Grapevine - Colleyville - Southlake | September 2025

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BY CODY THORN

CWD trash rate increases to begin in October for Southlake customers

Since starting services in Southlake on Oct. 1, 2023, Community Waste Disposal provided several notable numbers at the Aug. 5 council meeting.

705 doorside collections 30,000 tons trash collected

5,290 tons recycling collected

4,080 tons trash collected from SH 114

Roemer said CWD will have a 4.4% increase starting Oct. 1, which will take residential rates from $20 a month to $20.88 a month. Commercial customers will see a 3.61% increase for front-load container services and a 4.58% increase for roll-off containers, according to his presentation. Southlake officials approved a CWD increase during the second council meeting in September 2024, according to previous reporting. Southlake customers saw an increase in all three categories last year, as well, and the rate change in 2024 ranged from 4.28% to 4.51%. Roemer added CWD did a transfer station expansion in May with plans for a material recov- ery facility upgrade and maintenance relocation and expansion in 2026. He said the company

Southlake residents and businesses will see a slight increase in trash rates starting the beginning of October. Community Waste Disposal president Jason Roemer presented an update during the CWD annual performance report during the Aug. 5 Southlake City Council meeting. Council approved the increase during the Aug. 19 meeting. What’s happening? Roemer said the company uses three indices to determine an annual cost adjustment: the consumer price index, natural gas fuel costs and Arlington landfill disposal rates. All three of those featured an increase from 2023 to 2024, with landfill cost going up 5.07% and fuel going up 54.78%, according to a CWD presentation at the meeting.

573 tons leaves recycled from Nov. 15, 2024 to Jan. 25, 2025

SOURCE: CITY OF SOUTHLAKE/COMMUNITY IMPACT

purchased 39 collection vehicles which will arrive by the end of 2026. What they’re saying “The customer service has been great,” Mayor Shawn McCaskill said. “I know of one elderly res- ident who has some mobility issues and can’t get his stuff to the curb. Your guys go around back and get that stuff from the back of the house to where it needs to be. You guys are doing a great job.”

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