit
• Do not place any recyclables in bags
• This is a single stream collection facility and sorting is not required
• Do not place any unauthorized materials or soiled items into the dumpsters
• Rinse all items that contained food or liquids
• Glass and electronics are not allowed

Allowed Recyclables

• Aluminum products: Cans, foil, pie plates. Please be sure there is no remaining food or liquid in the container.
• Cardboard: Cereal boxes, Kleenex boxes, pizza boxes, soap bar boxes, paper towel inserts, soft drink boxes, moving boxes, product shipment boxes. No waxed or plastic coated cardboard items
• Magazines: Magazines, catalogs, telephone books

• Mixed paper: Direct mail, envelopes, colored paper, post it notes.  No tissues or paper towels
• Newsprint: Newspaper and inserts
• Plastics: #1, #2, #5. Remove lids from bottled items. Please be sure there is no remaining food or liquid in the container.
• Shredded paper: Must be placed in paper bags ONLY.
• Steel/tin cans: Metal cans and lids (labels do not have to be removed). Please be sure there is no remaining food or liquid in the cans.
• White paper: Office paper, notebook paper, office printer paper