Waste Connections in Texas — Waste Franchise & Dumpster Restriction Tracker
These 5 Texas cities are tracked as having Waste Connections 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 Waste Connections has acted unlawfully; always verify current requirements with the city.
Carthage, Texas
An operator reports that Carthage is an exclusive market under City ordinance § 30-19, closing the market to independent dumpster companies. The exact ordinance language and contractor still need verification.
View details →Frisco, Texas
An operator reports that Frisco, Texas forced removal of the operator’s containers from job sites and private residences, sometimes threatening customers with fines. The exact ordinance and any exclusive or approved-hauler arrangement still need verification.
View details →Manvel, Texas
Manvel changed its approach: outside roll-off companies may operate, but they must register with the city, pay registration/franchise fees, follow franchise rules, and report twice a year (Chapter 56). Because haulers can register rather than one company holding exclusive rights, Manvel is rated Restricted. An operator confirms the city now charges a fee or percentage to place dumpsters in the city.
View details →Midlothian, Texas
The City of Midlothian requires every home and business inside the city limits to use a single, city-designated hauler. Under § 13.06.001(b) of the city code, all residential, commercial, and industrial premises “shall be required to use the solid waste disposal and recycling services provided by the City through a company designated in a franchise” — currently Waste Connections Lone Star, Inc. Records released under a Texas Public Information Act request confirm the arrangement in detail: the hauler pays the city a franchise fee of 10% of gross revenues collected in the city, built into published customer rates, plus free trash service for every city facility and city event. The city’s ledger shows $390,969.23 in garbage franchise fees for fiscal year 2019–20, the most recent full year in the release. The same records show the city actively enforcing the exclusive against competing haulers: the franchised hauler reports rival roll-off containers to city staff, and staff use code enforcement, the building-permit process, and the threat of stop-work “red tag” orders to have them removed. This is a factual summary of public records, not an allegation of wrongdoing — enforcing an exclusive municipal franchise is lawful.
View details →Waxahachie, Texas
The City of Waxahachie is the defendant in a pending Texas constitutional challenge to exclusive construction-dumpster franchises. According to the petition filed June 24, 2026 in the District Court of Ellis County (40th Judicial District, Cause No. 120964), the city entered an exclusive franchise agreement with Waste Connections LLC in October 2020, effective April 2021, and adopted Ordinance No. 3244 in January 2021 adding Sections 14-15 and 14-29 to the city code. The petition quotes Section 14-15 as granting the city's contracted agent the "sole and exclusive franchise, license and privilege" over "construction garbage" collection and as committing the city to "take any action necessary and appropriate to protect and enforce" that exclusivity, and states that Section 14-29 makes a violation a misdemeanor carrying a fine of up to $2,000 per violation per day. The plaintiffs allege the city enforced this against a contractor in December 2025 by threatening fines and a permit hold until a competitor's dumpster was swapped for the franchisee's. The suit claims violations of Article I, Sections 3, 19, and 26 of the Texas Constitution. These are allegations in a pending case; the city has not been found to have violated any law, and the franchise fee percentage has not yet been verified from city documents.
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