Austin Resource Recovery Programs
Since 1998, the Austin Brownfields Revitalization Office has partnered with community organizations and local governments to return distressed properties to the community as greenspace, commercial, residential or mixed-use development.
Austin Brownfields Revitalization Office receives Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant funding to perform environmental services that benefit the Austin community.
The Austin Circular Economy Program encourages the reuse, repair and recycling of all materials.
Austin Resource Recovery’s Clothing and Housewares Curbside Collection program is temporarily unavailable.
The City of Austin requires food-permitted businesses to provide their employees convenient access to diversion options that keep organic material out of the landfill.
The Construction and Demolition (C&D) Recycling Ordinance requires affected construction and demolition projects to divert construction and demolition debris from the landfill.
Austin Resource Recovery collection staff will remove dead animals from the public right of way within two business days of notification.
To reduce truck traffic downtown and help Austin achieve its zero waste goals, Austin Resource Recovery manages a commercial trash and recycling contract for businesses located in the Downtown Austin Recycling and Trash Service District.
Austin Resource Recovery is working toward zero waste by empowering children and youth in grades K-12.