Here’s a checklist to make sure your garbage, recycling and yard trimmings are set out properly.

Garbage & Recycling

• One pickup per week on your new pickup day
• Put plastic garbage bags inside BROWN cart
• All bags must fit in cart; bags left outside cart will not be picked up
• Put un-bagged recyclables in BLUE cart
• Roll carts to front curb no later than 7 a.m. on your pickup day

If you wish, set out carts as early as 6 p.m. the night before

• Place carts at least two feet apart with serial numbers facing the street
• Retrieve carts from curb by midnight on your pickup day
• Store carts where they can’t be seen from a public street

Yard Trimmings

• One pickup per week; the same day as your garbage/recycling pickup day
• Paper bags: put grass, leaves and small trimmings in paper yard bags; no plastic bags allowed
• Tied bundles: cut and bundle small limbs and tie with string or twine
  o Cut limbs to less than 4 feet long
  o Tied bundles must weigh no more than 40 pounds
• Place paper yard bags and bundles at front curb no later than 7 a.m. on your pickup day

Note: Pickup routes are changing citywide, so the time of day your trash is picked up may also change. Separate trucks will pick up your household garbage, recycling and yard trimmings at different times throughout the day, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. During the first week of the new program, pickups could run later.

New Pickup Day
If you don’t know your new pickup day visit www.fortworthgov.org/dem and click “Find Your New Pickup Day.” Use the zoom-in tool to locate your neighborhood on the map.