Southeast Drop-off Station
Southeast Drop-off Station is Fort Worth’s free city drop-off site on the Martin Luther King Freeway, ZIP code 76119.
Southeast Drop-off Station, 5150 Martin Luther King Fwy., is one of the City of Fort Worth’s four Drop-Off Stations for residents with a city sanitation account. Southeast Drop-off Station hours: Tuesday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon. It takes extra garbage, recycling, brush, bulky items, electronics and household chemicals.
Serves: Fort Worth trash pickup and drop-off rules.
About this site
The station is separate from the city’s Southeast Landfill at 6288 Salt Road, which takes loads the Drop-Off Stations refuse, such as landlord waste from rental properties, for a fee. A city flyer gives the station’s ZIP code as 76119.
Rules at every Fort Worth Drop-Off Station
The city’s four Drop-Off Stations serve households with a City of Fort Worth solid waste account: bring a copy or photo of a water bill from the last six months that lists the sanitation charge, plus a matching driver’s license, and unload your own load. Apartment residents may bring only recycling and household hazardous waste, with a driver’s license. Limits, the accepted list and the refused list are on the city’s Drop-Off Stations page ↗.
- Type
- Recycling and drop-off center
- State
- Texas
- City
- Fort Worth
- Address
- 5150 Martin Luther King Fwy., Fort Worth, TX
- Hours
- Tuesday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to noon; closed Sunday, Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day
- Who can use it
- Residents with an active city solid waste account, who bring a copy or photo of a water bill from the last six months showing the sanitation charge and a matching driver's license; apartment residents may bring recyclables and household hazardous waste with a driver's license; no commercial, out-of-city or landlord waste
- Fees
- Free for residents
- Takes
- Bagged household garbage, blue-cart recyclables, scrap metal, bulk waste, brush and yard waste (securely contained or in kraft paper bags), four passenger car tires per household every six months with the rims separated, small home repair and remodeling waste (one visit a month, up to 5 cubic yards), appliances including refrigerators and air conditioners, small lawn equipment drained of fuel and oil, fire extinguishers, household chemicals (up to 20 gallons per household every three months), two electronics every six months and free secure paper shredding
- Does not take
- Loads not secured or covered; loose trash, leaves and grass; concrete, rock, dirt and ceramic tile; explosives and ammunition; roofing; asbestos; oxygen, CO2, butane, helium and propane tanks; radioactive items such as smoke detectors; titled vehicles; box trucks
- Run by
- City of Fort Worth Environmental Services Department
- Phone
- 817-392-1234
- Official website
- fortworthtexas.gov
- Primary source
- fortworthtexas.gov
- Last verified
Questions
Where is Southeast Drop-off Station?
Is Southeast Drop-off Station the same as the Southeast Landfill?
Can I drop off a TV at Southeast Drop-off Station?
Sources
- City of Fort Worth: Drop-Off Stations (no date shown): address, hours, accepted and refused items, Southeast Landfill address and landlord waste.
- City of Fort Worth: Drop-Off Stations flyer (PDF) (undated): ZIP code 76119.
Sources and corrections
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