Businesses, industries, and residents in all communities
generate municipal solid waste, more commonly known

 

as trash or garbage. The most environmentally sound
management of municipal solid waste disposal is
achieved by source reduction through recycling,
composting, and disposal in municipal solid waste
landfills. Municipal solid waste landfills are engineered
facilities that are located, designed, operated, and
monitored to ensure compliance with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality regulations.

The NTMWD provides municipal solid waste disposal
services for residents of Collin County and five Solid
Waste Member Cities including Allen, Frisco, McKinney,
Plano, and Richardson.

The NTMWD owns and operates the 121 Regional
Disposal Facility (121 RDF) in Melissa, which is
estimated to meet the solid waste disposal needs of
the cities served for 40 years. The 121 RDF is included
in the North Central Texas Council of Governments
Solid Waste Master Plan.

The NTMWD operates three municipal solid waste
transfer stations (TS) to regionalize the labor and
operating costs of transporting municipal solid waste
to the 121 RDF for safe and proper disposal. At these
TS, municipal solid waste is unloaded from city and
private collection vehicles and then reloaded onto larger
long-distance transport vehicles for delivery to the
121 RDF. The Custer Road TS, Lookout Drive TS, and
Plano Parkway TS are strategically located to provide
efficient municipal solid waste collection within the
service area.

During the 2008-09 Operations Year (October 2008-
September 2009), the NTMWD safely disposed of more
than 750,000 tons of commercial and municipal waste.
The NTMWD Solid Waste Member Cities accounted for 78 percent of the tonnage disposed; outside customers (including private haulers) contributed the remaining 22 percent.

Construction contracts in the Regional Solid Waste System totaled more than $8 million during this same period, including expansion and improvements at the Custer Road TS, a new 121 RDF Citizens’ Convenience Center and Compost Facility, and a concrete foundation extension at the 121 RDF fleet maintenance building.

As a benefit to citizens of the NTMWD Solid Waste Member Cities, Citizen’s Convenience Centers are available for disposal of materials twice monthly with proof of residency and a current water bill. The Citizen’s Convenience Centers are located at each of the three TS and at the 121 RDF. To further protect the environment, NTMWD also provides a collection site for used motor oil and used oil filters at the Citizen’s Convenience Centers.

View the Acceptable Waste Handout

View the Solid Waste Disposal Process