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COLLIN COUNTY
Allen
Households: 15,000
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside service with bins. Materials: aluminum and steel cans, cardboard, magazines, catalogs, phone books, newspapers (including glossy inserts), junk mail, plastics #1-#5 and #7, food and beverage cans and glass containers. No broken glass.
Annual tonnage: 2,578
Drop-off center: Free compost is available to Allen residents at the Allen Compost Facility, 400 S. Jupiter Road. Each household is allowed 2 cubic yards of compost per month.
The closest recycling drop-off is the BFI Recycling Center, 4200 E. 14th St., Plano. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday.
What's new or next: Recycling Coordinator Cynthia Brightwell says officials are looking into a household hazardous waste program.
Information: Cynthia Brightwell, city of Allen recycling coordinator, 972-727-0179.
Flower Mound
Households: 17,000
Details: Curbside with bin. Materials include: newspapers, magazines, plastics #1-#2, aluminum and metal cans, all colors glass bottles or jars.
Annual tonnage: 2,926
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: Save for collection days.
Information: 972-539-7378.
Farmers Branch
Households: 8,000
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with paper grocery sacks. Materials: newspaper, aluminum cans, clear glass, #2 plastics and bottles.
Annual tonnage: 515
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 214-630-9160.
Information: City's public works department at 972-919-2597.
Frisco
Households: 10,200
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-Friday; 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays.
Household hazardous waste: Call 972-335-5519 for more information.
What's new or next: City awarded grant money and plans are under way to open a city collection center around spring 2001.
Information: Tippa Couvillion, city recycling coordinator, 972-335-5519.
McKinney
Households: 15,000
Recycling since: 1989
Details: Curbside service. Materials include: newspaper; plastic containers #1-#2 ; aluminum and other metal cans; glass bottles and jars.
Drop-off center: Residents can drop materials, including corrugated 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: May be handled by commercial facilities - such as Heat Energy Advanced Technology, 4460 Singleton Blvd., Dallas - for a fee; call 214-637-6460 or see the HEAT Web site. Waste oil may be taken to: McKinney landfill, 500 Old Mill Road, McKinney, or Custer Road Transfer Station, 9901 Custer Road, from 8:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
Information: 972-547-7385
Plano
Households: 60,712
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with containers. Materials: newspapers and magazines, aluminum, steel and tin cans, plastics #1-#2, aerosol cans, glass.
Annual tonnage: 16,750, plus 85 tons of old appliances.
Drop-off centers: Drop-off container, always open, at Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road.
BFI Municipal Recycling Center, 4200 E. 14th St. BFI Center also takes office paper and corrugated cardboard.
Household hazardous waste: Residents can call 972-964-4150 to arrange for a pickup of hazardous materials. Plano has a Re-use Center, 4100 W. Plano Parkway, where residents can pick up free items - such as paint, pesticides, etc. - two days a week: from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday and Saturdays.
What's new or next?: City recently received a grant that will be used to launch a paint-recycling program. Old paints will be mixed and redistributed as Conservation Colors. Residents can now purchase prepackaged bags of compost - called Plano Pure - from the city's warehouse, 4100 W. Plano Parkway. The 40-pound bags are $3.
Information: 972-964-4150.
DALLAS COUNTY
Addison
Households: 1,650 households
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with green bins. Pickup every Monday for newspapers, magazines, telephone books, #1-#2 plastic bottles, glass bottles, aluminum and metal cans.
Annual tonnage: 400 tons
Household hazardous waste: Batteries, anti-freeze, oil filters, pool chemicals and paint may be taken to the Addison's Service Center, 16801 Westgrove Drive, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
What's new or next?: Waste Management recently took over as new collection contractor, expanding the list of materials for curbside pickup.
Information: Addison Public Works Department at 972-450-2840.
Carrollton
Households: 27,716
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.
Annual tonnage: 4,040
Drop-off center: Carrollton residents may bring recyclables to the drop-off center, 2155 Sandy Lake Road, one mile west of Interstate 35 E. Hours: 8 a.m.-6 p.m., daily, excluding holidays. Materials include all curbside, plus: mixed paper, corrugated cardboard and scrap metals.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-630-9160.
Information: 972-466-4950.
Coppell
Households: 10,000
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.
Annual tonnage: 2,264
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 Donohue Recycling Bins for newspapers, office paper, catalogs, magazines. Corrugated cardboard may be dropped off at a center in Andy Brown Community Park West, 363 N. Denton Tap Road, Coppell.
What's new or next?: 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: Amanda VanHoozier, recycling coordinator, 972-304-3560.
Dallas
Households: 230,000
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with approved blue bags. Recyclable materials: newspapers, plastic bottles and jugs labeled # 1-#3 (remove the lids) and steel, tin and aluminum cans.
Annual tonnage: 7,656
Igloo drop-off locations:
Dallas Zoo, 727 S. Ewing Ave.
7-Eleven, 225 E. Colorado Blvd.
Meadows Foundation, 500 Liberty St.
Dallas Peace Center, 1417 Peak St.
CityPlace, 4206 Cabell.
Greenland Hills United Methodist Church, 5835 Penrose Ave.
Teitze Park, 2900 Skillman St.
Glencoe Park, 3700 Glencoe St.
WE Greiner Art Academy, 510 S. Edgefield Ave.
Rosemont Elementary, 719 N. Montclair Ave.
Zion Lutheran School, 6121 E. Lovers Lane.
Lakehill Preparatory School, 2720 Hillside Drive.
Northridge Presbyterian Church, 6920 Bob-O-Link Drive.
St. Philips School, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Clean South Dallas, 2809 Birmingham Ave.
Richard Lagow Green Team, 637 Edgeworth Drive.
Martha Reilly Elementary, 11230 Lippitt Ave.
Victor H Hexter Elementary, 9720 Waterview Road.
Norbuck Park, 200 N. Buckner Blvd.
White Rock Lake, 8000 Garland Road.
Kiest Park, 3400 Rugged Drive.
Temple Emanu-El, 8500 Hillcrest Ave.
Deep Ellum Neighborhood Association, 2939 Main St.
Sons of Hermann, 3412 Elm St.
Harry Stone Recreation Center, 2403 Millmar Drive.
Withers Elementary, 3959 Northhaven Road.
Hockaday School, 11600 Welch Road.
Fair Oaks Transfer Station, 7677 Fair Oaks Ave.
Kellers Drive-In, 6537 E. Northwest Highway.
Presbyterian Healthcare System, 7400 Greenville Ave.
Merriman Park/University Manor, 6401 Abrams Road (Albertson's Parking Lot).
Merriman Park, 7107 Winedale Drive.
Merriman Park Estate & Garden Club, 8900 Kingsley Road.
Half Price Books, 5915 E. Northwest Highway.
YMCA, 6701 S. Hampton Road.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3839 W. Kiest Blvd.
Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road.
Oak Cliff Transfer Station, 4610 S. Westmoreland Road.
Lake Highlands United Methodist Church, 9015 Plano Road.
Northminister Prebyterian Church, 9400 Plano Road, 75238.
Lake Highlands Elementary, 9501 Ferndale Road.
Spring Valley United Methodist Church, 7700 Spring Valley Road.
Valley View Park, 7200 Valley View Lane.
Skyview Elementary School, 9229 Meadowknoll Drive.
W.T. White High School, 4505 Ridgeside Drive.
Buckner Park, 4500 Victor St.
Dallas Nature Center, 7171 Mountain Creek Parkway.
Solomon Schecter Academy, 18011 Hillcrest Road.
Household hazardous waste: Home Chemical Collection Center (HC3) accepts from residents of Dallas and the unincorporated areas of Dallas County. For hours, call 214-630-9160.
What's new or next?: The expanded curbside program (begun in October) uses 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).
Information: Dallas residents can dial 311 (General city information line, follow prompts to "recycling").
DeSoto
Households: 12,000
Recycling since: 1990
Details: Curbside with bin. Materials: plastics #1-#7, no #6; 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.
Annual tonnage: 1,800
Drop-off centers: Curbside only. Paper recycling 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 214-630-9160.
Information: Action Center at 972-274-2489.
Duncanville
Households: 10,800
Recycling since: 1996
Details: Curbside with bin. Materials: glass, aluminum, steel or tin cans, plastics #1 or #2, newspapers or magazines.
Annual tonnage: 1,400
Information: Call the sanitation department at 972-780-5062.
Garland
Households: 56,000
Recycling since: Center opened 1990; full curbside program 1994.
Details: Curbside with red bins. Materials: #1-#2 plastics; aluminum, tin and aerosol cans; all colors glass containers; newspapers and magazines (place outside the bin).
Annual tonnage: 9,423
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; noon-6 p.m. Sunday. In addition to regular curbside material, center accepts scrap metal and appliances, scrap aluminum, cardboard, batteries, auto fluid, oil filters, brown bags, white paper, telephone books and junk mail.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-630-9160.
Information: 972-205-3500.
Grand Prairie
Households: 31,000
Recycling since: Center since 1990; curbside since March.
Details: Curbside with blue plastic bags. Materials: aluminum cans, steel or tin cans, plastic bottles. In brown paper bags, please put: newspapers, magazines and catalogs, junk mail, office paper, paperboard boxes (broken down), cardboard boxes
Annual tonnage: 2,340
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.
Trailwood Shopping Center, Matthew Road at Polo Road.
Sam's Club, 2625 W. Pioneer Parkway
Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce, 900 Conover St.
What's new or next?: Continuing education efforts, including a "block captain" program to encourage neighbors to recycle.
Information: Ruth Westfall, recycling coordinator, 972-237-8061.
Highland Park
Households: 3,136
Recycling since: 1995
Details: Curbside with bin. Materials include: plastics #1-#2; newspapers, inserts and magazines; all colors glass containers; metal and aluminum cans.
Annual tonnage: 670
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-630-9160.
Information: 214-521-4161.
Irving
Households: 33,000
Recycling since: Drop-off center 1991; curbside 1999.
Details: Curbside with blue bags. Materials: aluminum cans, steel food cans, plastics #1-#2,catalogs, corrugated cardboard, junk mail, brown paper bags, magazines, newspapers, office paper, paperboard boxes.
Annual tonnage: 3,200
Drop-off centers: Materials: old textiles (rags and clothing too worn for donation); paperboard boxes (cereal, macaroni boxes, etc.); glass bottles and jars; newspapers (including advertising slicks); aluminum and steel food cans; plastics #1-#2; magazines and catalogs; corrugated cardboard; office paper; telephone books; junk mail (direct mail), plastic grocery bags.
Kroger's Parking Lot, 515 S. MacArthur Blvd.
Max Food & Drug Store Parking Lot, 3113 N. Belt Line Road.
Albertson's Parking Lot, Interstate 635 at MacArthur Boulevard.
O'Connnor 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 214-630-9160.
Information: Fran Witte, solid waste marketing and program supervisor, 972-721-2355.
Mesquite
Households: 35,000
Recycling since: 1994
Details: Curbside with blue bags. Materials: Aluminum and metal cans, newspapers, magazines, telephone books, plastics #1-#2.
Annual tonnage: 1,500
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-630-9160.
What's new or next?: Ongoing education efforts and recycling drives through schools.
Information: 972-216-6972.
Richardson
Households: 25,183
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.
Annual tonnage: 4,201
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; and 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 214-630-9160.
Information: Recorded recycling information at 972-744-4231. Recycling coordinator at 972-744-4222.
Rowlett
Households: 14,500
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with container. Materials: plastics #1-#2, aluminum cans, steel or tin cans, glass and newspapers.
Drop-off centers: Materials: in addition to curbside, corrugated cardboard and telephone books.
Garland Solid Waste & Recycling Transfer Station, 1434 Commerce St., 972-205-3500. Hours: 8 a.m.-6p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday.
Household hazardous waste: Part of the Dallas Area Household Hazardous Waste program. Save for collection event, or call the Home Chemical Collection Center at 214-630-9160.
What's new or next?: This winter city elementary schools race to see who can collect the most aluminum cans in a month.
Information: 214-328-8888.
University Park
Households: 8,100
Recycling since: 1990
Details: Curbside with blue bag. Materials: glass, plastics #1-#2; newspapers; aluminum, tin and steel cans; magazines.
Annual tonnage: 1,250
Drop-off centers: Area schools have Donohue 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 214-630-9160.
Information: 214-987-5451
DENTON COUNTY
Denton
Recycling since: 1988
Details: Drop-off centers only.
Drop-off centers:
For Aluminum cans or foil:
North Lakes Park
Shady Oaks, Shady Oaks at Dallas Drive.
Cupboard Natural Foods, 200 W. Congress St.
Kroger, 2231 S. Loop 288.
Piggly Wiggly, 522 Acme St.
Municipal Landfill, Foster Road off of S. Mayhill Road.
Denton's newspaper drop-off sites are:
North Lakes Park,
Shady Oaks, Dallas Drive at Shady Oaks.
Cupboard Natural Foods, 200 W. Congress St.
Kroger: 2231 S. Loop 288 and University Drive at Carroll Boulevard.
Piggly Wiggly: 619 Sherman Drive, 3601 E. McKinney St. and 522 Acme St.
TWU Golf Course, Schmitz St. at Clubhouse.
Good Samaritan Village, 3901 Montecito Drive.
Emily Fowler Library, 502 Oakland St.
Municipal Service Center, Texas Street at Mingo Road.
Central fire station, 217 W. McKinney St.
Fire station #2, 3309 E. McKinney St.
Fire station # 3, 1204 McCormick.
Fire station #4 - 2100 Sherman Drive
Fire station # 6, 3232 Teasley Lane.
For Glass Recycling, take materials to: city of Denton Landfill, 1100 S. Mayhill Road.
The city of Denton does not collect plastic and there are no recycling companies operating in Denton that collect plastic. But plastic sacks can be recycled at the Winn-Dixie on Interstate 35 (plastic sacks only).
What's new or next: This spring, city starting "re-use" center where old appliances will be refurbished for sale to the public.
Information: Solid Waste Department 940-349-8420 or Joe Ialenti, recycling coordinator, 940-349-8467.
Lewisville
Households: 18,000
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with bins. Materials: aluminum, newspapers, telephone books, boxes, tin or steel cans, plastics #1-#7, aerosol cans.
Annual tonnage: 3,750
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.
What's new or next?: Increased education programs encouraging small businesses to recycle.
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: Lisa Jacob-Weaver, recycling coordinator, 972-291-3503.
The Colony
Households: 8,000
Recycling since: 1996
Details: Curbside with bins. Materials: aluminum, unbroken glass, all plastic bottles, steel cans bundled newspapers.
Drop-off center: 1 Harris Plaza. Also location for seasonal telephone book recycling.
Information: Shirlene Sitton, 972-625-1756 or CWD at 972-392-9300.
TARRANT COUNTY
Arlington
Households: 80,000
Recycling since: 1993
Details: Curbside with bin. Materials: newspapers; magazines; clean paper; small, flattened cardboard; aluminum or steel cans; clear, brown or green glass; plastic jugs and bottles #1-#2.
Annual tonnage: 15,600
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.
Information: City information line, 817-459-6771. Arlington Disposal, 817-317-2000.
Bedford
Households: 13,638
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.
Information: Trinity Waste Services, 817-332-7301. Or city water department at 817-952-2112.
Colleyville
Households: 6,774
Recycling since: 1991
Details: Curbside with bin. Materials: all colored glass containers; plastics #1-#7 but no #6; newspapers, 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.
Information: Trinity Waste Services, 817-332-7301.
Euless
Households: 9,677
Recycling since: 1993
Details: Curbside with blue bag. Materials: plastic bottles marked #1-#5 and #7; unbroken glass bottles and jars (clear, brown, green and blue are accepted); tin food and drink cans (soup cans, pet food cans, tuna fish cans); aluminum cans; dry newspapers, magazines, catalogs and phone books (No cardboard or junk mail).
Annual tonnage: 1,020
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 817-871-8700.
Information: Recycling line at 817-685-8825.
Fort Worth
Households: 137,464
Recycling since: 1992
Details: Curbside with green bin. Materials: aluminum cans; paint cans, empty and dry; drink boxes and beverage cartons; glass (clear, brown and green glass bottles. Please remove caps and lids and rinse.); plastics #1-#2 (remove caps and lids and rinse.); steel or tin cans; aerosol cans; newspapers and telephone books; magazines; junk mail and office paper (Unwanted mail, advertising circulars, white and colored paper and envelopes are accepted.); brown corrugated cardboard.
Annual tonnage: 18,543
Drop-off center: 4100 Columbus Trail.
Household hazardous waste: Drop off at the Environmental Collection Center, 6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth. Fort Worth residents and 22 other cities participate. To learn if your city is one, call 817-871-5257. Bring a water bill for proof of residency.
Information: 817-871-5171
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 one of two events each year. The next is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 4, at 501 Shady Brook Drive, Grapevine.
Information: David Apgar, solid waste coordinator, 817-410-3363. Or call Trinity Waste at 817-332-7301.
Haltom
Households: 9,800
Recycling since: 1994
Details: Subscription curbside program with bins. Materials: plastics #1-#5 and #7, newspaper, glass containers; steel, aluminum or tin cans.
Household hazardous waste: Residents may use the Environmental Collection Center, 6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth. For hours, call 817-871-8700. Recycle oil at Brown's Auto Supply, 5028 Broadway Ave.
Information: Fran Burns, public information coordinator, 817-222-7767.
Hurst
Households: 10,203
Recycling since: 1996
Details: Curbside with bins. Materials: newspapers and magazines (no other paper items such as mail, paper bags or other paper); glass bottles and jars (excluding mirrors, windows, ceramics and other glass products); metal cans of tin, steel or aluminum (excluding scrap metal); plastic #1-#2.
Annual tonnage: 2,304
Household hazardous waste: Residents may use the Environmental Collection Center, 6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth. For hours, call 817-871-8700.
Information: Anita Thetford, finance director, 817-788-7011. Or Trinity Waste Services, 817-332-7301.
North Richland Hills
Households: 17,000
Recycling since: 1994
Details: Curbside with bin. Materials: aluminum and steel cans, glass, mixed paper, plastic bottles.
Annual tonnage: 3,264
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 Donohue Recycing bins for paper at Birdville Independent Schools.
Household hazardous waste: City owns mobile collect unit; save materials for next collection date, or contact the Environmental Services office at 817-427-6654.
Information: Debbie York, environmental resource coordinator, 817-427-6651.
Richland Hills
Households: 3,500
Recycling since: 1991
Details: Curbside with bin. Materials: aluminum and steel cans, plastics #1 and #2; cardboard and newspapers, magazines and glass.
Annual tonnage: 22
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 day.
Information: Main City telephone number at 817-299-1800. Or for information on Keep Richland Hills Beautiful, contact Ruby Dillon at 817-299-1840.
Text compiled by Dennis HuspeniSOURCES: North Central Texas Council of Governments Web site; city recycling coordinators; officials from Trinity Services/BFI and Community Waste Disposal.
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