COMPLETE: 18 Milestones

SW1: Actively promote source reduction, recycling, and composting to the Dallas community.

• Implement an Artist Residency program in Dallas recreation centers that promotes CECAP goals and waste reduction

• Sponsor zero waste education courses for single family residential customers

• Expand current education efforts to inform residents and business owners of their options to refuse, reduce, reuse, and recycle

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SW3: Improve solid waste, recycling, and brush/bulky waste collection efficiency.

• Divert brush from the landfill by generating compost and mulch through the Treecycling program

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SW4: Explore potential for electric waste collection trucks.

• Continue to monitor technological advancements and viability

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SW6: Expand efforts to reduce illegal dumping by implementing recommendations identified in the “Litter and Illegal Dumping Assessment Study.”

• Continue to facilitate BOPA collection events

• Provide staff support at Community Trash Off Events

• Continue to implement Strategic Illegal Dumping Plan

• Continue collaboration with Dallas Marshal’s office to issue citations and arrests

• Continue marketing campaign to educate public on illegal dumping (how to report, what it is, and measures being taken to counteract it)

• Continue same day abatement via illegal dumping abatement team

• Maintain illegal dumping hotline

• Participate in community trash off events

• Continue to work with Keep Dallas Beautiful affiliate

• Support Community Trash Off

• Continue direct mail campaign 

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SW8: Continue to capture gas and expand capacity from landfill for reuse and evaluate for city operations.

• Annually evaluate need for gas collection system expansion

• Expand program as needed to increase methane recovery