The City of Pasadena runs its municipal landfill at 550 Old Genoa-Red Bluff Road. The address sits in Houston, 77034, which is why it is filed here under Houston even though the operator is Pasadena - worth knowing if you are searching by city.

Pasadena residents get one free tip a month: a single load of up to two cubic yards of household refuse, roughly what fits in a half-ton pickup. Go over that and the charge starts at a $140.00 minimum and varies from there, so a genuine house clearance is an expensive trip rather than a free one.

The proof-of-residency rule here is stricter than almost anywhere else in this directory, and it is the thing most likely to send you home. You need a valid Texas driving licence and a current original Pasadena water bill whose address matches the licence. Photocopies are explicitly refused. A phone photo of the bill is not the original.

Two more rules govern the load itself. Nothing may stand higher than the top of a traditional pickup truck frame, and the load must be tarped - arrive uncovered and a $10.00 surcharge is added. Commercial refuse is not permitted under the residential allowance at all.

The city does not publish opening times for the landfill itself on its refuse page, and the hours shown elsewhere on the city site belong to the Sanitation department rather than the gate. Rather than guess, ring the landfill directly on 281-464-9797 before setting out.