Joshua Residents who reside inside the corporate City Limits will receive garbage service 2 times per week plus recycling one time per week. Garbage pickup occurs on Tuesdays and Fridays. Recycling pickup occurs on Wednesdays.
Getting Started: Residents must call City of Joshua to begin trash service. Please call 817-558-7447 to have one of our customer care representatives assist you in setting up your new service. IESI continues to pick up the garbage and recycling, however, the City of Joshua sends out the bills and collects the payments.
Garbage: Each residential customer shall place garbage at the curb in disposable containers or permanent containers by 7:00 a.m. Vines and thorny bushes are to be placed in disposable containers. Brush which can not be put in disposable or permanent containers shall be placed in lengths not to exceed four (4) feet, with a weight not to exceed fifty (50) pounds, tie same in bundles, and stack such brush at curbside.
Unacceptable Items: Brush and tree trimmings generated by a landscaping company or tree trimming service will not be collected. Asbestos, construction and demolition debris, tires, oil, gasoline and petroleum based products, car parts, paint, chemicals, fertilizer, pool chemicals, cooking oil, fecal material, sewage, industrial sludge, pathological waste, pollution control waste, and any other product classified as hazardous.
Acceptable Recyclable Items:
Plastics #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #7. Rinse and remove lids.
Glass
Aluminum and metal cans
Newspapers, junk mail and catalogs
Paper Bags
Cardboard – must be broken down to a size that will fit inside the bin
Unacceptable Recycling Items:
No mirrors, window glass, plate glass, light bulbs, ceramics, aluminum foil, packing peanuts, pizza boxes, styrofoam, aerosol cans, paints, solvents or thinners. No pool chemicals, plastic toys, furniture, rubber hoses, household items, garden fertilizers, pesticides, hardback books, propane/helium tanks, waxed juice or milk cartons, tissues, wet paper or paper contaminated with food products.
2011 Holiday Pickup Scehdule:
There will be no changes in the pick-up schedule during the holidays.
Next City of Joshua Clean-up:
The next scheduled clean-up is Oct. 21-23, 2011. Listed below are the changes related to the clean-up:
- Only one (1) trip per household will be accepted. A truck and trailer during the same trip is acceptable.
- Business owners are also allowed a single visit to the clean-up
- You will need to verify residence and/or the business.
Free Day at the Land Fill for Joshua Residents!
As part of the contract with IESI, Joshua residents will be able to dump bulk trash, brush and debris at the Turkey Creek Landfill twice each year. Residents will need to take your city garbage collection bill with you in order to enter free of charge. The first of the two dates has been scheduled for 2012 are January 20 – 21, 2012 and June 8-9, 2012. More information will be provided in the coming weeks.
