Volunteer cleanup spotlight

Residents and City staff clean up Carter-Riverside

The City of Fort Worth's monthly, special event litter cleanups continue throughout the city as part of the Litter: Stop It! Report It! Pick It Up! campaign. This month, a total of 26 volunteers, residents and City staff, removed litter in the Carter-Riverside area. They?cleaned up underpasses, neighborhood streets, and Sylvania Park. A street sweeper and a Madvac removed extra debris from the area.

In just a few hours on a Saturday morning, 138 bags of trash, 14 tires, and loose debris were collected, totaling 8,083 pounds of litter!

Working together makes a huge difference! Thank you to all volunteers and staff who participated!

Join the next cleanup on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in the Highland Hills neighborhood (76134). For more information, visit the KFWB Facebook event. Sign up today!

Adopt-a-Spot Spotlight

Shout out to the team at Amazon Air KAFW - Alliance Airport! They adopted three miles of local roadways, and held their first litter cleanup event picking up trash near the airport. A total of 13 volunteers participated, and removed 15 bags of trash and debris from Heritage Parkway. They have already?held their second event in November, and are looking forward too many more in the future. Thank you Amazon Air KAFW!

Learn how you, your neighborhood, organization, or community group can also adopt a public space in Fort Worth!

Sustainable Holidays The month of December is a time of joy and reflection. As the year 2022 comes to an end, let's create sustainable holiday traditions with our friends and family! Click here for tips from Air North on how to make our holiday season more environmentally-friendly.

Where are you tossing Holiday waste?

Recycle cardboard and metal gift packages & boxes Enjoying?gift wrapping, gift?opening, or Holiday?munchies? Where are you tossing all the cardboard rolls, boxes, and metal tins that you can't reuse? Rethink your waste?into resources and make sure to recycle?them in your blue cart.

Toss or donate Holiday decorations Once Holiday celebrations are over, where will you be tossing your lights and decorations? Save them to?reuse?next year,?donate?them, or toss the broken ones in the garbage?cart, along with glossy, glittery, or foiled cards. Remember, none of those are recyclable!

Set your real Christmas tree out on the curb Don't throw away your natural Christmas tree! Give it a second life by recycling it with your weekly?yard waste. Simply remove all lights and decorations from your tree, and set it out on the curb on your collection day. Residents in apartments can take theirs to any of our four?Drop-off Stations to be recycled into mulch during this season.

Toss artificial Christmas trees Have an artificial tree? Those are not recyclable. If they're not suitable for being reused or donated, please dispose of them?in your brown garbage?cart.?

Upcoming Events

REMINDER:

There is no change to residential collections (garbage, recycling, yard and bulk waste) and residents are allowed two extra bags of garbage on the first collection day after Christmas.

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Most city offices, including City Hall, the Drop-Off Stations and Environmental Collection Center, will be closed Monday, Dec. 26, in observance of the Christmas holiday.

January 7 -

9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Code Compliance Hiring Fair

Now hiring Equipment Operators for our Litter Control and Street Sweeping operations.

Click here for details.

Now through January 9

Holiday Grease Roundup

Instead of washing your fats, oils, or grease down the drain, recycle?it for free at one of the four City of Fort Worth Drop-Off Stations or the?Environmental Collection Center!

January 14 -

8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Highland Hills Special Event Litter Cleanup

Meet at the Highland Hills Community Center, at
1600 Glasgow Road
Fort Worth, TX 76134

Click here for more info?or here to register.

All litter supplies and water will be provided.

Donate to the Trinity waterwheels!

Give a year-end gift to help get a waterwheel into the Trinity River. The City of Fort Worth, through the?Keep Fort Worth Beautiful?program, wants residents to know that there is still time to get their tax-deductible donation in the books before the end of 2022. It is a?worthy project, as it helps extend the fight against litter to our local waterways.

It is simple to contribute to a meaningful, world-class project that will clean up the community and protect the Trinity River today for future generations. Make your end-of-year, tax-deductible donation online or by check to Keep Fort Worth Beautiful, or through our 501(c)(3) non-profit partner Streams & Valleys, Inc. by December 30, 2022. Donations of any amount are accepted, so take part in Fort Worth?s vision and become a waterwheel sponsor! Visit www.fortworthtexas.gov/waterwheel to learn more about the initiative and its sponsorship levels.

New year, new garden

Although it may be cold outside, it is time to think about spring! The winter months are a great time to plan and prepare for your spring garden. Luckily, there are numerous organizations dedicated to gardening education in Fort Worth. Check them out as you think and plan your garden for warmer weather:

• Savefortworthwater.org -?The City of Fort Worth Water Department Conservation sponsors and hosts gardening education programming to help encourage residents to minimize their water use. Fort Worth hosts annual and monthly educational seminars. Next year?s classes will be posted soon on the ?Classes and Events? section on the webpage.
• Savetarrantwater.com -?Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), our raw water supplier, sponsors and hosts a variety of gardening education programming as well. From rain barrel classes to outdoor events, TRWD always has something fun going on!
• Fwbg.org -?The Fort Worth Botanic Garden and Botanical Research Institute of Texas host a variety of children, family and adult programming on gardening and related activities. Check out the ?Learn? section on their webpage.