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Welcome to the Texas Illegal Dumping Resource Center

Enforcement education for Texas cities and counties


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Illegal dumping and illegal burning are big problems in Texas, increasing with our growing population and expanding economy. More and more counties and cities are finding that voters insist on local enforcement of state laws designed to stop dumping and burning.

Illegally dumped waste ranges from a bag of trash somebody throws in a borrow ditch to hundreds of thousands of dumped tires, and everything in between. Sometimes when businesses fail, they leave dangerous waste behind, such as half-full barrels of waste chemicals. But, big or small, illegal dumping creates health risks, lowers property values and is expensive to clean up later.

Fortunately, the state legislature has provided us with the criminal laws we need to stop illegal dumping and burning. What remains is their application in our own communities.

Our purpose is to provide local governments and citizens in Texas the tools they need to help control or even eliminate illegal dumping and illegal burning in their communities.

TIDRC provides two primary resources for local community professionals to address these issues: On-site classes and seminars for professionals and elected officials on how to control illegal dumping and burning in their communities; and, books and other resource materials on the subject (our Local Control of Illegal Dumping, Texas 2008 Edition, has become the most widely-used handbook on the subject in Texas).

Please take a look around and get in touch with us if we can supply you with resources, help answer puzzling problems, or just to visit on our favorite topic. 

Class Information

Past Class Evaluations
Detailed Class Schedule
Code and Law 
Enforcement Officers 
"Illegal Dumping Enforcement Training" 
Marlin, May 30, 2008 
Lake Worth, June 17, 2008 
Dallas, June 24, 2008 
Senior Official Workshops

Free Illegal Dumping Field Reference Charts

These page-size (8 1/2 X 11) Field Reference Charts are the perfect guides to assist in local pollution enforcement. They are designed to fit inside a standard enforcement notebook. Note that these are large files (about 1.5 meg each) in Adobe Acrobat  format. After printing, why not have them laminated? Color printer recommended. 
Chart 1: Nuisance 
Chart 2: Illegal Dumping 
Chart 3: Water Pollution 
Chart 4: Air Pollution 

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