Fort Worth, TX Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection frequency
- Garbage and recycling weekly, same day
- Find your day
- Fort Worth Garbage & Recycling app
- Holiday shift
- One day later: Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year
- Bulk pickup
- Monthly on assigned bulk week
- Set-out time
- By 7 a.m.; after 6 p.m. prior night
Summary
Fort Worth collects garbage and recycling weekly on the same day, with bulk waste monthly. Find your day with the city's Garbage & Recycling app or lookup tool. Only Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day push collection one day later.
Sec. 365.012. ILLEGAL DUMPING; DISCARDING LIGHTED MATERIALS; CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person disposes or allows or permits the disposal of litter or other solid waste at a place that is not an approved solid waste site, including a place on or within 300 feet of a public highway, on a right-of-way, on other public or private property, or into inland or coastal water of the state. ... (b) A person commits an offense if the person receives litter or other solid waste for disposal at a place that is not an approved solid waste site, regardless of whether the litter or other solid waste or the land on which the litter or other solid waste is disposed is owned or controlled by the person.
Full Breakdown
Look up your address with the Fort Worth Garbage & Recycling app or the city lookup tool to find your weekly garbage and recycling day (blue cart, same day) plus your monthly bulk-waste week. Most holidays cause no change; only Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day shift collection one day later for the rest of the week, moving Friday routes to Saturday. Bulk waste is collected once a month during your assigned bulk week: check the bulk map. Place the brown garbage cart, blue recycling cart, and yard waste at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day; carts may go out after 6:00 p.m. the night before.
Violations & Fines
No monetary penalty specified; carts and yard waste must be at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on your collection day and may be placed out after 6:00 p.m. the night before. Bulk waste is only collected during your assigned monthly bulk week.
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