The Water Utilities Office is open from 8:00AM until 5:00PM, Monday through Friday. This division is responsible for managing the utility billing for water, sewer, solid waste and recycling services. Bedford bills over 14,000 utility accounts monthly. The city contracts with Allied Waste Services for collection of solid waste and recycling, and provides consolidated billing for these services with the customer's water and sewer bills.

Payment terms are:

Payments will be considered past due if they have not been received in the Customer Service Office by 5:00PM on the due date printed on the bill.

If payment has not been received by the due date printed on the original bill, one Delinquent Notice will be mailed.

If full payment has not been received in the Customer Service Office by 5:00PM on the due date printed on the Delinquent Notice (or approved payment arrangements have not been made) utility service will be terminated on the next business day.

If you have any questions please call Customer Service at 817-952-2112.

Trash Rate& Recycling Changes
Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC was granted a five year extension by City Council and will renew in January, 2014. Allied has been the City’s waste service and recycling provider for the last ten years and a long-time supporter of the City by assisting in trash collection at large City events. There have been several years without an increase and due to rising fuel and disposal rates, there will be a 3.75 percent increase this May, again in May 2015, and May 2017 for a total of $1.06 over the next six years.

Solid Waste Collection
Current Residential/Senior Rate: $7.15
May 2013: $7.42
May 2015: $7.70
May 2017: $7.98

Recycle Collection
Current: $1.96 Current Senior: $1.43
May 2013: $2.03 $1.48
May 2015: $2.11 $1.54
May 2017: $2.19 $1.60

Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC is a part of Republic Services which is one of the largest waste and recycling companies in the United States. “Republic Services has a long and proud history of reliably meeting the needs of our customers. As those needs change, we are changing too. We handle, heave and haul more than 100 million tons of waste each year for more than 13 million customers nationwide. We've always had a great respect for doing the hard work required to be your garbage man,” said President and CEO, Don Slager.

The city contracts with Allied Waste Services to provide Solid Waste and Recycling collection. The city provides consolidated billing for this service with the water bill.

To reach Allied Waste Services you may call (817)332-7301 or visit their website at Republic Waste/Allied Waste.

To pickup a recycling bin, stop by Customer Service located at City Hall Building B, 2000 Forest Ridge, Bedford, TX 76021.

For more recycling information please visit www.recycleitdfw.com

For information on recycling TV's visit TCEQ

To help Allied Waste Services serve you better and to comply with city ordinances, please do not place trash and recycling materials at the curb before 7:00 p.m. on the evening prior to your regular trash / recycling day, and always have your trash and recycling materials at the curb before 7:00 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. Only tied and bundled brush can be collected. Do not leave trash inside a can/receptacle at the curb.

Holiday Trash Schedule

THANKSGIVING SCHEDULE – Thursday, November 28, 2013:
Normal Thursday trash and/or recycling collection will shift to Friday, November 29th
Normal Friday trash and/or recycling collection will shift to Saturday, November 30th
CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE – Wednesday, December 25, 2013:
Normal Thursday trash and/or recycling collection will shift to Friday, December 27th
Normal Friday trash and/or recycling collection will shift to Saturday, December 28th
NEW YEARS SCHEDULE – Wednesday, January 1, 2014:
Normal Thursday trash and/or recycling collection will shift to Friday, January 3rd
Normal Friday trash and/or recycling collection will shift to Saturday, January 4th

WEST of Central Drive	EAST of Central Drive
Twice a week trash pick-up is Monday & Thursday	Twice a week trash pick-up is Tuesday & Friday
Recycle pick-up will be on Thursday	Recycle pick-up will be Friday

Allied Waste Services will also collect, at no additional charge, kitchen items, household/bedroom furniture, household appliances, hot water heaters, etc.

Brush and limbs will be picked up when securely tied in small bundles not exceeding (4) four feet in length or (50) fifty pounds in weight and placed at curb side with regular garbage.

For non-bundled items stacked curb side, call Allied Waste Services for the fee.

Please Select Here for a Schedule of Free Trash Dumping Days and Directions

Paper Items

• newspapers
• magazines
• phone books
• junk mail and envelopes
• office paper
• flattened cereal boxes
• flattened cardboard that will fit in bin
• paper bags

Glass

• clear, brown and green glass jars & bottles
• remove lids and discard
• lightly rinse
• labels - OK

Plastic

• Bottles, cups and jars – rigid plastic containers with #1 through #7 recycling symbols on bottom of container; remove caps and lids and recycle
• Food trays, tubs and bowls – with #1 through #7 recycling symbols on bottom of container.
• lightly rinse
• labels - OK
• No plastic bags
• No Styrofoam items

Steel, Tin & Aluminum Cans

• lightly rinse
• labels - OK

Do not put the following items in your recycling bin:

• medical waste (needles, syringes, lancets)
• Styrofoam
• pizza boxes
• plastic grocery bags
• aluminum foil
• plastic toys, dishes & bowls
• milk/juice cartons (wax coated)
• light bulbs, windows, mirrors
• pesticide / chemical containers
• motor oil / antifreeze containers

Residents of Bedford may take their hazardous household waste items to the Fort Worth Environmental Collection Center free of charge with a voucher from the Water Billing Department. You must call 817-952-2112 to receive a Bedford ECC program voucher, before taking waste to the collection center. A recent water bill must be presented as proof of residency.

Each free voucher to a resident costs our city $47, whether you bring a single item to a truck load.  So spread the word to dispose of household wastes.  Together we can help protect our planet.

What Waste Is Accepted?

For a full list of what is accepted, please visit the Fort Worth Environmental Collection Center website.

Birth Certificate Application

Death Certificate Application

Bedford offers Full Record certified copies of Bedford births from 1972 to the present and abstracted certified copies of all Texas births (see stipulations below.)   You must complete an application and provide your current identification to obtain certified copies.  Please see the options on the left side to print an application.  We accept cash, checks, money orders, MasterCard debit or credit and Visa debit or credit.

We offer certified copies of Bedford deaths only from 1972 to the present. You must complete an application and provide your current identification to obtain certified copies.  Please see the options on the left side to print an application.  We accept cash, checks, money orders, MasterCard debit or credit and Visa debit or credit.

For death records filed in Texas cities other than Bedford, please call Austin toll free at 1-888-963-7111.  Please call us at 817-952-2124 or 817-952-2136 for information regarding birth and death records filed in other states or on U.S. military bases.

NOTICE TO FUNERAL HOMES:  Effective March 1, 2006 - We no longer process death certificates during the hours of 11:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.  If you have an urgent request, please call 817-952-2124 or 817-952-2136 to make arrangements.

AFTER-HOURS BURIAL/TRANSIT PERMITS:  Please call Police Dispatch at 817-952-2127 and they will notify someone in Vital Statistics to help you.

Here are the upcoming garage sales: Weekend of June 14 .

Bedford residents seeking to hold a garage sale must first obtain a permit. An application form must be filled out and returned to the Customer Service Department.

Up to 5 yard signs will be given once the permit is granted. The cost is $10 dollars for three signs and the additional two signs can be purchased for $2.00 each.

• Garage Sale Permit


• Multi-Family Garage Sale Permit