Thank you to our volunteers!

This past weekend's Neighborhood Litter Stomp was a great success. The key part of the event - our volunteers! Over 1,850 volunteers dedicated their Saturday morning to removing litter from neighborhoods, parks, streets, schools and other public areas around the city. This is the largest volunteer turnout this event has ever seen!

A huge thank you to everyone who participated and for making an enormous impact to our city. Here’s a quick “shout out” to a few participating organizations:

• North Crowley High School, who was our largest volunteer group with 85 people
• Lake Como Neighborhood Advisory Council
• DHL
• West Fort Worth Homeschoolers
• Longhorn Council Boy Scouts of America

Our individual spotlight goes to Jere Tucker, who removed the most litter for an individual...a whopping 141 pounds! If you volunteered, don't forget to submit your cleanup results to us!

If you missed out on Litter Stomp, no need to worry! You can still participate in upcoming events or lead your own litter cleanup. 

Be a part of Fort Worth Recycles events in honor of America Recycles Day!

Each year on November 15, millions of people across the United States take part in America Recycles Day. To celebrate it, Keep Fort Worth Beautiful is sponsoring a series of recycling-related events and activities. There is something fun for everyone to be involved in, so read on and plan to join us!

• Reduce contamination in your recycle bin! The City's new recycling campaign educates residents on items that are recyclable. The campaign name, W.A.I.T., is an acronym that stands for “Where am I tossing?”, and is meant to encourage residents to pause before they throw items in the wrong bin, decreasing “wishcycling”. Check out the Waste Wizard on the City’s website, or download the Fort Worth Garbage and Recycling app from Google Play or the App Store.

• Tour the Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) - Tour the Republic Services' Material Recovery Facility (MRF) on November 15, and learn how Fort Worth's residential recyclables are separated, processed, and baled. Sign up now! Spots fill up fast, and registration closes on November 14. Additional details can be found on the event page.

• Participate in the Neighborhood Recycling Competition - Fort Worth’s “Take a Selfie” Neighborhood Recycling Competition starts on November 1. Send us a selfie with the contents of your blue recycling cart free of contamination and enter to win a prize. From November 1 – 14, residents can submit one entry per household per week, through email ([email protected]), plus get bonus entries when sharing their recycling cart selfie on social media using hashtag #FWRecycles22. Download details and rules here. A neighborhood winner and an individual winner will be selected. Winners will be featured in our social media and newsletter.

Fort Worth Water won 2022 WaterSense Partner of the Year Award The Fort Worth Water Department received from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) its second WaterSense Partner of the Year Award. The prize was in recognition of its SmartRepair program, Leak Notification Program, and educational classes. SmartRepair is a customer assistance program that fixes leaks and replaces fixtures for qualifying residents. In 2021 SmartRepair assisted 50 homes which resulted in an estimated 821,000 gallons of water saved. Find out more information about SmartRepair here. Applications are available at all Fort Worth Public Libraries. Fort Worth’s Leak Notification Program sent over 68,000 letters in 2021 alerting residents of possible leaks. The continuous usage letters are one of the many advantages of the new meters with the MyH2O program. Residents can now see their own usage and identify their own leaks online. Sign up for MyH2O here. Fort Worth Water regularly collaborates with local partners to provide educational classes on water saving tips, gardening, and EPA WaterSense products to our residents. Classes typically run from late Winter to early Fall. Check back early next year to see Fort Worth’s 2023 classes at savefortworthwater.org.

City departments partner to improve Harwood St. area

This month, several City of Fort Worth departments came together to improve the 2600 block of Harwood St. around the E. Lancaster Ave. underpass and railroad bridge. Unified, staff removed litter and illegally dumped trash, abated homeless camps, mowed the right-of-ways, trimmed tree limbs that were blocking sidewalks, stairs, street lights and power lines within City of Fort Worth’s properties in the area. Teams also painted the underpass of the Lancaster bridge to abate graffiti. Additional work to restore lighting and repair concrete is in progress.

A big thanks to everyone involved, including staff from the Code Compliance, Parks & Recreation, and Transportation & Public Works departments. Working together made this project possible! “This is a great example of teamwork directed towards making Fort Worth a cleaner and safer community.” – said Cody Whittenburg, Code Compliance Assistant Director, Environmental Health Services. Hard-working crews, volunteers, and other staff made this long-overdue project possible. There is still work to be done - such as painting the railroad bridge and skid-steering the washed-out rocks and dirt - but the positive outcome can already be experienced by area residents.

Trinity Metro’s Bus Stop Cleanup coming up Hundreds of volunteers will be hitting the streets this Saturday morning for Trinity Metro’s annual Bus Stop Clean Up Day, a community-wide beautification effort along all of Trinity Metro’s bus routes. The event begins at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at Fort Worth Central Station, where teams will gather before heading to their routes, which cover 410 square miles. As part of the event, Trinity Metro is partnering with the Tarrant Area Food Bank to help those in need. Volunteers can bring canned goods to donate on site at Fort Worth Central Station.

Composting Corner

The City of Fort Worth Residential Food Waste Composting Program is rapidly growing. We now have 17 food scraps collection sites conveniently located throughout the city. Join our fight against food waste today!

Drop off your pumpkins to be composted instead of landfilled Don't let your Fall or Halloween 🎃 pumpkins go to waste - start planning their disposal today! If your pumpkins are unpainted and untreated with chemicals, they can be composted through our Residential Food Waste Composting Program. Just bring your food scraps to one of our collection sites, and let us do the dirty work! Learn more or sign up today!

Upcoming Events

October 29 -

9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Glenwood Park Trash Pick-Up & Family Fun

Meet at 900 South Riverside Drive, 76104

October 29 -

10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Fairmount Trash Pirates Halloween Litter Cleanup Event - costumes welcome!

No sign up needed. Meet at Fire Station Park, 1601 Lipscomb St, 76104

October 29 -

4 - 7 p.m.

Code Blue Halloween Trunk or Treat Event

Bob Bolen Safety Complex

KFWB will be attending to provide information on the expansion of the City's street sweeping services

505 W Felix St, 76115

No registration needed.

November 12 -

8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Polytechnic Heights Special Event Litter Cleanup

Meet at the Boys and Girls Club at 3123 Avenue G, 76105

Click here for more info or here to register.

All litter supplies and water will be provided.

November 15 -

11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

UNT Health Sciences Center Community Recycling Event

1028 Haskell Street - Lot 7, 76107

Donate old electronics and appliances, clothing and more. For additional details and a map, click here.

City announces bid invitation to waterwheel construction 

Our request for bids to construct and install the waterwheels on the Trinity River is now open! The bid invitation can be found on the City of Fort Worth website and all applications must be submitted by December 8, 2022. City staff is excited to review the proposals and be one step closer to cleaner waterways!

The implementation of the waterwheels is a significant part of the City’s and its partners' continuous effort to educate residents on the litter problem and to improve water quality.

There is still time to support this project! Visit our website to check out sponsorship levels. Donations for the waterwheels can be made online or by check to Keep Fort Worth Beautiful. or through our 501(c)(3) partner Streams & Valleys. Take part in Fort Worth’s vision and become a waterwheel sponsor today!

Microplastics in our waterways

Green Artist Spotlight

One of the newest art installations within the city are twelve large-scale, 19-foot tall weathervane recycled art sculptures made by artist Christopher Fennell.

Installed along approximately three miles of the North Beach Corridor, each features an animal sculpted from upcycled materials collected from the community: metal trash cans, bicycles, metal mailboxes, to chain link fencing, and more. Check out his work here!