All special wastes as defined in the regulations of the DSHS and/or TCEQ shall be disposed of in accordance with the regulations of the DSHS and/or TCEQ. No person shall mix special wastes with normal solid wastes or recyclables.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
It shall be unlawful for any person to set out for collection, place within any city-owned container, transport to the city landfill for disposal, dispose of in the city landfill, or otherwise dispose of any special waste from a health care-related facility as that term is defined by the TCEQ unless such waste has been treated in accordance with applicable state and federal regulations.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to put whole tires in any disposal container to include, but not limited to, automated curbside carts, alley containers, commercial containers, compactors, or roll-offs.
(b) 
Individuals collecting tires from businesses providing services in tire replacement, repair, removal, disposal, recycling, and/or processing. Businesses shall be in compliance with 30 TAC 328 subchapter F for the management and disposal of used or scrap tires.
(c) 
It shall be unlawful to deliver to the city landfill any tire unless split, quartered, or shredded. Whole passenger and semi-truck tires may be delivered to the city transfer station and disposed of for a fee set by separate ordinance. Residents with an active solid waste account shall be able to dispose of up to four passenger tires at no cost. Whole off-the-road tires intended for use on heavy equipment will not be accepted at the city transfer station or landfill.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
It shall be unlawful for any person to set out for collection, place within any city-owned refuse container, transport to the city landfill for disposal, dispose of in the city landfill, or otherwise dispose of a lead-acid storage battery except by delivery to:
(1) 
The city transfer station;
(2) 
A battery retailer or wholesaler; or
(3) 
A collection or recycling facility authorized under the laws of this state or by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to set out for collection, place within any city-owned refuse container, transport to the city landfill for disposal, dispose of in the city landfill or otherwise dispose of any bulk or liquid waste oil or any used internal-combustion engine oil or any used internal-combustion oil filters except by delivery to a collection or recycling facility authorized to accept waste oil or used internal combustion engine filters.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) 
Intentionally discharge waste oil into a sewer, drainage system, septic tank, surface water or groundwater, watercourse, or marine water;
(2) 
Directly dispose of waste oil on land;
(3) 
Apply waste oil to roads or land for dust suppression, weed abatement, or other similar uses that introduce waste oil into the environment.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to discard or otherwise dispose of any bulk or noncontainerized liquid waste except by delivery to a disposal facility authorized to accept bulk liquid waste unless the liquid waste is household waste other than septic waste.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to discard or otherwise dispose of any container holding liquid waste unless:
(1) 
The container is a small container similar in size to containers normally found discarded in household waste;
(2) 
The container is designed to hold liquids for a use other than storage; or
(3) 
The waste is household waste.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
It shall be unlawful for any person to discard or otherwise dispose of a refrigerator, freezer, air-conditioner, or any other item containing chlorinated fluorocarbon (CFC) unless all the CFC contained in such item shall have been captured and sent to an approved CFC disposal site or recycling facility.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
It shall be unlawful for any person to discard or otherwise dispose of any polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) waste as that term is defined by the TCEQ, except by delivery to an authorized PCB disposal facility.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
It shall be unlawful for any person to discard or otherwise dispose of any regulated hazardous waste as that term is defined by the TCEQ except by delivery to an authorized hazardous waste disposal facility.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)