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Allen
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Co-mingled curbside collection in bins.
Materials: Tin food and drink cans, aluminum and steel cans, plastic bottles (numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 – these numbers are found on the bottom of most plastic items inside a triangle), all colors of unbroken glass bottles and jars. Newspapers, phone books, magazines, catalogs and junk mail can be placed in the bottom of the recycle bin or in a paper bag next to the bin. Yardwaste recycling: The yardwaste recycling program takes flattened and bundled cardboard, yard debris (leaves and grass clippings in kraft yardwaste bags), and tree trimmings and limbs that are no longer than 4 feet in length, in bundles no larger than 2 feet tall and weighing less than 50 pounds. Drop-off center: BFI Recycling Center, 4200 E. 14th Street, Plano, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturdays only. The Custer Road Transfer Station at 9901 Custer Road is open Monday through Saturday (closed on major holidays) from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Transfer Station takes cardboard and large appliances for recycling; also used motor oil, used oil filters and antifreeze.
Household hazardous waste: The Household Hazardous Waste Program picks up unwanted household chemicals from Allen residents. Chemicals are collected by appointment only. Call the recycling coordinator to schedule a collection.
Information: City of Allen recycling/solid waste/HHW coordinator, 972-727-0179. Web site: www.cityofallen.org

Flower Mound
Details: Curbside with bin.
Materials: newspapers, magazines, box board, phone books, chipboard, corrugated cardboard, junk mail, high-grade white paper, plastics #1-#2, aluminum and metal cans, all colors glass bottles or jars. Drop-off center: Residents may drop off brush, household appliances, furniture and other large items at the BFI Landfill, 801 E. College St., Lewisville. Hours: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.
Household hazardous waste: Contact Environmental Health Services/Code Enforcement for collection schedule, 972-874-6340.
Information: 972-539-7378. Web site: www.flower-mound.com (Click on Community Info.).

Farmers Branch
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Collection sites around the city.
Locations for all recyclables:
·Citizen’s Collection Site, 1349 Valley View Lane.
·Oran Good Park, Tom Field Road and Valley View Lane.
For paper only:
·First Baptist Church, 13017 William Dodson Parkway.
·Christian Center Church, 13505 Josey Lane.
·Valwood Park Baptist Church, 2727 Valwood Parkway.
·St. Paul Lutheran Church, 13605 Webb Chapel Rd.
·Webb Chapel Church of Christ, 13425 Webb Chapel Rd.
·Southwest Baptist Church, 3050 Fyke Rd.
Materials: newspaper, aluminum cans, clear glass, #2 plastics and #1 two-liter plastic soft-drink bottles. Drop-off center: Citizen's Collection Site, 1349 Valley View Lane. Hours: 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday through Monday.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-553-1765.
Information: City's public works department at 972-919-2597. Web site: www.ci.farmers-branch.tx.us.

Frisco
Recycling since: 1994
Details: Curbside with recycling bin.
Materials: plastics #1-#5 and #7; glass, colored and white; aluminum and steel cans; newspapers, magazines, phone books and yard waste. Annual tonnage: 1,931 Drop-off center: For apartment tenants and residents living within or outside city limits. No commercial accounts. Located at 6726 Walnut St., Frisco. Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Saturday.
Household hazardous waste: Household Hazardous Waste Collection and Re-Use Center for Frisco residents only, driver’s license and copy of Frisco water bill required. At 6726 Walnut St., Frisco. Monday-Friday by appointment, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday. Accepts paints, thinners, solvents, old gasoline, used oil, antifreeze, pool and household chemicals. What's new or next: Grants have been given for a recycling campaign and to establish standards for construction debris recycling.
Information: Environmental Services, 972-335-5519. Web site: www.ci.frisco.tx.us

McKinney
Recycling since: 1989
Details: Curbside comingled service with bin.
Materials: newspaper; plastic containers #1-#2 ; aluminum and other metal cans; glass bottles and jars. Drop-off center: Residents can drop materials, including curbside materials plus cardboard and automobile batteries, at the IESI Materials Recovery Facility, 721 Anderson St., McKinney. Hours: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturdays.
Household hazardous waste: Call for collection (residential quantities only). May also be handled by commercial facilities - such as Heat Energy Advanced Technology, 4460 Singleton Blvd., Dallas - for a fee; call 214-637-6460. Waste oil may be taken to: McKinney landfill, 500 Old Mill Road, McKinney, or Custer Road Transfer Station, 9901 Custer Road, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. What’s new or next: Grant has enabled a one-time household hazardous waste collection event, 8 a.m.-noon July 12.
Information: 1-972-547-7385. Web site: www.mckinneytexas.org.

Plano
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Automated single-stream biweekly collection with 95 gallon cart. Primarily alley collection.
Materials: newspapers, magazines and catalogs, junk mail, office and school paper, phone books, paper grocery sacks, small cardboard boxes, chipboard and box board, aluminum, steel and tin cans, plastic bottles #1-#2, empty aerosol cans, glass.
Drop-off centers: Drop-off container, always open, at Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road. Trinity Recycling Center, 4200 E. 14th St.
Household hazardous waste: Residents can call 972-769-4150 to arrange for a pickup of hazardous materials. Re-use Center: Plano has a Re-use Center, 4110 W. Plano Parkway, where residents can pick up free items - such as paint, cleaning supplies, automotive items, etc. - two days a week: March through April 5-7 p.m. Mondays and 9-11 a.m. Saturdays; May through November 5-7 p.m. Mondays and 9-11 a.m. Saturdays; December through February 5-7 p.m. Mondays and 9-11 a.m. on the third Saturday of the month. Residents can also purchase prepackaged bags of compost - called Plano Pure - from the city's warehouse, 4100 W. Plano Parkway. The 40-pound bags are $4. Computer recycling: 9-11 a.m. on the third Saturday of each month. Bring to 4120 W. Plano Parkway.
Information: 972-769-4150. Web site: www.planotx.org.

Addison
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with green bins. Pickup every Monday.
Materials: Newspapers, magazines, office paper, telephone books, #1-#7 plastic bottles, glass bottles, aluminum and metal cans.
Household hazardous waste: Batteries, anti-freeze, oil filters, pool chemicals and paint may be taken to the Addison Service Center, 16801 Westgrove Drive, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Information: Addison Public Works Department at 972-450-2840. Web site: www.ci.addison.tx.us.

Carrollton
Recycling since: 1993
Details: Curbside with blue bin.
Materials: newspaper (including inserts), aluminum cans, all colors food and beverage container glass, steel food cans and plastic bottles #1-#2. Drop-off center: Carrollton residents may bring recyclables to the drop-off center, Weyerhaeuser Containerboard Packaging & Recycling, 2015 Country Club Drive. Hours: 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Materials include mixed paper and corrugated, flattened cardboard.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste network. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-553-1765.
Information: 972-466-4950. Web site: www.cityofcarrollton.com

Coppell
Recycling since: 1991
Details: Curbside with recycle bin.
Materials: aluminum, tin cans, glass, plastics #1-#7, drink boxes, empty steel paint cans, aerosol cans, newspaper, telephone books, magazines. Houshold hazardous waste: May be handled by commercial facilities - such as Heat Energy Advanced Technology, 4460 Singleton Blvd., Dallas - for a fee.
Information: 214-637-6460 or the see the HEAT Web site.
Drop-off centers: All schools within city limits have Abitibi Consolidated Recycling Bins for newspapers, office paper, catalogs, magazines. Education: To reduce paper and organic waste, the city uses Community Organic Recycling Education (CORE). The program includes master composter classes, compost carnivals and teacher training.
Information: 972-462-5100. Web site: www.ci.coppell.tx.us

Dallas
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with approved blue bags.
Materials: glass (clear, green and brown); mixed paper (magazines, junk mail, home or office paper, but no hardcover or telephone books); chipboard or paperboard (cereal boxes, but no corrugated cardboard); plastic bottles (#1-#3); aluminum, steel or tin and aerosol cans; newspapers with inserts (sleeved separately in brown paper bags). Igloo drop-off locations:
·Buckner Park, 4500 Victor St.
·Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road.
·City of Dallas Transfer Station, 7677 Fair Oaks Ave.
·City of Dallas Transfer Station, 4610 S. Westmoreland Road.
·Clean South Dallas, 2809 Birmingham Ave.
·Dallas Zoo Keepers, 727 S. Ewing Ave.
·Dallas Nature Center, 7171 Mountain Creek Parkway.
·Dixon Branch, 11230 Lippitt Ave.
·Dry Gulch Recycling, 9500 Harry Hines Blvd.
·Forest Hill Neighborhood Association, 8000 Grand Ave.
·Greenland Hills Neighborhood Association, 3700 Mercedes Ave.
·Greenland Hills United Methodist Church, 5835 Penrose Ave.
·Half Price Books, 5915 E. Northwest Highway.
·Harry Stone Recreation Center, 2403 Millmar Drive.
·Hockaday School, 11600 Welch Road.
·Kiest Park, 3400 Rugged Drive.
·Lake Cliff Neighborhood Association, 225 Colorado Blvd.
·Lake Highlands Elementary, 9501 Ferndale Road.
·Lake Highlands United Methodist Church, 9015 Plano Road.
·Lakewood Heights Neighborhood Association, 2900 Skillman St.
·Meadows Foundation, 600 Texas St.
·Merriman Park Elementary, 7107 Winedale Drive.
·Merriman Park Estates, 8900 Kingsley Road.
·Merriman Park/University Manor, 6401 Abrams Road.
·Northminister Presbyterian Church, 9400 Plano Road.
·Northridge Presbyterian Church, 6920 Bob-O-Link Drive.
·Old Lake Highlands Neighboorhood Association, 200 N. Buckner Blvd.
·Presbyterian Healthcare System, 7400 Greenville Ave.
·Prestonwood Elementary, 6525 La Cosa Drive.
·Richard Lagow Green Team, 637 Edgeworth Drive.
·Skyview Elementary School, 9229 Meadowknoll Drive.
·Sons of Hermann, 3414 Elm St.
·Spring Valley United Methodist Church, 7700 Spring Valley Road.
·St. Philips School, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
·Temple Emanu-El, 8500 Hillcrest Ave.
·Valley View Park, 7200 Valley View Lane.
·Victor H Hexter Elementary, 9720 Waterview Road.
·YMCA, 6701 S. Hampton Road.
·Zion Lutheran School, 6121 E. Lovers Lane.

Household hazardous waste: Home Chemical Collection Center (HC3) accepts from residents of Dallas and the unincorporated areas of Dallas County. For hours, call 214-553-1765. What's new or next?: The city is studying the possibility of extending the list of materials accepted in apartment recycling.
Information: Dallas residents can dial 311 (General city information line, follow prompts to “sanitation,” then "recycling"). Web site: www.dallascityhall.com

DeSoto
Recycling since: 1990
Details: Curbside with bin.
Materials: plastics #1-#5 and #7; all glass colored bottles and containers (no plate glass, ceramic or mirrors); all metal cans - lids removed and rinsed; newspapers, catalogs and magazines, junk mail, corrugated cardboard, office paper.
Drop-off centers: Curbside only. Abitibi paper recycling containers at local schools.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-553-1765.
Information: Action Center at 972-274-2489. Web site: www.ci.desoto.tx.us.

Duncanville
Recycling since: 1996
Details: Curbside with bin.
Materials: glass jars and bottles, aluminum, steel or tin food and beverage cans, plastics #1 or #2, newspapers, catalogs, office paper, corrugated cardboard, cereal boxes and magazines.
Information: Call the sanitation department at 972-780-5062. Web site: www.ci.duncanville.tx.us.

Garland
Recycling since: Center opened 1990; full curbside program 1994.
Details: Curbside with red bins.
Materials: #1-#2 plastics; aluminum, tin and steel cans, aerosol cans (no chlorofluorocarbons); all colors glass containers; newspapers, inserts and magazines (place outside the bin). Drop-off center: Drop-off recycling center at 1426 Commerce St., Garland. Hours are 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday; 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. In addition to regular curbside material, center accepts scrap metal and appliances, scrap aluminum, corrugated cardboard, batteries, used motor oil and transmission fluid, oil filters, brown bags, mixed paper (no waxed paper or cartons), chipboard and telephone books.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Call the Home Chemical Collection Center for hours at 214-553-1765.
Information: 972-205-3500. Web site: www.ci.garland.tx.us.

Grand Prairie
Recycling since: Center since 1990; curbside since 2000.
Details: Curbside with blue plastic bags or bins.
Materials: aluminum cans, steel or tin cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles or jars. In brown paper bags, please put: newspapers, magazines and catalogs, junk mail, office paper, paperboard boxes (broken down), cardboard boxes
Household hazardous waste: City residents may use the Environmental Collection Center, 6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth. For hours, call 817-871-8700.
Drop-off centers:
· Fire Station #1, 317 W. Main St.
·City Hall, 317 W. College St.
·Grand Prairie Landfill, 1102 MacArthur Blvd.
·U.A. Theatre, Carrier Parkway at Interstate 20.
·Sam's Club, 2625 W. Pioneer Parkway
·Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce, 900 Conover St.
Education: Continuing education efforts, including a "block captain" program to encourage neighbors to recycle. What's new or next?: Grant for household hazardous waste pilot program. Rotating collection three Saturdays per month, residents may call for instructions and to register, 972-237-8055.
Information: 972-237-8061. Web site: www.gptx.org.

Highland Park
Recycling since: 1995
Details: Curbside with blue plastic bags.
Materials: plastics #1-#2; newspapers, inserts and magazines; all colors glass containers; metal and aluminum cans.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-553-1765.
Information: 214-521-4161. Web site: www.hptx.org.

Irving
Recycling since: Drop-off center 1991; curbside 1999.
Details: Curbside with blue bags.
Materials: aerosal cans, aluminum cans, steel food cans, plastics #1-#2, catalogs, flatened corrugated cardboard, junk mail, paper bags, magazines, newspapers and inserts, office paper, paperboard boxes.
Drop-off centers:
Materials: all curbside materials, plus old textiles (rags and clothing too worn for donation); glass bottles and jars; telephone books and plastic grocery bags.
·Kroger's Parking Lot, 515 S. MacArthur Blvd.
·The Little Saigon Mall, 3113 N. Belt Line Road (Enter from Chime Street).
·Albertson's Parking Lot, Interstate 635 at MacArthur Boulevard.
·O'Connor Plaza Parking Lot, State Highway 183 at O'Connor Road
·Wal-Mart Parking Lot State Highway 183 at Esters Road.
Hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-553-1765.
Information: 972-721-2346. Web site: www.ci.irving.tx.us.

Mesquite
Recycling since: 1994.
Details: Curbside with blue bags.
Materials: Aluminum and metal cans, newspapers, magazines, telephone books, plastics #1-#2, corrugated cardboard. Drop-Off Center: City of Mesquite Composting Facility, 3550 Lawson Road. Accepts all curbside materials, plus automotive batteries. Also provides free compost and mulch for rersidents.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-553-1765 for hours. Education: Ongoing education efforts and recycling drives through schools. Grant awarded for soil-erosion workshops May 29 and 30, call for information. What’s new or next?: The drop-off center will soon begin to accept glass.
Information: 972-216-6972. Web site: www.cityofmesquite.com.

Richardson
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with blue bags.
Materials: metal cans including: steel, tin, aluminum, and empty aerosols (examples: food cans, soft drink cans, hairspray canisters); glass bottles and jars that are green, clear or brown; plastic bottles marked #1-#5 or #7. (Examples: milk jugs, soda/soft drink bottles, water bottles, shampoo bottles, some detergent/soap bottles); old newsprint including newspapers with slick inserts, magazines and catalogs.
Drop-off centers: City residents may drop off materials at either recycling center anytime:
·Westside Pump Station, 102 N. Cottonwood.
·Service Center, 1260 Columbia Drive.
Materials include all curbside, plus corrugated cardboard; phone directories accepted during December and June.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-553-1765.
Information: Recorded recycling information at 972-744-4111. Recycling coordinator at 972-744-4495. Web site: www.cor.net.

Rowlett
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with bins.
Materials: plastics #1-#5 and #7, including clear, brown, blue and green plastic bottles and jars, aluminum cans, steel or tin cans, glass jars and newspapers, telephone books, catalogs, magazines, junk mail, cereal boxes, paper bags, and chip board. Drop-off center: Garland Recycling Center, 1426 Commerce St., 972-205-3500. Hours: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Corrugated cardboard collection sites:
·Meter Shop, 3840 Main St.
·Community Center, 5300 Main St.
·Parks & Recreation, 4732 Industrial St.
·The Community Park, 8500 St. Andrews St.
·Garner Road Park, 7813 Garner Road.
·Fire Station #2, 5100 Dalrock Road
·Fire Station #3, 8000 Princeton Road
·Springfield Park, 5501 Antioch Drive

Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-553-1765.
Information: 972-412-6123 or 214-607-0720. Web site: www.ci.rowlett.tx.us.

University Park
Recycling since: 1990
Details: Curbside with blue bag.
Materials: glass bottles and jars (clear, green and brown), plastics #1-#2; newspapers, magazines, catalogs and junk mail; aluminum, tin and steel cans.
Drop-off centers: Area schools have Abitibi bins for paper recycling.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-553-1765.
Information: 214-987-5451. Web site: www.uptexas.org.

Denton
Recycling since: 1988
Details: Single-stream recycling at curbside with carts in two sizes.
Materials: aluminum and steel cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles and jugs, newspapers, inserts, magazines, junk mail, office paper, box board (including cereal and cracker boxes) and corrugated cardboard.
Drop-off centers: Take same materials as curbside but not comingled.
·North Lakes Park, Windsor Drive at Hinkle Drive.
·Shady Oaks, Shady Oaks Drive at Dallas Drive.
·Cupboard Natural Foods, 200 W. Congress St.
·Piggly Wiggly, 619 Sherman Drive.
·Acme Street Drop-off, 522 Acme St.
·Municipal Landfill, 1100 S. Mayhill Road.
Appliance Recycling: Call for pick-up, 940-349-8420. What's new or next: Provisions for household hazardhous waste.
Information: Solid Waste Department 940-349-8420 or recycling manager 940-349-8467. Web site: www.cityofdenton.com.

Lewisville
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with bins.
Materials: aluminum, newspapers, telephone books, cereal and other food boxes, glass bottles, tin or steel cans, plastics #1-#7, aerosol cans.
Drop-off centers: Materials same as curbside, with addition of corrugated cardboard. Hours: Always open.
·Kroger, 1305 S. Highway 121, Lewisville.
·Fire Station #5, 651 Waters Ridge, Lewisville.
Education: Increased education programs encouraging small businesses to recycle. What's new or next?: City is studying the possibility of reuse programs for household hazardous waste.
Household hazardous waste: Save materials for the four annual drop-off events, one in each quarter of the city. Notification will arrive in water bills.
Information: Environmental programs coordinator, 972-219-3503. Web site: www.cityoflewisville.com

The Colony
Recycling since: 1996
Details: Curbside with 95 gallon carts, once per week.
Materials: The City has a co-mingled program for recycling. All materials are accepted, paper, glass, cans, bottles, plastics (1-7), cardboard, paperboard. No, plastic bags, ceramic, Styrofoam, tin foil, or any contaminated items, with food or toxic materials.
Information: recycling coordinator, 972-624-3132 or Community Waste Disposal at 972-392-9300. Web site: www.thecolonytx.gov

Arlington
Recycling since: 1993
Details: Curbside with bin.
Materials: newspapers; magazines; clean paper; small, flattened corrugated cardboard; aluminum or steel cans; clear, brown or green glass; plastic jugs and bottles #1-#2.
Drop-off centers: Take newspapers, aluminum cans, magazines and shopping catalogs to the following locations:
·Fire Station #2, 1727 Sherry St.
·Fire Station #12, 5050 S. Collins St.
·Citizen Convenience Center at the Arlington Sanitary Landfill, 800 Mosier Valley Road, Arlington. 817-283-0632.
Education: Two-hour backyard composting class 9-11 a.m. each Saturday. River Legacy Living Science Center, 703 NW Green Oaks. Free, open to the public, taught by Arlington master composter volunteers. Includes free book.
Information: City information line, 817-459-6777. Arlington Disposal, 817-317-2000. Web site: www.ci.arlington.tx.us.

Bedford
Recycling since: 1993
Details: Curbside with bin.
Materials: clear, green or brown glass containers; newspapers, magazines, inserts, junk mail and cardboard; plastics #1-#7, no #6; metal and aluminum cans.
Household hazardous waste: Residents may use the Environmental Collection Center, 6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth. For hours, call 817-871-8700. Need a voucher from the Parks Department; show water bill for voucher.
Information: Trinity Waste Services, 817-332-7301. Or city water department at 817-952-2112. Web site: www.ci.bedford.tx.us.

Colleyville
Recycling since: 1991
Details: Curbside with bin.
Materials: glass containers (clear, brown and green); plastics #1-#7 but no #6; newspapers, catalogs and magazines, junk mail, inserts, cardboard; aluminum and metal cans.
Household hazardous waste: Residents may use the Environmental Collection Center, 6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth. For hours, call 817-871-8700. Motor oil can be taken to Ethridge Auto, 6607 Colleyville Blvd.
Information: IESI, 817-222-2221. Web site: www.colleyville.com.

Euless
Recycling since: 1993
Details: Curbside with blue bag.
Materials: plastic bottles marked #1-#5 and #7; unbroken glass bottles and jars (clear, brown and green are accepted); tin food and drink cans (soup cans, pet food cans, tuna fish cans, soda cans); aluminum cans; dry newspapers, magazines, catalogs and phone books, corrugated cardboard, box board (cereal boxes), junk mail and office paper. Drop-off site: Two bins located at City Hall, 201 N. Ector Drive, for paper and cardboard products only.
Household hazardous waste: Residents may use the Environmental Collection Center, 6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth. For hours, call 817-871-5257.
Information: Recycling line at 817-685-1825. Web site: www.ci.euless.tx.us.

Fort Worth
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside in blue cart.
Materials: aluminum cans and clean baking tins; paint cans, empty and dry; glass bottles and jars in all colors, ceramics, china, mirrors small enough to fit in cart with lid closed and windowpanes (no auto glass); plastics #1-#7 (remove caps and lids and rinse.), clean plastic eating utensils; steel or tin cans and lids; aerosol cans; newspapers, catalogs and telephone books; magazines; junk mail and office paper (advertising circulars, white and colored paper and envelopes are accepted.); brown corrugated cardboard, cereal boxes, soda cartons, dry goods packaging, paperback books and paper bags. Drop-off center: 4100 Columbus Trail. What’s new or next?: As of March 31, 2003, yard trimmings will be picked up in paper yard bags on a weekly basis. Also, residents may call for pick-up of big trash and brush.
Household hazardous waste: Drop off at the Environmental Collection Center, 6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth. Fort Worth residents and 26 other cities participate. To learn if your city is one, call 817-871-5257. Bring a water bill or driver’s license for proof of residency.
Information: 817-392-3279. Web site: www.fortworthgov.org/dem.

Grapevine
Households: 15,000 Recycling since: 1991
Details: Curbside with bin.
Materials: newspapers, glass, tin, aluminum, plastics #1-#2. Annual tonnage: 3,500
Household hazardous waste: Save for two drop-off events each year. Check Web site or local newspaper announcement for date.
Information: Solid waste coordinator, 817-410-3363. Or call Trinity Waste Services at 817-332-7301.

Haltom City
Recycling since: 1994
Details: Subscription curbside program with bins.
Materials: plastics #1-#5 and #7, newspapers, glass containers; steel, aluminum or tin cans. Drop-off center: Haltom City Transfer Station has bins for aluminum cans, steel cans, paper and plastic. They also take applicances (there must be a certificate that any freon has been removed). 2120 Minnis Drive, Haltom City. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday.
Household hazardous waste: Residents may use the Environmental Collection Center, 6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth. For hours, call 817-871-8700.
Information: Public information coordinator, 817-222-7767. Web site: www.haltomcitytx.com.

Hurst
Recycling since: 1996
Details: Curbside with bins.
Materials: newspapers, catalogs and magazines, junk mail, envelopes, cereal boxes, cardboard, chipboard; glass bottles and jars (all colors, excluding mirrors, windows, ceramics and other glass products); metal food and beverage cans of tin, steel or aluminum with food waste removed (excluding scrap metal); plastic #1-#5 and #7, including milk jugs, liter bottles, shampoo battles (excluding containers with openings as large as the container or those containing oil or petroleum by-products), and telephone books (when new SBC telephone books are distributed only).
Household hazardous waste: Residents may use the Environmental Collection Center, 6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth. For hours, call 817-871-5257.
Information: Or Trinity Waste Services, 817-332-7301.

North Richland Hills
Recycling since: 1994
Details: Curbside with bin.
Materials: aluminum and steel cans, glass, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, plastic bottles #1-#5 and #7.
Drop-off centers: City has no drop-off facility, but residents can use the Trinity Waste Municipal Recycling Center, 2550 Austin Road, Richland Hills. There are Abitibi Recycing bins for paper at Birdville Independent Schools.
Household hazardous waste: City owns mobile collection unit; save materials for next collection date, or contact the Environmental Services office at 817-427-6654.
Information: Environmental resource coordinator, 817-427-6651. Web site: www.nrhtx.com (click on Environmental Services department).

Richland Hills
Recycling since: 1991
Details: Curbside with bin.
Materials: aluminum and steel cans, plastics #1-#5 and #7; cardboard and newspapers, magazines and glass (all colors).
Drop-off centers: Local schools have paper recycling bins.
Household hazardous waste: Residents pick up voucher at City Hall, 3200 Diana Drive, then use the Environmental Collection Center, 6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth. For hours, call 817-871-8700. Or save for collection once a year at the fire station, 3201 Diana Drive. Call for schedule.
Information: Main City telephone number at 817-299-1800. Or for information on Keep Richland Hills Beautiful, contact 817-299-1840. Web site: www.richlandhills.com.

Text compiled by Dennis Huspeni
SOURCES: North Central Texas Council of Governments Web site; city recycling coordinators; officials from Trinity Services/BFI and Community Waste Disposal.