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Traditional Municipal Solid Waste Disposal: A Guide for Local Governments
For more information or help with claiming this PBR, call the TCEQ's MSW
Permits Section at 512-239-2335 or the TCEQ's Small Business and Local
Government Assistance section at 800-447-2827.
Special Collection Days
If your community would like to hold a special collection day for residents
that deters illegal dumping and beautifies the community, preparation is
key. To have a successful event, you must plan each component of the
cleanup-from acceptance to final disposal-well in advance.
A permit, registration, notification, or other authorization is not required
for a collection point for wastes collected and received in sealed plastic bags
from such activities as periodic citywide cleanup campaigns and cleanup of
rights-of-way or roadside parks.
One of the major priorities of a public collection event is to arrange for final
disposal of every waste stream before the collection date. If waste remains
at the collection area for an extended period of time, it creates an "out-of-
sight, out-of-mind" mentality and promotes illegal dumping. Ideally, all
wastes should be removed immediately following the event or as soon as
possible to avoid the creation and maintenance of a nuisance, or the
endangerment of human health or the environment. Options for final
disposal include recycling, composting, and using landfills..With each
option, you should consider several basic questions:
Recycling
" What materials do we want to recycle?
. Who accepts these materials for recycling?
. Is more than one recycling company required to meet the needs of our
cleanup?
" Are these companies reputable and reliable?
Composting and mulching
" Is there a demand for compost or mulch?
. Where will we store the processed and unprocessed material?
" Should we hire a company to compost or mulch the materials that are
collected?
. Will we use our own equipment and workforce to process materials?
" Should we promote household composting at the event? (If so, see the
TCEQ's Mulching and Composting [GI-036], available at
<wvw.tceq.texas.gov/publications/search-pubs.html >.)July 2013
TCEQ publication Pub. No..RG-469
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division. Traditional Municipal Solid Waste Disposal: A Guide for Local Governments, pamphlet, July 2013; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth638493/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.