Pay-as-You-Throw
in Fort Worth
Presented by Kim Mote
Assistant Director
Department of Environmental Management
Solid Waste Services Division
Fort Worth Solid Waste
• Enterprise Fund
– Operated like a business
• Revenue and Expenditures must balance
– Separate from the General Fund
• Residential Collections are
contracted out
– Contract governs what each party does
– Any extra work City pays for
Collection Program
Weekly Collections
– Garbage
• PAYT – 3 sizes of garbage carts
32, 64 & 96 gallon carts
– Recycling
• Not mandatory
• Single stream
– Yard Waste
• Bundled limbs, Yard Bags, Optional Purchase Yard Cart
• Loose Brush up to 10 cubic yards - - if over collected but
charged for excess - PAYT
Collection Program
Monthly Collection
–Bulk waste
• Monthly according to a set schedule
• Up to 10 cubic yards collected as part of fee
– if over collected but charged for excess -PAYT
• Water account holder subject to extra charge if
non-compliant - PAYT
– Out of cycle of schedule
– Non Bulk material
Drop-off Stations
• Drop-off Station
– Residential use only
– No charge for use
• Electronic Waste
• Tires
– Limit 4 in 6 mos.
Rates Charged
Sanitation rates are based upon the size of
cart used for garbage collection.
Current rates are –
• 32 gallon garbage cart
• 64 gallon garbage cart
• 96 gallon garbage cart
$12.75*
$17.75*
$22.75*
* plus Texas sales tax
– Rate pays for all sanitation services
Fort Worth’s
Residential Collection Program
Philosophy of Solid Waste Program
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Service provided by cart for garbage and recycling
Service is provided once a week
Pay-as-you-throw or variable rate sanitation fees
Recycling is encouraged but not mandatory
Yard Waste & Bulk waste collection also PAYT
more that 10 CY set out for collection, the
customer pays for the excess
• Customers are expected to assist us in managing
their waste.
Council
Goals & Priorities
“To Make Fort Worth a Cleaner and More
Attractive City”
• Council Priorities:
– Assure City’s Long-Term Disposal Capacity
– Increase Recycling Diversion
– Improve Brush and Bulky Waste Service
– Design, permit and build four Convenience
Centers
– Maximize Contracting Opportunities
Why Did Fort Worth
Go to PAYT?
• Encourage Diversion of Wastes
• Equity in Sanitation Charges
– The more that you throw away, the more you pay
• Desire to stabilize cost
• Cost Effective program
• Establish an Integrated Solid Waste
Program
• Wanted convenience of Carts
– Easy method of determining charges
• Control setout of excess Bulk and Brush
PAYT
Must Have
• Political will
• Continuous, consistent Public
Education
• Enforcement
• Right to refuse to collect
or charge for the
collection of
non-compliant set outs
Problem
Solution
Solution
Problem
Status of
Fort Worth’s Program
• Over 23% of all residential
waste is being diverted from
the landfill
• Over 75% of all single family
households are recycling
• Last year 36,200 tons of
recycled through blue carts
• 26,900 tons of yard
trimmings & brush were
collected and mulched
• Over 165,000 visits to the
drop-off stations
• Over 485 tons of electronic
waste (e-waste) collected
Pay-as-You-Throw in Fort Worth
Questions?
Kim Mote
817-392-5153
[email protected]