Frisco’s trash day just got an upgrade. Circular Services is now running a 120,000-square-foot materials recovery facility on PGA Parkway, a sprawling plant city officials are billing as a regional recycling hub for Frisco and nearby North Texas communities. The new operation is set up to handle single-stream curbside material and, if all goes according to plan, keep far more recyclables out of the landfill while cutting down haul times for collection trucks.
According to a post from the city, public works assistant director Jeremy Starritt was on hand for the grand opening, where officials said the new MRF “serves Frisco and other North Texas communities” and will divert more recyclables from the waste stream, reducing what goes to the landfill. The city also noted that recycling trucks should be able to reach and complete routes earlier in the day because processing is now closer to collection routes, in an update shared by the City of Frisco on X.
Circular Services is now operating a 120,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art materials recovery facility (MRF) on PGA Parkway in Frisco. Jeremy Starritt, Public Works Assistant Director, attended today’s grand opening and shared how having a MRF right here in Frisco benefits residents.… pic.twitter.com/8ZaDOgYkFj
— City of Frisco,Texas (@CityOfFriscoTx) April 16, 2026
Circular Services, which first broke ground on the site in March 2025, describes the Frisco facility as roughly a $61 million investment equipped with high-recovery sortation equipment, solar panels and electric-vehicle charging stations. Circular Services also said the building includes a resident drop-off center and is expected to create about 50 to 53 full-time environmental jobs once operations ramp up.
What This Means for Frisco Trash Day
Local coverage has zeroed in on the plant’s role in a broader regional recycling network. Community Impact reported that Balcones Recycling, a Circular Services company, will operate the MRF and market recovered commodities primarily to North American buyers. Community Impact also places the facility on PGA Parkway just east of the Dallas North Tollway, a corridor that has quickly turned into prime territory for industrial and logistics projects.
For residents, the city says the closer processing hub should let collection vehicles cover routes more quickly, which could shift pickup windows and cut the miles driven per route. Officials are pitching the MRF as a regional asset that should improve recovery rates and ease pressure on area landfills as operations stabilize.
Jobs, Supply Chain and What Comes Next
Circular Services has described the location as a “circularity campus” where municipalities and commercial customers can co-locate services, education and material trading, and the company says the site will help stabilize local commodity flows. In its announcement, Circular Services also said it expects the plant to support roughly 50 jobs and that it will offer tours and community outreach as the operation comes fully online.
The city is advising Frisco residents to keep an eye out for notices from the public works department or their hauler about any changes to pickup times as crews adjust to new route geometry. For now, the grand opening marks a concrete expansion of recycling infrastructure along the fast-growing North Texas corridor, with the real-world impact set to show up on the curb in the coming months.
