City of Fort Worth Environmental Services, along with other city departments, collectively picked up 19.7 million pounds of litter in fiscal year 2024. This amount is down slightly from the year before when 19.9 million pounds were collected.

In a nutshell

According to a city news release, city departments use a variety of programs and services for litter and debris pick up from Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024. These included:

• Citywide litter cleanups
• Volunteer-led cleanups
• Grant-funded programs
• Interdepartmental collaborations
• Partnerships with outside organizations
• Emergency cleanup responses

These efforts helped city staff remove litter and debris from 8,902 illegal dump sites, control litter along Texas Department of Transportation highways and increase litter removal and mowing cycles for public properties such as parks.

What you need to know

One of these litter and debris clean up programs is the Environmental Services Department scrap tire collection event. The event is being held Nov. 16 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Fort Worth East Regional Library parking lot, located at 6301 Bridge St.

According to the news release, accepted items include:

• Tires from all types of passenger vehicles (tires should be free of oils, dirt, water and paint)
• Rims are accepted, but preferably separated from tires
• Tires from commercial vehicles or 18-wheelers are not accepted

Once collected, the news release states tires will be taken to a tire recycling facility, where they will be transformed into useful materials for products like:

• Playground surfaces
• Tire swings
• Asphalt and landscaping materials

Residents are encouraged to control litter at its source. According to the news release, residents can report litter by calling the City Call Center at 817-392-1234 or using the MyFW app. Residents can also join litter cleanup efforts by emailing Keep Fort Worth Beautiful or by contacting the call center.