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Garbage & Recycling

Solid Waste Services provides residents with garbage, recycling, bulk, and yard waste curbside collections. Additional waste reduction services include the Drop-Off Stations, Environmental Collection Center, food composting, paper shredding, Styrofoam collection, and litter programs through Keep Fort Worth Beautiful.

Garbage Service

Fort Worth provides residential curbside garbage pickup one time per week in the residents' choice of three brown cart sizes.

Recycling

By reusing and recycling more, Fort Worth residents can have less trash and save space at the city landfill. But you have to recycle right!

Yard Trimmings

By reusing and recycling more, Fort Worth residents can have less trash and save space at the city landfill. But you have to recycle right!

Residential Food Scrap Composting Pilot Program

Recognizing the city’s landfill is filling up with materials that do not belong there, the city is advancing initiatives intended to divert materials away from the landfill that can be either reused, recycled, mulched or composted.

Bulk Waste Collection

Monthly curbside collection at residential homes of items that are too large, heavy, or bulky to fit in the brown garbage cart for normal garbage pickup.

Drop-off Stations

Drop-off stations are open to Fort Worth homeowners and some renters for disposal of trash, brush, recyclables, household chemicals and donated items.

Commercial Waste & Recycling

City Council has approved the following waste service providers to operate in Fort Worth under the city’s Grant of Privilege.

Disposal of Medicine and Medical Waste

Storing unwanted and expired medications at home presents a risk for drug abuse or overdose for consumers as well as children and pets. did you know it can affect the environment too?

Electronic Recycling

The City of Fort Worth currently does not accept electronics for recycling, only disposal.

Reuse Items and Donating Usable Items

Living in a city the size of Fort Worth makes it easy to find a charity or donation center that will accept unwanted items and help get them into the hands of someone that can use them.

Household Hazardous Waste

Chemicals, detergents, petroleum products, pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers are stormwater pollutants.

Shred day is every day

The City of Fort Worth is now offering paper shredding to Fort Worth residents every day.

Disabled Carryout Service

If you are physically unable to take carts to the curb and would like to apply for assistance, call 817-392-1234 or download the form below. You'll need three copies: the original goes to Solid Waste and you and doctor may wish to keep copies on file. Download the explanatory letter(PDF, 24KB) and Disabled Carryout Service Application(PDF, 405KB).(PDF, 24KB)

Programs

Solid Waste Comprehensive Plan

The City of Fort Worth's new 2017 – 2037 Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan was unanimously approved in Sept. 2017. This plan is a purposeful effort to re-think and re-evaluate the very notion of 'waste' and creates plans to turn today's 'waste' into resources for tomorrow. Learn more »

Keep Fort Worth Beautiful

Keep Fort Worth Beautiful works to educate and engage Fort Worth residents to take responsibility for improving their community environment. Learn more about the program »

Business Smart

Join the Business Smart program to become a leader in environmental practices while increasing your bottom line. Going “green” just makes sense for your business, your customers, and your city. Learn More »

Customer Service

For questions or to report an issue by phone:
817-392-1234

The call center is open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

Assistant Director:
Robert Smouse

Download Garbage & Recycling APP

Get collection reminders and look up how to dispose of waste on your smartphone with the new City of Fort Worth Garbage & Recycling app.

Download the app

Bulk Pickup Guidelines

(PDF, 449KB)

We're on the way, be ready when we get there! (PDF, 449KB)

Have all material placed on the curb by 7a.m. Monday morning of your scheduled collection week.
Create one neatly stacked bulk pile. Select image to learn more.
Any items that will fit in your brown garbage cart are not bulk and should be put in plastic bags and put in your brown garbage cart.
Large Limbs means over 4 inches in diameter or up to 8 feet long. Brush smaller than this is yard waste and can't be collected weekly as part of your yard waste collection, if it is seperated from large limbs/bulk pile.