Garbage & Environmental Fees

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Your monthly water bills reflect a fee for residential garbage and recycling collection. This fee is assessed by the Department of Environmental Management. The monthly rate includes once-a-week garbage and recyclables pick up in wheeled carts, once-a-week collection of yard trimmings in paper yard bags or tied bundles, once-a-week collection of up to 10 cubic yards of brush and once-a-month collection of up to 10 cubic yards of bulky items per household. All customers receive a 64-gallon recycling cart. The monthly garbage cart fee is based on selected cart size. 

For current rate information, visit Environmental Management.

Environmental Fees?
In 1993 the Texas Health and Safety Code enacted a law that allowed the City of Fort Worth to impose a local environmental protection fee for people within its jurisdiction. Revenues generated by the fee may cover costs for: 1) disposal services, 2) environmental programs, or 3) environmental services. These dedicated funds help the city pay for Federal and State environmental mandates such as cleaning up abandoned property, asbestos abatement, underground storage tank compliance, storm water management, spill response clean-up, and operation of a household hazardous waste collection facility.

The monthly environmental protection fees are as follows: