City of Sherman Recycling and Trash

The City of Sherman’s Solid Waste Department provides trash and recycling collection services for all Sherman residents, and has a very effective and comprehensive program for our city. Below are some details on the various aspects of the program.

Residential Trash Collection

All properties in Sherman receive weekly trash service. Residents are given large wheeled collection carts for both trash and also recycling. Each section of the city has a different day for collection of waste and all carts must be on the curbside, with trash inside the bins and the lids closed by 7am on their assigned day. Residents are also instructed to take the carts off the curb after pick-up and only have their bins on the curb on the day assigned for pick-up.

Trash is picked up weekly and Recycling is picked up every other week.

You are welcome to place yard trimmings inside the cart as well but it must be trimmed to fit inside the cart with the lid closing properly.

Basic charges for residential collections are: $14.00 plus tax per month for curbside pickup; $14.00 plus tax per month for alley service where allowed; $38.00 plus tax per month for Rollout Service. Additional trash carts may be requested by calling the Solid Waste Department at (903) 892-7288 or 892-7261. Charge for additional trash bins is $14.00 per month and an additional recycling bin is $3.01 plus tax (Don’t even ask why…).

If you have questions about what day your trash and recycling are collected you can call 903-892-7261.  The route map is available here and the 2010 schedule is available here.

Recycling Requirements

What is recyclable:

• All plastic bottles: all bottles and containers (#1 and #2 only) such as soft drink and water bottles, milk jugs, detergent bottles, etc. (dispose of lids)
• Cans: Empty aluminum, steel and tin cans, empty aerosol cans
• Clean paper items: including newspapers, inserts & magazines, phonebooks, junk mail and office paper
• Corrugated cardboard: shipping boxes and other regular boxes
• Boxboard: including dry food boxes such as cereal boxes with liners removed, shoe boxes, etc.
• Glass bottles and jars: all colors of bottles and jars, please no plate glass, mirrors, windows, or ceramics (dispose of lids).

What is NOT recyclable:

• Plastic bags or plastic wrap
• oil, paint or pesticide bottles or containers, or other hazardous material
• trash or yard waste
• soiled or wet newspaper
• pizza boxes
• styrofoam

Trash Drop Off Stations and Landfills

The City has a Transfer Station also for bulky trash items which is located at 800 S. East Street and accepts the following items: Brush and bulky items, $10 for first 2 yards and $5 per yard over 2 yards; tires $2.50 each; large appliances (refrigerators, stoves, etc.) $5 each; car batteries $1.50 each.

The Transfer Station is open Tuesday & Thursday from 3-5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.— 3 p.m. You must have a drivers license and current water bill showing you are a Sherman citizen.

If you have a lot of trash to dispose of you can fill up a truck or trailer and head out to the  Hillside Landfill run by Waste Management, which is open from Monday – Friday 6AM – 5PM Saturday 7AM – 12PM and is located at 1100 Nelson Road in Sherman.  The phone number is (903) 868-0310 and the charge is $40 for 1 ton or less.

Bulk Waste Collection

The city collects large item bulk waste and brush once a month.  You can get more information here.  In addition, you can schedule a special pick-up with the city.  The charge for a special pick-up is $28.00 per cubic yard with a minimum charge of $40.00.   You can schedule this service by calling (903) 892-7261.