Houston's clean-up crews are set to hit the streets of Kingwood early Monday morning, May 13, to start scooping up the sodden remnants of last week's floods. The City of Houston's Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) is orchestrating the first pass of debris collection targeting single-family homes in the storm-battered area. Houstonians need to have their debris out on the curb by 6:00 a.m. this Monday to ensure it gets hauled away, the city instructs.
The initial clean-up phase comes in response to approximately 300-400 cubic yards of residential storm debris piling up across Kingwood. While the piles of destruction have been spoken by the city's SWMD team, Kingwood service area residents are on deck, beginning the removal process two weeks from now, the city will be conducting additional debris removal assessments.
It isn't just a matter of tossing everything into one giant heap. Residents must sort their debris into six distinct categories, as laid out on the storm debris regulations document: Garbage, Vegetative, Construction and Demolition, Appliances, Electronics, and Household Hazardous Waste.
The Solid Waste Management Department encourages the community to play an active role in the clean-up effort. Affected residents, in an effort to coordinate the collection, should report all debris removal needs to the 3-1-1 Call Center, the SWMD has recommended visiting their website at houstonsolidwaste.org, or download the HTX Collects mobile application, to keep tabs on progress and updates.
