Free bulk garbage pickup is available on Texas side

TEXARKANA, Texas — As part of a spring cleanup push, city officials reminded residents this week that free bulk garbage pickup is available to them.

One cubic yard of bulk waste can be placed curbside with waste and recycling carts for normal weekly waste collection, free of charge.

A cubic yard is the equivalent of two of the 96-gallon waste carts or an item the size of a sofa, large chair or washing machine.

To have more than a cubic yard of bulk waste removed, call Waste Management at 903-794-4111 to schedule a pickup and make payment arrangements.

“Citywide cleanup efforts are underway this spring. The city is encouraging participating in a trash-off this weekend, there’s a community wide yard sale and electronics recycling event scheduled for early May, and the Chamber of Commerce has a new anti-litter campaign in the works.

“We just hope to provide residents with a timely reminder that they can always put bulk waste at the curb, and it will be picked up with their trash,” Assistant City Manager David Orr said.

Waste Management will also pick up yard waste. Acceptable items include grass clippings, leaves, trimmings and tree branches. Unacceptable items include dirt, stone, concrete and rock.

Tree limbs must not be more than 4 feet long and tied in bundles weighing 40 pounds or less. Leaves, grass and trimmings must be placed in non-plastic, biodegradable green waste bags.