Fort Smith offers free curbside bulk-item pickup through the Department of Solid Waste Services' Dial-A-Truck program. Residents call 479-784-2350 option 3 to schedule; one free pickup of up to five large items is available every three months, with additional pickups available for a fee. Service days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday year-round. Accepted items include couches, mattresses, box springs, appliances, furniture, and outdoor grills. The City also conducts a twice-yearly Citywide Cleanup in April and October at four manned dumpster locations for free household-trash drop-off with proof of residency.
Dial-A-Truck is Fort Smith's branded bulk-item pickup program operated by the Department of Solid Waste Services. Residents schedule by calling 479-784-2350 and selecting option 3 - the schedule line is staffed weekdays. The program offers each residential refuse customer one free pickup of up to five large bulky items every three months (i.e., quarterly), with additional pickups within a quarter available for a fee. Service days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday throughout the year. Accepted items include couches and other upholstered furniture, mattresses and box springs, appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, washers, and dryers (note that refrigerant-bearing appliances need EPA Section 608 freon-evacuation handling by the City contractor), outdoor grills, large furniture pieces, and other large bulky objects. Construction debris, hazardous waste, automotive parts (tires, motor oil, batteries), and household hazardous waste are not Dial-A-Truck items - tires go to Westark Collection Center at 601 Oak Grove Road, Van Buren, and household hazardous waste goes through the City's HHW program. The twice-yearly Citywide Cleanup events (April and October) provide a backstop: four manned trash dumpsters at City locations accept household trash from residents free of charge during specified times with proof of residency. Authority traces to Fort Smith Code of Ordinances Chapter 25, Article VII (Solid Waste) and A.C.A. §8-9-401 et seq. (Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act). The Fort Smith Landfill (operated by the same Department) accepts walk-in disposal of construction debris and other materials not eligible for curbside pickup, with tipping fees.
Setting bulk items at the curb without a scheduled Dial-A-Truck appointment is treated as illegal dumping under Code Chapter 25, Article VII and A.C.A. §8-6-406 (littering, $100-$1,000 first offense plus 8 hours community service for first offense, 24 hours for repeats). Items left after the quarterly free pickup is used draw a fee for additional pickup; refusing to pay results in Neighborhood Services warning and the standard 3-warnings-equals-criminal-summons path. Hazardous items (tires, paints, oils, batteries) set out for Dial-A-Truck pickup are not collected and may be cited; tires must go to the Westark Collection Center in Van Buren and household hazardous waste through the City's HHW program. Refrigerant-bearing appliances mishandled can trigger PA-DEP-equivalent ADEQ enforcement and federal EPA Section 608 violations.
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