Dallas, TX brush and bulky pickup: schedule, booking and rules

How Dallas bulk trash collection works

As of November 12, 2026, Dallas provides residential sanitation customers with monthly brush and bulky collection of up to ten cubic yards. This is an address-based route service. Check the current Brush & Bulky Item Collections page before deciding what to put out.

Confirm who serves the property if you rent, live in an apartment or belong to an HOA with a private waste contract. The city’s brush service excludes business and commercial properties. Do not assume an apartment’s disposal arrangements match a nearby house simply because both addresses are in Dallas.

Plan the load before moving furniture outside. A monthly route can work well when you can wait for its collection week. If the timing does not fit a move or repair project, compare a city extra-cost service with self-hauling and reuse, while checking the acceptance rules for each option.

Dallas bulk trash schedule: find the correct week

Type your home address into the Dallas Sanitation collection calendar to find personalized garbage, recycling and brush/bulk information. The city also points residents to the Dallas Sanitation app. Use the brush/bulk entry rather than assuming the regular weekly trash date is also your bulky date.

The current collection page says to set materials out between Thursday and Sunday before your collection week. Finish your preparation during that window. A collection week is not a guaranteed pickup day for a particular pile, and a neighbor’s pile is not an official schedule notice.

Save the calendar result so anyone helping you has the same information. If you are checking a future month, use the calendar currently supplied by the city. Ask 311 about an unclear address result or service disruption before carrying heavy items to the curb.

What Dallas bulk trash pickup accepts

The current curbside item list is the starting point. It excludes coolant, gasoline and chemical-containing appliances. Follow the current web guidance and check unusual items with Sanitation.

Separate the questionable items before you measure the pile. For example, placing a microwave beside an accepted washing machine does not make the microwave eligible. Ask about each device by name instead of describing everything as “appliances.”

Where to place brush and bulky items

The placement rules require items just behind the curb in front of your home. Keep five feet clear of carts, mailboxes, fences, walls, water meters, utility connections, parked cars, hydrants, poles and signs. Avoid low limbs and power lines.

• Use your own frontage, rather than a side location, alley or neighboring property.
• Keep the street and sidewalk clear for vehicles and pedestrians.
• Choose a location the truck’s collection equipment can reach.
• Check for an orange violation tag if the pile remains after nearby collections.

The city says crews will not collect a pile they cannot reasonably reach or where collection could damage property. Check the location again after vehicles are parked nearby. If a notice identifies a problem, ask how to correct it before simply adding more items to the same spot.

Ten-yard allowance, annual exception and charges

Dallas allows a once-per-calendar-year collection of up to twenty cubic yards if requested in advance. The annual exception instructions require the request the week before collection, with a final deadline of Sunday at 11:59 p.m. before the Monday collection week. The request cannot be canceled once submitted.

The same page lists a $60 charge per five cubic yards, billed in five-yard increments, for oversize or noncompliant set-outs. It also warns about citations for early, oversize and noncompliant piles. Do not treat a possible paid collection as permission to include prohibited material.

Use the city’s cubic-yard calculator on the collection page if estimating the pile is difficult. Measure the planned load before requesting the annual exception. If you already used that exception, ask about another disposal option rather than assuming a second oversized load receives the same allowance.

For pickup outside the normal week, Cost Plus offers a free estimate through 311. Certain lumber or roofing loads can qualify, but bricks, concrete, rocks, dirt, paint, oil and hazardous containers remain excluded. Get a specific quote before agreeing to the work.

How to arrange city of Dallas bulk trash pickup

1. Enter the address on the city collection calendar and confirm the brush/bulk week.
2. List your items and remove anything excluded from regular collection.
3. Measure the pile and check whether it fits the standard allowance.
4. For the annual twenty-yard exception, submit the request in the prior week through the city’s linked online service, Dallas 311 app or 3-1-1.
5. For an out-of-week collection, contact 311 about a Cost Plus estimate.
6. Set out during the Thursday–Sunday window before the collection week, following the placement rules.

Use the service links on the official collection page so you reach the correct request category. Ordinary monthly collection follows the route schedule; the annual oversized exception needs an advance request. Save the confirmation if you arrange the exception or any extra-cost work.

If a helper will set out the pile for you, share the allowed items, location and collection week. A booking confirmation is useful only if the actual pile matches what you arranged. Recheck the final load before the helper leaves.

Missed Dallas bulk pickup or a disputed charge

The Dallas 311 brush page links to “Brush/Bulk Items - Missed,” bulky-trash violations and illegal dumping requests. For a missed pickup, keep your address, collection week, photos and any exception confirmation available. Explain whether the pile carried an orange tag or was blocked.

If your question is about a bill, use the Brush and Bulky Item Collection Charge Dispute page. It directs customers to a Sanitation Billing Dispute request, 3-1-1 within Dallas, or 214-670-3111 from outside the city. Keep the charge details and supporting records together.

A request about uncollected material and a request disputing a charge solve different problems. State which outcome you need when contacting the city. Ask what to do with the pile while the case is reviewed, especially if it contains an item that the current rules exclude.

Drop-off sites, electronics and reuse

The landfill and transfer-station page lists McCommas Bluff Landfill at 5100 Youngblood Road and Northwest/Bachman Transfer Station at 9500 Harry Hines Boulevard. It also lists Northeast/Fair Oaks and Southwest/Westmoreland, with temporary closure notices as of this check. Confirm a site is open before driving.

Dallas residents self-hauling their own household waste in qualifying vehicles can use the sites without a charge. Bring a current valid driver’s license and proof of Dallas residency. Vehicle and trailer conditions apply; check the official disposal-site rules before loading or hiring transport.

The transfer-station list includes resident electronics, furniture and specified tires; the landfill lists appliances with refrigerants removed where applicable. Do not apply the landfill’s appliance condition to curbside service. Check your chosen site’s exact list, rather than assuming all facilities accept the same load.

If an item is still usable, contact a donation or reuse recipient before committing it to a disposal pile. Describe its condition honestly and check whether collection or delivery is required. Keep it dry and separate until the recipient confirms acceptance.

Hazardous waste disposal Dallas options

The city household hazardous chemicals page directs residents to the Dallas County Home Chemical Collection Center, 11234 Plano Road, and publishes 214-553-1765 for questions. Its list includes household chemicals, paints, batteries and automotive fluids; business waste and several other materials are excluded.

Check the page before taking a load: it separately lists regular center hours and mobile BOPA events. BOPA events accept batteries, oil, paint and antifreeze only, with specific quantity and container limits. Do not assume that every item accepted at the permanent center is accepted at a mobile event.

Keep chemical disposal separate from electronics and bulky pickup planning. The chemical center excludes appliances, TVs and microwaves. If you are uncertain where something belongs, give staff the product or device name and ask for the appropriate route rather than leaving it beside a collection pile.