Harris County Municipal Utility District 81

Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 81 is empowered to purchase, construct, operate, and maintain all works, improvements and facilities necessary for the supply of water, for the collection and processing of wastewater and for control and diversion of storm water. It is also allowed to provide parks and recreation, fire protection, garbage and security.The District is 921 acres, all located in Houston's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). MUD 81 has 3090 single family connections, 2 multi-family, 56 commercial and 24 irrigation (sprinkler) connections. The District has four water wells, a lift station, an administrative office building, and an interest in two regional sewage treatment plants (STP), West Memorial and Cinco.

Trash Collection and Recycling

Regular trash collection is twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays. Recycle collection is once a week, every Monday for residents west of Mason Road (Cimarron subdivision) and every Thursday for residents east of Mason Road (Memorial Parkway Subdivision).Residents are reminded that trash should be out for pickup by 7 am.

HC MUD 81 contracts Best Trash for trash/garbage collection as well as recycling in the District. Regular trash pickup is twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays for all residents. Recycling pickup once a week, every Monday for residents west of Mason Road (Cimarron subdivision) and every Thursday for residents east of Mason Road (Memorial Parkway Subdivision).The trash company provided 65 gallon wheeled and lidded carts for residents in the District to use for their regular trash disposal (the black container with red lid) and recycling collections (the green container). On collection days, please place the carts as close to the street as practicable, facing forward.

Trash

On each regularly scheduled collection day, Best Trash will collect residential refuse located at the curbside in the provided roll-out carts. Please place the carts as close to the street as practicable facing forward. Residents are restricted to one Best Trash cart for refuse and are encouraged to confine refuse to the cart, however additional refuse may be placed in containers(between 30- 50 gallons) , boxes or bags (not weighing over 40 pounds) and placed next to the Best Trash provided trash cart.Items excluded from normal collection are dirt, rocks, bricks, tile, concrete, tires, batteries, motor oil, cooking oil, waste generated by a private contractor or any materials or items deemed hazardous materials. Please do not dispose of gasoline, motor oil,paints, cooking oil, or any other liquid items in a container that are not visible to Best Trash personnel. If such items results in spillage that causes a stain, Best Trash is not responsible for the cleanup. Best Trash will leave a tag explaining the reason for any non-collected item(s).Trees, shrubs, brush trimmings and fencing must be no larger than 4 inches in diameter, no more than 4 feet long, tied in bundles not exceeding 40 pounds. The tied bundles is required to allow quick pickup and size limitations are required to avoid damaging the equipment in the compacting process. Items such as appliances, furniture, mattresses, carpet (up to 1 room of carpet, cut less than 4 feet wide, tied in bundles not exceeding 40 pounds), will be picked up on both garbage collection days. By Federal Law, refrigerators, freezers, and any other items containing Freon must be drained of Freon and have an accompanying bill to validate such service was performed.

RECYCLEABLE ITEMS:

PAPER (including cardboard), PLASTICS (1-7), ALUMINUM and TIN cans and GLASS (all colors)Best Trash takes great pride in our recycle program. Ensuring the best recycle program for our customers takes time and effort on both sides. Please remove caps, liquids and food products from inside the containers. Please only use the provided recycle cart for recyclable materials. The green recycle cart is NOT an extra trash container and will NOT be emptied as such. If items exceed container capacity, please place them adjacent to the cart well marked as recyclable materials. Cardboard is recyclable, please break down all boxes flat, and place them next to the recycle cart for collection.