Plano and McKinney residents get two free drop-offs a month at the North Texas Municipal Water District's transfer stations, open Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Bring a current city utility bill and a Texas driver's license at the same address. Extra visits and remodeling debris are $80 a ton, with a one-ton minimum.
Below that, every permitted disposal site in the county from TCEQ records: 1 landfill, 1 construction-debris landfill, 4 transfer stations, 2 citizens' collection stations, 10 recycling sites and 3 compost sites. Not all of them take waste from the public, so call ahead.
Where Collin County residents can take trash
Custer Road in Plano is the only district station that takes brush and untreated wood; Parkway and Lookout take metal appliances. If you live elsewhere in Collin County, check your own city's program or call the district at (972) 727-6341. More on our Plano and McKinney pages.
Custer Road Transfer Station
Transfer Station
North Texas Municipal Water District
9901 Custer Rd, Plano, TX 75025 — entrance on Ridgeview Drive, south of SH 121 Directions ↗
Two free drop-offs per monthly utility billing cycle for Plano Environmental Waste Services customers
Bring your most recent City of Plano utility bill showing garbage service and a current Texas driver's license, both at the same address
Free loads must come in a car or pickup (trailers fine if the load is under 8 ft). Dump trailers, stake-bed trucks and box trucks pay
Extra visits and remodeling debris: $80 a ton, one-ton minimum, plus sales tax; loads with roofing shingles add a $150 surcharge — cards only
Free program takes: Furniture, mattresses, grills (no propane tanks), lawn furniture, drained mowers, bicycles and other household items up to 8 ft; brush and untreated wood (the only district site that takes them)
Won't take free: Remodeling debris (pay the gate rate), fence panels, soil, brick or concrete. Household chemicals are never accepted — book a household chemical collection through Customer Service
Metal appliances are not accepted here — take a washer or water heater to Parkway or Lookout instead.
Two free drop-offs per monthly utility billing cycle for Plano Environmental Waste Services customers
Bring your most recent City of Plano utility bill showing garbage service and a current Texas driver's license, both at the same address
Free loads must come in a car or pickup (trailers fine if the load is under 8 ft). Dump trailers, stake-bed trucks and box trucks pay
Extra visits and remodeling debris: $80 a ton, one-ton minimum, plus sales tax; loads with roofing shingles add a $150 surcharge — cards only
Free program takes: Furniture, mattresses, grills (no propane tanks), lawn furniture, drained mowers, bicycles and other household items up to 8 ft; metal appliances for recycling
Won't take free: Remodeling debris (pay the gate rate), fence panels, soil, brick or concrete. Household chemicals are never accepted — book a household chemical collection through Customer Service
Under construction until about October 2026. While the work lasts, the district says Parkway only takes household trash from residents of its member cities — Plano included. Anything else goes to Custer Road or Lookout.
Two free drop-offs per monthly utility billing cycle for Plano Environmental Waste Services customers
Bring your most recent City of Plano utility bill showing garbage service and a current Texas driver's license, both at the same address
Free loads must come in a car or pickup (trailers fine if the load is under 8 ft). Dump trailers, stake-bed trucks and box trucks pay
Extra visits and remodeling debris: $80 a ton, one-ton minimum, plus sales tax; loads with roofing shingles add a $150 surcharge — cards only
Free program takes: Furniture, mattresses, grills (no propane tanks), lawn furniture, drained mowers, bicycles and other household items up to 8 ft; metal appliances for recycling
Won't take free: Remodeling debris (pay the gate rate), fence panels, soil, brick or concrete. Household chemicals are never accepted — book a household chemical collection through Customer Service
In Richardson, but on the City of Plano's own list of drop-off sites for Plano residents — and your two free visits count here too.
Plano and McKinney residents get two free drop-offs a month at the North Texas Municipal Water District’s transfer stations: Custer Road and Parkway in Plano, and Lookout in Richardson, Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Extra visits and remodeling debris are $80 a ton, with a one-ton minimum.
Do I have to use the landfill in my own county?
Not always. Some sites take anyone who pays, but others — county citizens' collection stations and many city drop-offs especially — are for residents only and ask for proof of address. Call ahead before you drive across a county line. The city or ZIP search above sorts every nearby site by distance.
Which Collin County transfer station takes brush?
Custer Road Transfer Station, 9901 Custer Road in Plano (entrance on Ridgeview Drive), is the only North Texas Municipal Water District station that takes brush and untreated wood.
What do McKinney residents need for a free dump?
A Texas driver’s license and a City of McKinney water bill dated within 30 days, with matching addresses. That gets the first two visits a month free at Custer Road Transfer Station; dump trailers, stake-bed trucks and box trucks pay regardless.
