The Texas Disposal Systems transfer station on W. L. Walden Road in Georgetown is the main self-haul option for Williamson County north of Austin, and it is priced unusually simply: most householders pay a flat charge based on what they arrived in rather than a weighed or measured rate.

A car is $24.00, a pickup of any size is $33.00, and a trailer starts at $36.00 with $18.00 added for each cubic yard beyond the first two. Those are minimums rather than caps, but for a typical clear-out they are the whole bill, and the flat structure makes this one of the easier gates in Central Texas to budget for. Brush and green waste are cheaper still — $8.25 for any size pickup, or $8.25 a cubic yard by trailer with a one-yard minimum.

Some materials are charged separately and are worth knowing about before you load. Shingles and other roofing material run $49.00 a cubic yard with a one-yard minimum, and residential sedimentary rock is priced the same way, so a re-roofing job or a landscaping tear-out costs considerably more than the flat vehicle rate suggests. Refrigerators, freezers and household air conditioners are $45.00 per unit. Tyres range from $10.00 to $40.00 depending on size, with $15.00 more if the rim is attached.

Vehicle batteries are $6.00 each, used oil is $2.50 a gallon with a one-gallon minimum, and oil filters are $5.00 apiece. Residential recycling under one cubic yard is accepted at no charge; commercial recycling is $22.00 a cubic yard. Mattresses, box springs and sofas carry a $40.00 surcharge and sofa sleepers $80.00. An unsecured load adds $25.00 per vehicle. Telephone poles and railroad ties are refused. Opening is eight until five on weekdays and eight until three on Saturdays, with Sunday closed and sales tax added to every service.