Republic Services in Texas — Waste Franchise & Dumpster Restriction Tracker
These 12 Texas cities are tracked as having Republic Services as the waste contractor or exclusive franchise holder, according to the sources on each city page. For each city we track whether temporary construction roll-off dumpsters appear to be included, the franchise fee, the relevant ordinance, and the source documents. This is not a claim that Republic Services has acted unlawfully; always verify current requirements with the city.
Alma, Texas
An operator reports that the City of Alma had a police officer hand-deliver a letter (also mailed) stating the city has a franchise agreement with Republic Services and that the operator must use Republic for dumpster service. The letter is on file; the ordinance/franchise still needs verification.
View details →Benbrook, Texas
An operator reports being threatened with a ticket — by letter from the City of Benbrook — for keeping one of the operator’s own dumpsters in a private driveway. The letter was submitted as evidence. The exact ordinance and any exclusive contractor still need verification.
View details →Cookville, Texas
DISCLAIMER — Cookville is an unincorporated community in Titus County with no city government of its own, so it cannot pass its own ordinance. This record reflects an operator’s first-hand account that their area’s long-standing Republic Services contract was recently made exclusive, eliminating decades of customer choice despite public opposition. Because Cookville is unincorporated, the arrangement described most likely belongs to a nearby incorporated city (possibly Mount Pleasant) or a county/private arrangement. The specific governing city and ordinance still need to be confirmed.
View details →Flower Mound, Texas
According to the Town of Flower Mound Code of Ordinances § 70-261, the rules for solid waste collection are contained in the town's franchise agreement on file with the town secretary rather than in the code itself, and § 70-263 requires properties on the town's water system to use garbage service provided by “the town or its designee.” The town's designee is Republic Services. The Town's own building information packets state that, under the franchise agreement, all residential and commercial projects requiring a dumpster or roll-off for renovation and construction debris must use Republic Services. A September 2024 Town Notice of Violation reviewed by this project states that a “non-Republic dumpster” in a private driveway had to be removed because “all dumpsters in the Town must be through Republic Services.” The signed franchise agreement still needs to be obtained to confirm the fee, term, and exact scope.
View details →Hurst, Texas
The City of Hurst grants its contractor — Republic Services, under a contract awarded in October 2003 — “the sole and exclusive privilege” to provide commercial roll-off scheduled and temporary service, expressly including temporary construction dumpsters (Chapter 9.5). American AF Dumpsters reports that on December 1, 2025, a city inspector caught its driver swapping a dumpster at a two-container strip-mall job, told him he could not drop off the container, and gave 24 hours to remove both 40-yard roll-offs — costing the company significant revenue on a job that required frequent turns.
View details →Jefferson, Texas
An operator reports that Jefferson, Texas restricts independent dumpster companies. The City Administrator/City Secretary has stated in writing that Republic Services is the city's "only approved vendor... set by ordinance," but the published solid waste code (Chapter 74) contains no exclusive-franchise provision and appears to allow property owners to use private haulers for construction debris at their own expense. The apparent conflict needs verification against any separate franchise agreement.
View details →Kaufman, Texas
The City of Kaufman (Kaufman County) has an exclusive garbage-collection franchise: § 12.03.039 of the city code makes it unlawful for anyone other than the city's franchisee to engage in the business of garbage collection, and the city identifies Republic Services as its solid waste provider. An operator reports the franchise covers both weekly trash and roll-off dumpsters, and that the city has threatened to pull construction companies' permits over non-franchise dumpsters — costing the operator multiple jobs. The ordinance itself does not expressly mention roll-offs, and § 12.03.038(a) allows owners and contractors to self-haul construction waste to the city convenience station. The franchise agreement needs review to confirm roll-off coverage.
View details →Kilgore, Texas
An operator reports that Kilgore, Texas is an exclusive market that shuts out independent dumpster companies. The city ordinance and exclusive contractor still need verification.
View details →Marshall, Texas
Marshall’s Code of Ordinances (Chapter 14, Ord. O-03-03) makes the city/its designated agent — Republic Services — the EXCLUSIVE provider of residential and commercial garbage, recycling, and construction-debris collection; § 14-5 requires exclusive use of the city’s service, and § 14-3 sets penalties up to $2,000. An operator reports the exclusivity forces customers to Republic at higher prices and slower service, and that the steep penalties create fear of choosing a local provider.
View details →North Richland Hills, Texas
According to a field report from an independent dumpster operator, the City of North Richland Hills directs property owners to a required hauler (reported as Republic Services) for waste containers. The report describes the city telling a property owner doing a commercial cleanout and remodel that they had 24 hours to remove a privately rented 40-yard roll-off or face fines and to switch to Republic. The operator reports that Republic then could not swap the full dumpster for 3–5 days, so the customer brought the independent operator back to finish the job. The ordinance, franchise agreement, and provider details still need verification from city documents.
View details →San Benito, Texas
San Benito's code of ordinances gives the city's refuse contractor what the code describes as the sole and exclusive franchise for residential, commercial, industrial and construction refuse collection inside the city limits, and § 13.08.005 requires every family unit and commercial unit to subscribe to the city or the city's contractor. The city's website identifies Republic Services (BFI) as the contractor. Because the code's exclusivity language expressly names construction refuse, and because Article 13.08 defines construction debris as part of commercial and industrial refuse, temporary construction roll-off dumpsters appear to fall inside the exclusive franchise. An operator separately reports receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the franchised hauler covering San Benito and other Rio Grande Valley cities; that letter has been requested but not yet reviewed. The franchise contract has not been obtained, and no franchise fee percentage has been identified.
View details →Whitehouse, Texas
An operator reports that Republic Services holds an exclusive solid waste franchise with the City of Whitehouse. After the operator placed a roll-off near the city limit in late 2025, a Republic operations manager warned of city fines and — when the city itself never followed up — allegedly had the operator blocked from dumping at the Republic-operated public landfill in Tyler until the operator contacted him. Because that was the operator’s primary disposal site, the operator was forced to pull the dumpster. The episode raises concern about a private competitor enforcing a municipal franchise by restricting access to a public landfill.
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