Candlelight Forest West Maintenance Fund, Inc.

Tree Waste and Junk Waste Program

CANDLELIGHT FOREST WEST COLLECTION DATE: 4th Monday of Even months.

Trash

Garbage containers must be placed at the curb by 7 a.m. with the handle facing the house. There must be at least 3 feet of space between garbage and recycling containers. Containers must be accessible and not blocked by obstacles, including parked cars, trees, mail boxes, fencing, etc. Extra bags of garbage are collected only if they have a special tag attached. These tags may be purchased at HEB and participating Kroger stores. A second or third garbage container will be serviced for a monthly fee that is added to your water bill. Call 311 to enroll in Add-A-Can.

Yard Waste

Yard waste must be placed at the curb in City-approved compostable bags on garbage collection day by 7 a.m. Bags should be placed at lest 3 feet from your garbage cart. Yard waste is grass clippings, leaves and small branches. Filled bags must weigh less than 50 pounds. Small branches should be in bundles that are less than 4 feet in length and smaller than 18 inches in diameter. They should be placed next to the bags of yard waste for collection. Yard waste mixed with trash, paper, plastic or any other waste will not be collected. Yard waste generated by a contractor such as a yard service company, must be removed by the contractor.

Recycling

The City accepts the following materials in its curbside recycling collection: paper: newspaper, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, office paper; plastic containers #1-5 and 7 (rinsed and drained) including water and soda bottles, milk jugs, yogurt cups, margarine tubs, detergent bottles; aluminum cans (rinsed and drained); bimetal cans (rinsed and drained) including soup cans, vegetable cans, fruit cans, coffee cans; glass (rinsed and drained) bottles, jugs and jars; cardboard (flattened); cartons - gable top and shelf-stable such as milk cartons, juice cartons, soup cartons, soy milk/alternative milk cartons.

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Landfill Usage:

Residents who wish to dispose of Tree Waste or Junk Waste before their scheduled once-per-month collection may use one of six Neighborhood Depository/Recycling Centers. Visit the Neighborhood Depository/Recycling Center web page herefor more information or call 3-1-1.

Tires

Residents may place up to 4 tires at the curb for collection during Junk Waste. Collection crews will separate the tires from the Junk Waste. It may take up to a week before crews return and retrieve the tires. Separating the tires from the rest of the Junk Waste allows the SWMD to properly process tires.

Additional Information

"The Trash Facts" Newsletter (.pdf)

Placement Instructions

Tree Waste and Junk Waste should be placed adjacent to the front curb in a location easily accessible to the collection vehicle between the hours of 6:00 p.m. the Friday before and 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day.
Tree Waste and Junk Waste should not be stacked under low overhead electrical wires or other cabling, signs, or mailboxes; next to fences or posts; or on top of water meters, gas meters, fire hydrants, or other exposed utility components.
Materials should not be placed in the street, on the sidewalk, or other right-of-way, or in any manner which would interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
Tree Waste and Junk Waste collection is limited to occupied residential units and vacant residential lots only if the waste generated is in connection with the maintenance of the property.

Restrictions:

No more than 8 cubic yards (about the size of a minivan) of Junk Waste or Tree Waste may be placed at the curb for collection.
A maximum of four cubic yards of building material (not to include roofing shingles, brick, plaster or concrete) generated by the resident in connection with the maintenance of the residential property may be collected by Solid Waste Management Department crews.
Appliances containing refrigerant must have a tag attached to them certifying a qualified technician has removed the refrigerant.
The SWMD is not allowed to collect any material that was generated by contractors who were retained by a resident to perform work on his or her residential property. It is the responsibility of the contractor to remove all debris that may arise from the contractor's activities. These contractor-related activities include, but are not limited to: trimming and removal of trees, remodeling, new construction and roofing.
If authorized items placed for collection are mixed with unauthorized items, department personnel shall not be obligated to sort the materials and may refuse the entire load.
Solid Waste Management Department collection services are not available to multi-residential structures of more than eight units.

Link To Recycling Info and Schedule