Short answer
Where can I dump trash near Crockett, TX?
Inside the city limits, the City of Crockett runs a bulk drop-off and a recycling drop-off, and weekly curbside collection handles the bagged household trash. For bigger or mixed loads there is a transfer station near Crockett, though who runs it and what it takes are not settled in anything published. Check crocketttexas.org, or ring the City of Crockett, for current locations, hours and fees.
Where to dump it yourself near Crockett
| Nearest places to take it | Drive | Gate rate |
|---|---|---|
| Angelina County Waste Management CenterClosest | 54 mi, 63 min | $12.50 a cu yd, plus $5 unless primary |
| City of Huntsville Transfer Station | 62 mi, 70 min | $80.34 / $101.30 a ton |
| Polk County Landfill | 59 mi, 84 min | $58.00 a ton |
Rates confirmed October 2026. Full rates, hours and what catches people out.
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The numbersThe Crockett transfer station is the one gate around here that does not publish its rate anywhere online. What it costs to dump a load in East Texas has the four rates that are published, and the number to call for the one that is not.
If you live inside the Crockett city limits, your junk has three legal outlets: the weekly curbside pickup the city contracts out, the city's recycling and bulk drop-offs, and the transfer station near town. If you live in rural Houston County, the transfer station or a private hauler is usually the play. Locations, hours and fees all change, and this one is worse than most for that, so check crocketttexas.org or ring the City of Crockett before you load the truck.
That is the short version. The longer one is worth five minutes, because Houston County works a little differently than its neighbors. There is no permitted landfill anywhere in the county, so every load dropped here eventually rides a bigger truck out. The city handles its own residents, the rural stretches mostly handle themselves, and the details change often enough that the official pages are the only source worth trusting.
We are County Line Junk Disposal, a family junk hauling outfit based in Trinity, one county over, and Crockett is a straight shot up Highway 19 for us. Here is where everything goes, what the errand really involves, and when it makes sense to hand the whole thing to somebody with a dump trailer.
Does Crockett have trash pickup and a bulk drop-off?
Yes on both. The City of Crockett has weekly residential curbside collection, contracted to Piney Woods Sanitation and billed right on your city water bill. The city also runs a recycling drop-off that takes cardboard, plastic, aluminum, and tin, plus a bulk drop-off for large items, with fees that depend on size and type.
The curbside truck handles the bagged weekly household trash. The recycling drop keeps the sortable stuff moving, and the bulk drop-off is where the couch, the busted recliner, and the old water heater go. Since the bulk fee depends on what you bring and how big it is, check crocketttexas.org or call the city before you strap anything to the tailgate.
One thing worth knowing: these are city services for city residents, billed and run through the city. If your address sits outside the limits, the next two sections are for you. And if you are curious how Crockett's setup stacks up against the towns around it, we surveyed the whole area in which East Texas towns have bulk trash pickup.
Where is the dump in Houston County?
Houston County has no permitted landfill of its own. The closest thing to the dump is a transfer station near Crockett, and everything it collects gets consolidated and hauled to a landfill outside the county. Who runs it, what it takes and what it charges are all unsettled in anything published, so confirm the location, hours and rates with the City of Crockett before you drive out.
A transfer station is a middle step. You pay a fee based on your load, the station packs your junk in with everyone else's, and a bigger rig carries it all to a permitted landfill in another county. From your side of the windshield it still feels like a dump run: drive in, get checked, tip the load, pay. Nobody publishes a rate for this one, so treat any dollar figure you read on a forum as expired.
Farmers, contractors and anyone with a demolition pile tend to end up at the station rather than the city drop-offs, so describe your load on the phone before you drive out. The address is worth settling on that same call: Waste Connections still lists the site at 962 FM 229, the state register shows that address cancelled, and the one active transfer station registration in Houston County is at 400 N Durrett Dr. If you are just across the county line to the south, our Trinity County dumping guide answers the same question for that side.
What if you live outside the city limits?
Rural Houston County residents typically haul their own loads to the transfer station near Crockett or contract a private hauler for regular service, since the unincorporated parts of the county have no curbside bulk pickup. If you have heard talk of county collection stations for rural residents, check with the Houston County offices directly. We could not verify that one way or the other, and guessing helps nobody.
That covers a lot of ground, literally. Houston County runs from Grapeland down through Lovelady, and most of it is pasture, timber, and county road. A private hauler on a monthly contract handles the weekly bags for plenty of rural households, but the one-off stuff still needs a truck, a trailer, and a free Saturday: the dead washer, the shed cleanout, the pile behind the barn that has been growing since spring. That gap between the weekly can and the big haul is exactly where we work.
What about tires, fridges, and mattresses?
Plan on extra handling for all three. Freon appliances like fridges and freezers have to be de-gassed before disposal, mattresses often carry a per-item charge, and tires are the big question mark at any facility: call the transfer station before you show up with them, because tire acceptance is the kind of policy that changes without notice.
Texas keeps whole tires out of landfills, which is why every facility treats them as a special case, whether that means a fee per tire or a flat refusal at the gate. Federal rules require the refrigerant in a fridge or freezer to be recovered before the unit is crushed, so those always get routed separately.
A regular load with one fridge and a couple of tires buried in it can turn a single stop into three. On our jobs the handling is already priced in: a freon appliance adds $35 and each mattress adds $30, with the disposal done properly on our end. We cannot take tires right now.
What does a dump run really cost?
More than the gate fee. A do-it-yourself run means a truck or rented trailer, fuel both ways, the loading, the fee at the gate, surcharges on the tricky items, and often a second trip when the pile refuses to fit. Each piece is small. The stack is what gets you.
We ran the full numbers on a DIY dump day in what it costs to dump junk yourself in East Texas, and the summary goes like this. For one pickup load of light junk you can move in a single trip, doing it yourself is the cheap route and we will say so to your face.
For a garage cleanout, an estate house, or anything with concrete or roofing in it, the fees and the fuel and the lost Saturday add up to roughly what a crew costs, and the crew brings the trailer and the backs to load it.
The do-it-for-you option
If you would rather skip the gate entirely, we haul on load-size pricing: $95 for a single item, $175 for a quarter load, $325 for a half, $475 for three quarters, and $650 for a full trailer. Freon appliances add $35, mattresses add $30, and heavy debris like concrete gets weighed and quoted.
We bring the Ram, the hydraulic dump trailer, and the muscle. You point at the pile, we load it, and the number we quote in your driveway is confirmed before we lift a thing. You only pay for the space your stuff fills in the trailer.
Usable furniture leans toward donation, metal goes to scrap, and the rest goes where it is supposed to, so you make zero stops around town. Crockett and Houston County sit inside our 50-mile service area out of Trinity; travel is free within 25 miles of home base and runs about $2 a mile past that, always quoted upfront.
Skip the drive
Text a couple of photos of the pile to (936) 259-3200 and we will send a ballpark back the same day, then confirm the firm price in person before anything moves. We answer our own phone, 7 days a week, 8 AM to 6 PM, and you pay when the job is done: cash, check, or Cash App. Get a free quote, or see everything we haul around Crockett.
Questions we hear a lot
Inside the city limits, the City of Crockett runs a bulk drop-off and a recycling drop-off, and weekly curbside collection handles the bagged household trash. For bigger or mixed loads there is a transfer station near Crockett, though who runs it and what it takes are not settled in anything published. Check crocketttexas.org, or ring the City of Crockett, for current locations, hours and fees.
Crockett's weekly curbside service, contracted to Piney Woods Sanitation and billed with the city water bill, covers regular household trash. For large items the city runs a bulk drop-off where the fee depends on the item's size and type, so you bring the piece in yourself. Out in rural Houston County there is no curbside bulk service at all.
No. Houston County has no permitted landfill inside its borders. Junk dropped at the transfer station near Crockett gets consolidated and hauled to a landfill outside the county, which is why the station is the county's main drop point. What it takes and what it charges are not published, so ring the City of Crockett before you load up.
The rates are not published anywhere, and neither are the gate hours, so ring the City of Crockett and confirm the fee before you drive out. Plan on extra charges for freon appliances and mattresses, and call ahead about tires, since acceptance policies shift. Heavy material costs more because the landfill down the line bills by weight.
Yes. Crockett is a straight run up Highway 19 from our base in Trinity, well inside our 50-mile service area. We load, haul, and dispose of everything in one visit on load-size pricing, $95 for a single item up to $650 for a full trailer. Text photos to (936) 259-3200 for a same-day ballpark.