Cowtown Great American Cleanup

The Cowtown Great American Cleanup is our largest annual litter cleanup and beautification event of the year. Each spring, thousands of volunteers across the city join together to do beautiful things for Fort Worth. Schools, churches, businesses, community organizations, families and individuals are all welcome to participate!

Cowtown Cleanup registration is now closed. Thank you to all of our incredible volunteers for helping make this event a success! We appreciate your time, energy, and commitment to keeping Fort Worth beautiful. Be sure to submit your cleanup results using the link below:

Submit your results!

Post Event Wrap-Up

If you participated at a pre-selected cleanup hub, report your cleanup totals directly to your hub site leader at the conclusion of the cleanup. Your hub leader will collect and submit results on behalf of the group. Take all filled trash bags to the designated collection area at your hub for pick up.

If you cleaned up a self-selected public location, submit your cleanup totals using the online wrap-up form after completing your cleanup. Then use one of the options below to properly dispose of filled trash bags:
1. Option A. MyFW App
  Use the MyFW App to request a pickup. Be sure to include the bag location, a brief description of the area, and photos.
2. O ption B. Drop-Off Station
  Take your filled trash bags to one of the City’s four Drop-Off Stations. Vouchers provided at registration are required to use Drop-Off Stations if you do not live within Fort Worth city limits or if you live in an apartment.
3. Option C. Residential Collection
  Dispose of filled trash bags through your regular residential garbage collection, following standard residential garbage and recycling guidelines. Visit fortworthtexas.gov/solidwaste for more information
4. Option D. Customer Call Center
  
  Call (817) 392-1234 to request a pickup and be prepared to share the bag location and a brief description of the area.

Trashion Fashion Show

Trash + Fashion = Trashion! Keep Fort Worth Beautiful encourages everyone to use less by choosing to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Our annual Trashion Fashion Show invites creators to design outfits made from at least 50% discarded or recyclable materials. It’s a fun, creative challenge that turns everyday items into runway-ready looks.

2026 Trashion Fashion Show Participants

This year, 20 participants took the stage across two divisions, showcasing original designs made from items that might have otherwise been thrown away.


Youth Category (Ages 17 & Under)		Adult Category (Ages 18 & Over)

2026 Trashion Fashion Show Winners

2026 Trashion Fashion Winners

Youth Division

First Place: You’ve Lost Your Muchness! — Lily Chumchal (materials: Soda tabs, buttons, repurposed jewelry (including broken watches), scrap fabric, shopping bags and food wrappers, book pages and newspaper, used notecards, cardboard, vintage spoons, paint, hot glue)
Second Place: The Patch Princess — Gavin French & Alexa Torres (materials: muslin and recycled patches)
Third Place: Fashion Princess — Aliah Alcala, Dafne Gonzalez & Ginna Canas (materials: magazines, tissue paper, elastic, tape, plastic wrap, ribbon, cardboard)

Adult Division

First Place: Cord Chaos Couture — Rayanna Hosokawa (materials: USB and computer cables (charging cords, ethernet, audio/video, headphones), meal delivery insulation, fabric remnants, worn clothing, cardboard, paint sticks, milk containers)
Second Place: Something to Wear — Melynda Lowe (materials: Plastic packaging, hay bale netting, onion bags, balloons, plastic tablecloths, ribbon scraps, Mardi Gras beads, tape (electrical), Velcro, paint, hot glue)
Third Place: Reduce, Reuse, Rewind — Natalie Jaecks (materials: VHS tapes, CD's, gum wrappers, and bubble wrap)

Honorable Mentions

Most Creative Material: Free People — Kenadi Clayborne and Jakayla Clopton (materials: Free People packaging, muslin, and fabric)
Most Reused Material: Macroplastic Water Fairy — Heather Berryman, Sophia Hissom, Hope Mathis, Emily Gee, and Zoey Suasnover (materials: plastic film and materials disposed in the City of Fort Worth at Drop-Off Stations, illegal dumping, and city facility waste)
Most Varied Materials: Cowtown Clara — Shanna Cisneros (materials: Feed sacks, paper bags, bottle caps, twist ties and wire, tape (duct and clear), aluminum cans, sponge paintbrushes, magazine cutouts)