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1. Where is the landfill and what is the phone number?

3131 Old Brock Road. 817-596-4171.

2. How much does residential garbage service cost?

$17 plus tax. Rates...

3. Why is the Weatherford Recycling Drop-off Centers closing?

The Recycling drop-off centers are closing due to the increase of hauling costs and trash contamination. The fee to haul a recycling container to the recycling facility in Ft Worth is $ 270.00 each. This cost was estimated to axceed $180,000 in 2010.

4. Why is Weatherford offering a curb side recycling program?

The voluntary curbside recycling program will enable city residents to conveniently recycle and reduce the volume of waste from entering the lanfill.

5. What are the seven types of plastics for recycling?

#1 PETE: Polyethylene Terephthalate
Commonly used in soft drinks, juice, cough syrup containers and microwave trays.

#2 HDPE: High Density Polyethylene
Commonly used in milk jugs, detergent and shampoo bottles.

#3 V: Polyvinyl Chloride
Commonly used in film for meat packaging and some rigid plastic containers

#4 LDPE: Low Density Polyethylene
Commonly used in newspaper and grocery bags and butter cups lids.

#5 PP: Polypropylene
Commonly used in yogurt containers and deli trays

#6 PS: Polystyrene
Commonly used in plastic cups and plates and to-go containers

#7 Other: Other mixed resins
Commonly used in mixed plastic containers or plastic products