Recycling Centers in Texas
1,321 recycling locations in 308 cities. Choose a city to see hours, what each center accepts, and who pays cash.
Texas at a glance: 851 recycling centers, 276 scrap yards, 157 electronics recyclers, 25 household hazardous waste facilities, 9 transfer stations. Texas has no statewide bottle deposit, so scrap yards are the main way to get paid for cans and metal.
Top cities for recycling in Texas
- Houston246 locations
- Dallas110 locations
- Austin55 locations
- San Antonio53 locations
- Fort Worth45 locations
- El Paso38 locations
- Brownsville17 locations
- Tyler16 locations
- Garland15 locations
- Arlington14 locations
- Carrollton14 locations
- Plano13 locations
- Irving13 locations
- Lubbock12 locations
- Laredo10 locations
- Grand Prairie10 locations
- Denton9 locations
- Pasadena9 locations
- San Angelo9 locations
- Spring9 locations
- Corpus Christi8 locations
- Amarillo8 locations
- Conroe8 locations
- McAllen7 locations
All Texas cities
- Abilene 4
- Alamo 4
- Aledo 2
- Alice 2
- Allen 2
- Alpine 1
- Alton 2
- Alvarado 4
- Alvin 3
- Amarillo 8
- Andrews 1
- Anson 1
- Anthony 1
- Aransas Pass 1
- Arlington 14
- Athens 2
- Atlanta 1
- Austin 55
- Azle 2
- Bacliff 1
- Balch Springs 4
- Bandera 1
- Bardwell 2
- Bastrop 3
- Bay City 3
- Baytown 3
- Beaumont 7
- Bedford 2
- Beeville 1
- Bellville 1
- Belton 1
- Bertram 1
- Big Sandy 1
- Big Spring 3
- Boerne 1
- Boling 2
- Bonham 1
- Bowie 2
- Breckenridge 2
- Brenham 4
- Bridgeport 1
- Brookshire 2
- Brookston 1
- Brownfield 1
- Brownsville 17
- Brownwood 2
- Bryan 2
- Burleson 3
- Caldwell 1
- Canton 1
- Canutillo 1
- Carrollton 14
- Carthage 1
- Cedar Creek 1
- Cedar Hill 1
- Cedar Park 3
- Center 2
- Center Point 1
- Cleburne 2
- Cleveland 3
- Clute 1
- College Station 2
- Commerce 1
- Conroe 8
- Coppell 5
- Corpus Christi 8
- Corsicana 1
- Crockett 1
- Crosby 1
- Cuero 1
- Cypress 2
- Daingerfield 1
- Dallas 110
- Dayton 1
- Decatur 1
- Del Rio 1
- Del Valle 1
- Denison 2
- Denton 9
- Dickinson 2
- Dilley 1
- Donna 4
- Eagle Pass 2
- East Bernard 1
- Eastland 1
- Edinburg 5
- El Campo 1
- Electra 1
- El Paso 38
- Ennis 1
- Euless 2
- Fairfield 1
- Farmers Branch 7
- Fayetteville 1
- Floresville 1
- Flower Mound 6
- Forest Hill 2
- Forney 4
- Fort Cavazos 1
- Fort Worth 45
- Fredericksburg 3
- Freeport 3
- Fresno 2
- Friendswood 1
- Frisco 3
- Gainesville 3
- Galena Park 1
- Galveston 3
- Garland 15
- Gatesville 1
- Georgetown 6
- Giddings 1
- Gilmer 1
- Godley 1
- Gonzales 1
- Goodrich 1
- Graham 1
- Granbury 1
- Grand Prairie 10
- Grapevine 1
- Greenville 3
- Gregory 4
- Haltom City 1
- Hamilton 1
- Harlingen 2
- Henderson 1
- Hereford 1
- Hidalgo 1
- Hillsboro 1
- Hitchcock 1
- Hockley 1
- Holland 1
- Hondo 1
- Houston 246
- Huffman 1
- Humble 5
- Huntsville 4
- Hurst 1
- Hutchins 6
- Hutto 2
- Ingleside 1
- Irving 13
- Jacinto City 1
- Jacksonville 4
- Jarrell 2
- Jasper 1
- Joshua 1
- Justin 1
- Katy 5
- Kaufman 4
- Kempner 2
- Kennedale 4
- Kerrville 2
- Kilgore 1
- Killeen 3
- Kingsville 2
- Krum 1
- La Blanca 1
- Ladonia 1
- La Grange 1
- Lamesa 2
- Lancaster 2
- La Porte 1
- Laredo 10
- Lavon 1
- League City 1
- Lewisville 4
- Liberty 1
- Lincoln 1
- Little Elm 1
- Livingston 2
- Longview 7
- Los Fresnos 2
- Lubbock 12
- Lufkin 6
- Luling 1
- Mabank 1
- Magnolia 2
- Manor 1
- Mansfield 3
- Manvel 1
- Marble Falls 1
- Marion 1
- Marlin 1
- Marshall 3
- Mart 1
- McAllen 7
- McDade 1
- McKinney 6
- Medina 1
- Melissa 2
- Mercedes 1
- Mesquite 1
- Midland 6
- Midlothian 2
- Milano 1
- Mission 3
- Monahans 1
- Mount Pleasant 2
- Mt Pleasant 3
- Mt Vernon 1
- Nacogdoches 3
- Navasota 1
- New Braunfels 7
- New Caney 5
- Nixon 1
- North Richland Hills 1
- Odessa 7
- Olmito 1
- Orange 2
- Palacios 1
- Palestine 2
- Paris 3
- Pasadena 9
- Pearland 2
- Penitas 1
- Pflugerville 2
- Pickton 1
- Pinehurst 1
- Pittsburg 3
- Plainview 1
- Plano 13
- Pointblank 1
- Point Blank 1
- Port Arthur 1
- Porter 1
- Port Isabel 1
- Port Neches 1
- Presidio 1
- Princeton 1
- Quinlan 1
- Ravenna 1
- Red Oak 1
- Reno 1
- Rhome 1
- Richardson 7
- Richmond 1
- Rio Vista 1
- Rising Star 1
- River Oaks 1
- Robinson 1
- Robstown 1
- Rockwall 1
- Rosenberg 2
- Round Rock 5
- Round Top 1
- Rowlett 2
- Royse City 4
- San Angelo 9
- San Antonio 53
- San Benito 2
- San Juan 2
- San Marcos 5
- San Saba 1
- Sansom Park 1
- Santa Fe 2
- Sealy 1
- Seguin 4
- Seven Points 1
- Shallowater 1
- Shepherd 1
- Sherman 4
- Silsbee 1
- Sinton 1
- Smithville 1
- Snyder 1
- Socorro 6
- South Houston 4
- Southlake 2
- South Padre Island 1
- Spring 9
- Springtown 2
- Stafford 6
- Stephenville 2
- Sugar Land 5
- Sulphur Springs 3
- Sunnyvale 1
- Sweeny 1
- Sweetwater 1
- Taylor 1
- Terrell 4
- Texarkana 3
- Texas City 4
- The Woodlands 1
- Tomball 1
- Tyler 16
- University Park 1
- Uvalde 1
- Vernon 2
- Victoria 6
- Vinton 1
- Waco 7
- Waller 2
- Waskom 1
- Watauga 2
- Waxahachie 5
- Weatherford 1
- Webster 1
- Weslaco 1
- West Orange 1
- Wharton 2
- White Settlement 1
- Wichita Falls 5
- Wills Point 3
- Wilmer 2
- Wimberley 1
- Windcrest 1
- Woodville 1
Texas recycling questions
How many recycling centers are there in Texas?
We list 1,321 recycling locations across 308 cities in Texas, including drop-off centers, scrap yards and specialty recyclers. Houston has the most, with 246.
Does Texas pay for cans and bottles?
Texas does not have a statewide bottle deposit law, so there is no standard deposit refund. Scrap yards often pay by the pound for loose aluminum cans, and the price changes with the metals market. Call ahead to confirm the current rate.