Solid Waste & Recycling
A Division of the Community & Environmental Services Department
Disposal Directory - B
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Bags - Paper
Residents can recycle paper bags in your recycling bins, except for gift bags. Gift bags have a waxy coating that makes them difficult to recycle. Please reuse them for another gift or place them in your trash.
Bags - Plastic
Grocery plastic bags, dry cleaner bags, plastic food bags or plastic newspaper sleeves cannot be placed in your recycling bin.
Many retail grocers such as Krogers, H.E.B., Randalls, Wal-Mart and Whole Foods collect and recycle plastic bags. Look for the specially marked containers at these stores.
Bathroom Cleaners
If the bottles are not empty, please take them to the Fort Bend County Recycling Center. Empty bottles made from #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #7 plastic, can be recycled in your recycling bin or at the recycling center located at 111 Gillingham Lane.
Don't dump it! - Never put anything into a storm drain! If you have usable leftover items, share them with family or neighbors. Used oil, old paint and other household chemicals may not be placed in your trash for collection.
Batteries
Residents can recycle household rechargeable and car batteries at the Fort Bend County Recycling Center where they will be recycled or disposed of safely. Common non-rechargeable household batteries can be disposed of in your regular household trash.
Car batteries can also be taken back to stores that sell them. There is often a fee for this service. A metal recycler may even pay you for your car battery. Check the yellow pages under "Recycling Centers" for a list of recyclers.
Bleach Bottles
If the bottles are not empty, please take them to the Fort Bend County Recycling Center. Empty bottles made from #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #7 plastic, can be recycled in your recycling bin or at the recycling center located at 111 Gillingham Lane.
Don't dump it! - Never put anything into a storm drain! If you have usable leftover items, share them with family or neighbors. Used oil, old paint and other household chemicals may not be placed in your trash for collection.
Boats
Boats are not accepted for curbside pickup. Please contact a junk yard or search for donation options to dispose of an old boat.
Boxes
See Moving Boxes.
Boxboard
You can recycle boxboard, the paper used to make cereal boxes, soda cartons, shoe boxes and similar boxes. Please break down the boxes and place these items in your recycling bin or you can recycle them at the recycling centers located at 111 Gillingham Lane or 4802 Scenic Rivers Drive.
Brake Fluid
Residents should take household quantities of brake fluid to the Fort Bend County Recycling Center for safe disposal. Do not mix it with other automotive fluids.
Don't dump it! - Never put anything into a storm drain! If you have usable leftover items, share them with family or neighbors. Used oil, old paint and other household chemicals may not be placed in your trash for collection.
Branches
Bulky items, such as shrubs, clippings and tree limbs, are considered heavy trash and will be collected on either collection day. Limbs must be less than 4" in diameter and less than 4' in length. It is helpful, but not required, to tie or bundle limbs. Stumps and large limbs that are not cut into firewood size pieces (2' x 6") will not be collected. Residents are limited to a maximum of 15 cubic yards per collection arranged in piles 3' x 3' x 3' easily handled by one person.
Bricks
Bricks are not accepted for curbside pickup. You may be able to dispose of this item at a local landfill for a fee.
Broken Glass
Broken glass can go in your garbage. Glass is not accepted for curbside recycling; you can recycle them at the recycling centers located at 111 Gillingham Lane or 4802 Scenic Rivers Drive. The centers ONLY accept brown, green and clear glass.
All other types of glass, including broken glass, drinking glasses, ceramics, etc. should be put in your trash. To prevent injuries, please box glass or wrap it in several layers of newspaper and label the package "GLASS."
Bug Spray
Residents should take household quantities of bug spray to the Fort Bend County Recycling Center for safe disposal. Empty containers cannot be recycled and should be put in the trash.