General Information about Brush and Bulky Items
Brush and Bulky Item Collection (BABIC) is a free service offered to Richardson residents.  The service is designed to help residents dispose of large amounts of brush or oversized items like unwanted appliances or furniture that cannot be placed out for regular trash collection.

Note: When doing a brush special collection and a bulky item special collection simultaneously, it is highly encouraged that the resident keep those two piles separate so that the brush can be composted.

Three Ways to Request a Brush or Bulky Item Collection
City code requires residents to request brush or bulky item collection service prior to placing an item on the parkway for collection.

1. Call the Response Center line (972) 744-4111 and use the prompts 1,2 or 3
2. Call the Response Center line (972) 744-4111 and press 7 to speak to an attendant
3. Or fill out an Online Request 

Collection Point
Residents are required to set out brush or bulky items for collection in the front on the grassy area between the sidewalk and the street.  If it is a corner house, you may set the items out on the grassy area (the parkway) on the side street.  If you are on a corner house, please ensure you make it known what street you are leaving the debris on.

Set Out Time
In order to help keep neighborhood streets attractive and to significantly reduce the amount of time brush and bulky items remain on our parkways; City code requires residents to request brush or bulky item collection service prior to placing an item on the parkway for collection.  The request MUST be made by midnight the night before the designated collection day.

Collection Day Map
Richardson resident’s brush or bulky item collection day is the same as your recycle day.  See map below.

Items that CAN be collected as BABIC
Brush, Tree Trunk, and other Green Waste up to 7ft. & 24ft. Diameter
Carpet/Furniture/Door
Toilet/Bathtub
Garage Cleanups
Wood Fences (without concrete or metal hardware including nails)
Washer/Dryers
Refrigerators/Freezers
Ovens/Stoves/Hot Water Heaters
Television & Computer Monitors
Lawn Mowers (without fuel in it)
Cacti (must be boxed - up to 25lbs. per box)
Scrap Metal (bicycles, swing set, etc. - when separated from brush pile)

Drop off Center - You may also drop-off your regular trash at the following location:
NTMWD Lookout Transfer Station
1601 Lookout Drive
Richardson, TX 75082
(972) 234-3247
Note - Brush must be taken to the Custer Transfer Station at 9901 Custer Rd. Plano, TX

Items that CANNOT be collected as BABIC
Buildings or Building Attachments
Concrete/Rocks/Bricks/Railroad ties
Concrete on Fence Poles
Construction Debris (including interior/exterior demolition)
Glass/Mirror
Compress Gas/Air Cylinders
Vehicle Parts
Any Type of Remodeling to a House (sheet rock, cabinets of any kind, bath tile, ceramic tile)
Material Not Originating from Resident
Wood or Asphalt Roof Shingle
Window or Window Frame
Hazardous Waste Like Paint, Oil, Pesticides, Solvents, Liquids
Flooring/Insulation
Tires (most tire stores will dispose of tires for a small fee)

These items cannot be collected by City crews.  Hazardous Waste Materials must be taken to the Home Chemical Collection Center.  All other items must be taken to: 

North Texas Municipal Water District Landfill
121 Regional Disposal Facility
7934 North Highway 121
Melissa, Texas 75454
(972) 837-4015

Beginning January 1, 2006, this requirement will be actively enforced by both Neighborhood Services and Solid Waste staff.  A resident who places an item on the parkway for brush or bulky item collection but fails to request collection service will receive a warning for the first violation and a citation for each subsequent violation.  The item may be collected as a courtesy, but a warning or citation will follow.

Biodegradable Bags - If you are interested in having your small twigs, grass clippings, and/or leaves composted, you may bag these in biodegradable bags and place them in the front on the parkway and request a Brush or Bulky Item Collection. Biodegradable bags may be purchased at retail locations such as Wal-Mart and Home Depot.