The City of DeSoto is providing clearer guidelines for residents for trash pick-up from Republic Services.
Residents may put out either one large bulky item weekly or up to three cubic yards of small bulk items and bundled brush.
These items should be placed next to the trash cart on Thursday or Friday’s second service day of each week.
Smaller bulk items or extra bags should be placed directly next to the trash cart.
Three cubic yards are described as a pile that is three feet deep, three feet tall, and nine feet wide.
Acceptable items include:
- Bundled bags of leaves and small twigs
- Extra bags of household trash (up to five per collection date)
- Small piles of limbs that are cut, tied, and bundled
Brush and Large Bulk Trash Guidelines:
For brush and large bulk trash, residents will need to call the Action Center at (972) 230-9600 to schedule a pick-up.
Those items must be placed at the front of the property.
The brush service is transitioning to a once-per-month, on-call service with a limit of ten cubic yards per month.
Examples of acceptable large bulk items include:
- Up to 15 heavy-duty bags of leaves per collection date
- Small bushes, tree branches, and other bundled foliage
- A/C window units, refrigerators, and freezers (with freon removed and tagged)
- Small furniture items such as end tables, coffee tables, bookcases, and window blinds
- Large items like mattresses, sofas, dining room tables, washers, and recliners
- Small DIY construction projects such as toilets, sinks, wall panels, and interior doors, cut into four-foot lengths with nails removed or hammered down
For more information or to schedule a pickup, residents can contact the DeSoto Action Center.
Joshua Carter