Fort Smith trash pickup: cost and carts

City of Fort Smith Solid Waste Services. Billed by: Included in your monthly City of Fort Smith utilities bill.

Each single-family home gets one city-owned trash cart; one recycling container is included in the residential rate. Extra trash carts are $10 a month each.

Ways to pay less

• Low income: Project Concern utility discount. Project Concern is a City of Fort Smith program that gives low-income customers a discount on water, sewer and solid waste services used solely for residential purposes; it includes a 50% discount on sewer. How: Request an application from Citizen Services, 479-784-2262 or CitizenServices@FortSmithAR.gov.
• Free bulky item pickup (Dial-A-Truck). Residents with an active City of Fort Smith sanitation account can schedule a pickup of up to 5 large items, such as appliances, couches and mattresses, once every 3 months at no additional fee. How: Call 479-784-2262 or email solidwaste@fortsmithar.gov.
• Free recycling and yard waste carts. A recycling cart is available at no cost, and you can request a city-issued 96 gallon yard waste can free of charge. How: Request the carts from the City of Fort Smith Solid Waste Services.
• Elderly or disabled: free walk-out cart service. Solid Waste Services offers a walk-out service for elderly or disabled residents who cannot move their carts to the curb, at no additional cost. How: Call 479-784-2262 or email solidwaste@fortsmithar.gov to check eligibility.

Sources

1. City of Fort Smith, Understanding Your Bill (water, sewer, solid waste rates; Internet Archive copy)
2. City of Fort Smith, Trash Collection (Internet Archive copy)
3. City of Fort Smith, Residential solid waste (Internet Archive copy)
4. City of Fort Smith, Solid Waste Services (Internet Archive copy)
5. City of Fort Smith, Bulky Item Pickup / Dial-A-Truck (Internet Archive copy)

Checked October 21, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.