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Find free condoms and learn other ways to prevent HIV
Find free condoms in locations across Austin, and learn ways to prevent HIV infection.
Use our free condom map to find locations in the Austin area giving them away. Locations include:
- Neighborhood centers
- Barber shops
- Liquor stores and bars
- Other easily accessible local establishments
Review steps you can take to prevent HIV.
- Always use latex condoms with your partner, especially if you do not know your partner’s HIV status.
- Practice Abstinence, the only sure way to avoid contracting HIV.
- If you and your partner are both HIV negative, being faithful in your relationship removes your risk for HIV infection.
- Don’t share needles and syringes.
- Speak to a doctor about a prescription for Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP). PrEP is taken daily to lower chances of HIV infection.
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Get your bulk items collected
Twice a year, Austin residential trash and recycling customers can place large items out on the curb to be picked up. These items include appliances, furniture, and carpet.
Use the this tool to see what bulk items can be picked up. Bulk items are items that are too large for your trash cart, such as appliances, furniture, and carpet.
Consider donating your items before placing them on the curb for pickup.
Look up your bulk pickup weeks. We only collect bulk items from Austin residential trash and recycling customers twice a year, and customers have different pickup weeks.
Review the bulk item pickup do’s and don’ts below.
Place bulk items at the curb in front of your house by 6:30 am on the first day of your scheduled collection week.
Separate items into three piles:
- Metal—includes appliances, doors must be removed
- Passenger car tires—limit of eight tires per household, rims must be removed, no truck or tractor tires
- Non-metal items—includes carpeting and nail-free lumber
The three separate piles are collected by different trucks and may be collected at different times throughout the week.
Bulk item pickup do’s and don’ts
Do not put bulk items in bags, boxes, or other containers. Bags will be treated as extra trash and are subject to extra trash fees.
Do not place any items under low hanging tree limbs or power lines.
Do not place items in an alley in any area in front of a vacant lot or in front of a business. Items will not be collected from these areas.
To prevent damage to your property, keep bulk items 5 feet away from your:
- Trash cart
- Mailbox
- Fences or walls
- Water meter
- Telephone connection box
- Parked cars
Get ready for curbside compost
The City of Austin offers curbside compost pickup for residents as part of our goal to keep 90% of materials out of landfills. Use our tool to find out what you can compost in Austin.
Place food scraps, yard trimmings, pizza boxes, food-soiled paper products, and other compostable items into your green compost cart. Use this tool to find out what you can compost. We like to say, if it grows, it goes.
Roll the green cart out to your curb before 6:30 am on your regular pickup day.
Keeping your compost cart fresh
While it is not required, there are a few things you can do to keep your compost cart from smelling bad:
- Line your compost cart with a paper bag or use BPI-certified compostable bags. If you don’t have a bag, you can put dry leaves, pizza boxes, or newspaper on the bottom of your cart. Sprinkling baking soda on the bottom will also help keep the smell down.
- Keep your compost cart in the shade if possible, and always keep the lid closed to contain the smell and to keep bugs and animals out of your cart.
Why compost?
When buried in a landfill, compostable materials do not break down as they would in nature or in a compost pile. Instead of going to a landfill, where they would release methane into the atmosphere, organic materials placed in the green carts are taken to a local composting facility, where they break down into compost. Compost helps soil retain water and fertilizes lawns and gardens without using chemicals.
Save money with your green cart
You will have less trash to throw away each week after putting food scraps and food-soiled paper in your green cart. This may allow you to downsize to a smaller, less expensive trash cart. Austin Resource Recovery offers four trash cart sizes – the smaller the cart, the less it costs each month.
Find free condoms and learn other ways to prevent HIV
Find free condoms in locations across Austin, and learn ways to prevent HIV infection.
Use our free condom map to find locations in the Austin area giving them away. Locations include:
- Neighborhood centers
- Barber shops
- Liquor stores and bars
- Other easily accessible local establishments
Review steps you can take to prevent HIV.
- Always use latex condoms with your partner, especially if you do not know your partner’s HIV status.
- Practice Abstinence, the only sure way to avoid contracting HIV.
- If you and your partner are both HIV negative, being faithful in your relationship removes your risk for HIV infection.
- Don’t share needles and syringes.
- Speak to a doctor about a prescription for Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP). PrEP is taken daily to lower chances of HIV infection.
Get immunizations for you and your family
We provide free and low-cost shots to uninsured kids and adults and Medicaid recipients.
Decide which shots you or your family members need.
- Shots for children
- DTaP, DT, or DTP
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- HPV
- Polio
- Hib
- PCV
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)
- Varicella; the chickenpox vaccine (VAR)
- Meningococcal (MCV4)
- Shots for adults
- DTaP, DT, or DTP
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- HPV
- Meningitis (through age 21)
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)
- Pneumonia
- Tdap/Td
- Varicella; the chickenpox vaccine (VAR)
- Shingles
- Shots for children
Find the clinic nearest you.
Both clinics are open the second Saturday of each month from 8 am - 12 pm, and are closed the second Wednesday of each month.
- Far South Austin Clinic
- St. John Clinic
Call (512) 972-5520 Monday through Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm to make an appointment.
Bring the required items with you to your appointment:
- Your shot records
- Your Medicaid card if you have one
- Your payment
No one is refused services if they are unable to pay.
Service Price Children's vaccine $10 per dose Adult's vaccine $25 per dose Tuberculosis (TB) test $20
Why are immunizations important?
More than one-fourth of the kids in Texas do not receive the shots they need by age two. These shots prevent the spread of contagious and life-threatening diseases. You can protect your family by keeping all shots up-to-date.
Am I eligible for immunizations from the City of Austin?
You can get shots for you and your children even if you don’t have insurance. If you’re uninsured or on Medicaid, we provide shots through 2 programs: Shots for Tots and Big Shots.
If you have health insurance, you can make an appointment for with a private doctor or healthcare clinic for your immunizations.
Child immunizations requirements
The Texas Department of State Health Services requires kids to get certain immunizations before they attend school or childcare facilities.
- Childcare immunization requirements for children under the age of five here
- Immunization requirements for students from kindergarten through 12th grade
- Immunization requirements for students entering college
Shot records
We keep records of immunizations that you received at public health clinics in Austin and Travis County, including those you received through the Shots for Tots and Big Shots programs. Get a copy of your immunization record.