Trash Information

Trash service is provided by your Homes Association as part of the dues you pay to your association.

GFL will collect one bulk item per month, per home at no charge. Bulk items include a couch, chair, dresser, mattress, etc. Construction materials will not be collected. Please call GFL at least one business day prior to trash pickup to schedule your bulky item pick up. After notifying GFL, please place the item at the curb on Monday for collection. Additional bulk items can be collected for $75 per item, and payment is due upon collection. Bulk item collection excludes appliances. However, appliances can be collected for an additional $75 charge. For additional bulk item and appliance pick up, arrangements must be made prior to Monday collection by calling GFL at 816.380.5595.

Ordinances concerning placement of trash receptacles:
10-201.  TRASH.  Each and every owner, tenant, or other person acting on behalf of an owner or tenant of any dwelling or other building in the City of Westwood Hills shall provide, and replace when necessary,  a  sufficient number of trash cans to hold the trash accumulated thereat.  All such trash cans shall be of rigid construction with tight-fitting covers and shall be watertight.    Such trash cans and any recycling containers may be placed at the curb for collection no earlier than 5:00 o'clock p.m. of the day preceding the day upon which the trash is anticipated to be collected by the regular trash collection service subscribed to by the occupant or provided by the City or any homes association.  Such trash cans and recycling containers shall be removed from the curb no later than the evening of the day after the day on which regular trash collection has occurred.  At all other times, trash cans and recycling containers shall be stored inside a building or structure located on the property or shall be stored behind the front building line of the house located on the property or otherwise screened from view.

10-203.  PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of Article 2 shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or confinement for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days or both.