Brush & Yard Waste

The Green Grabber is in your neighborhood every week to pick up brush such as tree limbs and large bushes. Find out below when and what the Green Grabber will pick up at your address using the Where Does It Go app. You can also set up the app to send service reminders.

Once a month the Green Grabber collects Bulk Trash such as furniture.

Questions or concerns? Email us or call at 972-919-2597.

Accepted Brush Items
Where Does It Go app
Brush Diversion Program
Set-Out Instructions
Regular & Special Pickup
Brush and Bulk Map

Accepted Brush Items
Where Does It Go app
Brush Diversion Program
Set-Out Instructions
Regular & Special Pickup
Brush and Bulk Map

Accepted Brush Items

Accepted

The following items are considered brush and can be put out during brush collection weeks for the Green Grabber:

Shrubs
Stumps
Tree limbs and branches eight feet or less in length
Woody vines
Other woody plants

Not Accepted

The following items are not considered brush:

Bagged grass or leaves – These items should be bagged and placed out with regular trash collection
Fence material – This is bulk, and should be put out on your bulk collection day
Lumber – This is bulk, and should be put out on your bulk collection day
Wood pallets – This is bulk and should be put out on your bulk collection day
Furniture - This is bulk, and should be put out on your bulk collection day
Trash - Should be placed in your carts or bagged. Any trash contaminates the brush pile causing the entire pile to be sent to the landfill.

Where Does It Go app

Brush Diversion Program

How Brush Recycling Improves Sustainability

The purpose of brush recycling is to keep brush material out of the landfill, prolonging the landfill's life. According to the Environmental Defense Fund, every year Americans throw away about 24 million tons of leaves and grass. In addition, we also toss about 22 million tons of food waste into landfills. These recyclables consume an estimated 20-30% of all landfill space.

Nationwide, if we compost these materials instead of sending them to the landfill, the resulting reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would be the equivalent of taking more than four million cars off the road. Recycling compostable materials not only lowers greenhouse gas emissions but also saves valuable landfill space, promotes water conservation and returns organic matter to the earth for beneficial use.

Key Benefits of Brush Recycling

Brush recycling reduces material going to the landfill which extends the life of the landfill. We do this by turning brush into mulch or compost. Here are a few of the top benefits of mulch and compost:

Lowers greenhouse gas emissions
Returns diverse nutrients to the soil
Suppresses weed growth
Reduces water usage
Decreases soil erosion by enhancing soil structure
Suppresses plant diseases
The mulching site is closer than the landfill and reduces cost, time, vehicle maintenance, and emissions, and allows more homes to be served on each collection day

What You Can Do

Separate bulky items from brush which allows for brush diversion to the brush recycling center
Any brush piles that contain trash or non-brush materials are considered contaminated and must be sent to the landfill. They cannot be composted.
Put out bulky items once a month and brush on the remaining three weeks of the month as scheduled for your neighborhood

Set-Out Instructions

Set-Out Instructions

The Green Grabber doesn't pick up everything. Follow these steps to make sure your items get picked up:

Only put out brush during brush weeks. Do not mix anything, including wood boards, fencing or pallets with brush.
Only put out bulky items during bulk week, which is the first full week of the month.
Make sure no vehicles are blocking access to the material.
Don't stack material underneath or too close to a tree, utility pole, fence or other structure.
Bagged leaves or grass must be put out with regular trash.
Do not tie brush together.

Regular & Special Pickup

Schedule a Brush or Yard Waste Pickup

Schedule a pickup with FBTX Connect. You can also download the app to schedule conveniently from your phone. After you schedule a pickup through FBTX Connect, you will receive an email from us with details.

When can I set out Brush or Bulk Trash?

Once a month during the first full work week and beginning on Monday, the Green Grabber picks up bulk trash. It picks up brush and yard waste on the other weeks. You must set brush or bulky items out for collection on your designated collection day. Items should be set out no earlier than 6 p.m. the day before and no later than 7 a.m. for collection by the Green Grabber on collection day.

Brush & Bulky Item Tips

Bulky material or yard waste may be placed at the curb no earlier than 6 p.m. the day before your scheduled service.
There is no alley collection of brush or bulk items.
No bagged material. The Green Grabber does not pick up bagged trash.
Set out bagged material with the regular trash. Each bag must weigh less than 50 pounds for regular trash pickup.
Items must be no longer than eight feet in length.
Place all material three feet away from mailboxes, trees, poles and other obstructions.
Do not place items under tree limbs.
Loose construction and demolition materials such as sheetrock, tiles, bricks and rubble should be placed in a container or on a pallet for collection.
Do not place tires, glass, mirrors, motor oil, oil filters or car or boat batteries out for brush or bulky collection. Call 972-919-2613 regarding pickup or disposal of these items.
Do not place household hazardous waste such as pool chemicals and fertilizer out for brush and bulky collection. The Dallas County Chemical Collection Center accepts these and other household chemicals.

Brush and Bulk Map

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Outlook outage

Scheduled system maintenance