Bulky item collection is provided to residents at no additional cost. The City requests residents to limit service requests to 8 calls each year. When considering making a request, we ask residents to Think BIG. The purpose of the service is to remove large, bulky items generally over 50 lbs. See below for a list of acceptable items and where to place them for pickup. After that, click "Request Pickup Online" to fill out a quick request or call 972-744-4111.

Items under 50 lbs. should be placed with your twice per week refuse collection and do not require a special request.

Remember to "Think Big"

ALL plastic bags under 50 lbs. should be placed with the twice per week refuse collection (leaves, grass, junk, etc.).

Any items under 50 lbs. should be placed in the twice per week refuse collection including small appliances.

Acceptable Items
Brush, tree trunks and other green waste up to 8-feet long and 2-feet in diameter are accepted. Cacti is also accepted if boxed up and each box is under 25 lbs.

Note: Residents should be sure to denote when they request a BABIC if they have compostable material to be picked up. When compostable material is set out along the curb it needs to be in a separate pile from non-compostable, bulky items, to ensure it goes to the correct place. When the items are mixed, or when residents do not let the city know that compostable items are present, the compostable material will end up in the landfill rather than being composted and turned into mulch.

Any compostable items placed in plastic bags will need to be collected with the regular twice per week refuse collection. Please do not call these in for a BABIC request.

How to set items out for collection

Grass Clippings
Are you looking to save time mowing, save money bagging and have a healthier lawn this season? Consider mulching and not bagging your clippings. When grass clippings break down in your lawn, they release valuable nutrients you’d otherwise be throwing away. So skip the bag and the hassle all together.

If you choose to continue bagging, we ask residents to put their lawn clippings in brown compostable bags. We will pick them and and turn them into compost through a partnership with Texas Pure.

Should you choose the plastic bags, please place them with your regular twice per week refuse collection. 

Leaves
Each year we see row after row of thick black trash bags lining our neighborhood streets. Unfortunately, these trash bags are not compostable and are sent to the landfill. Purchase compostable bags at your local home improvement center and make sure you indicate you have compostable material to be picked up. When compostable material is set out along the curb it needs to be in a separate pile from non-compostable, bulky items, to ensure it goes to the correct place. When the items are mixed, or when residents don’t let the city know that compostable items are present, the compostable material will end up in the landfill rather than being composted and turned into mulch.

Should you choose the plastic bags, please place them with your regular twice per week refuse collection. 

Or skip bagging all together this year and consider investing in a composter. Leaves will break down into valuable nutrients that will benefit your landscaping.

How to set items out for collection