Fort Worth, TX bulk trash pickup: schedule, booking and rules

Who receives Fort Worth bulk trash collection?

As of November 12, 2026, Fort Worth provides monthly bulk collection at residential homes for items too large, heavy or bulky for the brown garbage cart. The Bulk Waste Collection page includes up to ten cubic yards at no extra charge for households receiving city curbside garbage and recycling service.

Check the service arrangement at an apartment, condominium or HOA before planning a pile. Ask the manager whether the property has city curbside collection or a private waste contract. The city’s residential allowance should not be assumed to cover a building that uses a different collection system.

Treat bulk waste, ordinary trash, brush and chemicals as separate categories while planning a cleanup. Put reusable items aside before they are mixed with disposal material. That makes it easier to choose between waiting for the monthly route, visiting a drop-off station, or arranging a donation.

Find the Fort Worth bulk trash pickup week

Use the address calendar on the Garbage & Recycling page or the city’s Garbage & Recycling app to check your collection information. The bulk page also links its schedule map. Confirm the address result rather than copying a neighboring street’s timing.

Your pile must be ready by 7 a.m. Monday of the assigned bulk week. Crews have until 5 p.m. the following Saturday to finish. An ordinary weekly cart collection day does not tell you the day a bulk truck will reach your home.

If you are arranging lifting help, save the assigned week and plan backward from the set-out deadline. Check again if you are using an old printed map. Ask the city about an unclear boundary or holiday question; this guide cannot determine an individual address’s route.

Fort Worth bulk waste pickup: accepted and excluded items

The bulk rules define the service by items that cannot fit in the brown cart and list important exclusions. Use the official disposal lookup or ask the call center about an unusual item before adding it.

Do not turn a partly accepted load into a mixed pile. For example, keep the paint and electronic equipment you discover during a room cleanup separate from furniture. Check the material itself rather than assuming everything from the same room belongs in bulk collection.

Set-out window and placement rules

The set-out instructions permit bulky items from 6 p.m. Friday before the assigned week. Have them ready by 7 a.m. Monday. After crews collect your street, do not add more bulk until the next designated monthly week, even if you believe the truck could return.

• Make one pile for the household.
• Leave at least two feet between the pile and trees, mailboxes, water meters, fences or other obstructions.
• Avoid a location under trees or blocked by branches.
• Keep ordinary cart-sized waste and plastic bags out of the bulky load.

Walk around the proposed location before moving heavy objects. Check it from the road as well as from the house. If you are coordinating with another person, agree on the location and the allowed items before they arrive so the load is not left in a blocked position.

Volume limit and extra charges

The city bulk page limits the included service to ten cubic yards, with one pile per household. It gives roughly eight feet long, six feet wide and six feet tall as a visual example. Measure your pile and ask the city if you are near the limit.

For out-of-cycle or contaminated piles, the page lists $123.52 for the first five cubic yards and $107.40 per five cubic yards thereafter, up to thirty cubic yards. The minimum is $123.52. These are the published charges for those categories, not a general quote for every oversized load.

The page also says piles above ten cubic yards carry an extra charge but does not clearly state a separate current compliant-oversize rate. Call 817-392-1234 for that quote before setting out excess material. Do not assume the out-of-cycle schedule applies to a different situation.

If you are budgeting for a cleanup, compare only confirmed services and charges. Ask whether an estimate covers the entire load, what material must be removed first, and whether an eligible self-haul option would be more suitable. Keep the response with your collection records.

How to arrange city of Fort Worth bulk trash pickup

1. Open the city’s Garbage & Recycling page and check the address calendar or app.
2. Confirm the monthly bulk week, rather than the weekly cart date.
3. Sort the items and compare them with the bulk exclusions.
4. Measure the pile; contact 817-392-1234 if you need a quote, eligibility advice or an unusual-item decision.
5. Set out no earlier than 6 p.m. Friday before the assigned week, and finish by 7 a.m. Monday.
6. Leave the pile accessible through the collection week and do not replenish it after crews pass.

Use the official bulk page and city service calendar for the normal route. The reviewed page describes a monthly scheduled service rather than a standard on-demand appointment. Ask the call center about a special problem before making arrangements based on an assumed pickup day.

Keep the address result and any city advice together. If a helper is doing the set-out, share both the timing and the exclusions. A correct date does not make a prohibited load eligible, and an eligible item still needs a clear collection location.

Missed Fort Worth bulk pickup or an unclear charge

The bulk page gives 817-392-1234 for questions and issue reports. Call after allowing the published collection window. Have the address, assigned week, set-out time and photos ready. Explain whether the pile was blocked or contained anything from the exclusion list.

The garbage service page gives a 24-hour missed-reporting rule for garbage, recycling and yard waste. It does not establish that deadline for monthly bulky waste. Ask the city how to handle a bulk miss rather than assuming the weekly-cart deadline applies.

If you are disputing a charge, identify the bill entry and describe the pile accurately. Ask what collection category was used and what information staff need to review it. Keep your measurements, photos and any prior advice so you can explain the situation clearly.

Drop-off stations, electronics and household hazardous waste

The Drop-Off Stations page lists Brennan at 2400 Brennan Avenue, Southeast at 5150 Martin Luther King Freeway, Old Hemphill at 6260 Old Hemphill Road, and Hillshire at 301 Hillshire Drive. Published hours are Tuesday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m., and Saturday, 8 a.m.–noon, excluding listed holidays.

Solid-waste account holders need a qualifying water utility bill from within six months showing sanitation charges and a matching driver’s license. Apartment residents have access for recycling and household hazardous waste with proof of address; this does not provide general bulk-disposal eligibility. Check the full access and vehicle rules first.

The stations list bulk waste, selected electronics, tires and refrigerators or air conditioners. Refrigerant need not be removed for the listed drop-off appliances, but food must be removed. Electronics, tires, small home-repair waste and chemicals have separate quantity limits. Review the exact category before loading.

The Household Hazardous Waste page also describes the Environmental Collection Center for Fort Worth and participating cities. Its accepted quantities differ from Drop-Off Station limits, and it excludes bulk trash, electronics and several other categories. Choose the facility for the particular material, rather than treating all city sites as interchangeable.

Brush, recycling and reuse in Fort Worth

The Yard Trimmings page describes a separate weekly service. Bundle shrub and tree trimmings with string or twine in lengths no greater than four feet and weights no greater than forty pounds. Paper yard bags also have a forty-pound limit. Do not mix that material into a bulky pile.

For larger limbs, the page lists a maximum eight-foot length and four-inch diameter. Keep plastic bags, garbage and bulk items out of brush piles. Check the current yard guidance before cutting or stacking material, especially if the cleanup includes roots or stumps.

Fort Worth’s reuse and donation page encourages passing usable items to a recipient that can use them. Contact the recipient before transport, confirm condition requirements, and ask whether pickup is offered. Keep donation items separate while you compare options; placing them in a mixed waste pile makes that decision harder.

For hazardous waste disposal, Fort Worth residents should use the city’s facility-specific lists. For recycling questions, use the city’s material lookup. These checks are particularly useful for a load containing several categories, such as an old chair, computer, tree limbs and leftover household chemicals.