{"id":160588,"date":"2026-02-11T22:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/160588\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:44:11","slug":"bee-cave-transfer-station-eco-depot-to-stay-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/160588\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee Cave Transfer Station Eco Depot to stay open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasdisposal.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Disposal Systems\u2019<\/a> Bee Cave Transfer Site will remain open following action taken by <a href=\"https:\/\/countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis County<\/a> commissioners Feb. 10.<\/p>\n<p>Diving in deeper <\/p>\n<p>The facility, also known as Eco Depot, was set to <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/lake-travis-westlake\/business\/2026\/01\/16\/texas-disposal-systems-to-close-eco-depot-transfer-station-in-bee-cave\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">close Feb. 14<\/a>, but commissioners voted to extend a contract with Texas Disposal Systems to keep the facility open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am committed to ensuring that waste disposal services are available for the people of my precinct and Western Travis County,\u201d Precinct 3 Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.traviscountytx.gov\/commissioners-court\/precinct-three\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ann Howard<\/a> said in a news release. \u201cWe, as a Commissioners Court, have shown our ability to listen to the people and ensure our decision-making is informed by community needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes following more than 200 residents who reached out with concerns about the closure, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p>What else? <\/p>\n<p>Located at 4001 RM 620, Bee Cave, TDS provides waste management services to the city through a collaboration with Travis County, while Eco Depot serves as an outlet for products from Garden-Ville. Travis County opened Eco Depot in 1975 and operated the transfer station until contracting with TDS in 1997, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI value the care and reliability Eco Depot brings to environmental stewardship and meeting community needs,\u201d Precinct 2 Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.traviscountytx.gov\/commissioners-court\/precinct-two\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brigid Shea<\/a> said in the news release. \u201cThis court-approved contract extension helps ensure these important services remain accessible to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Disposal Systems\u2019 Bee Cave Transfer Site will remain open following action taken by Travis County commissioners Feb.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,54688,54690,1604,54684,251,54685,54687,54686,54689],"class_list":{"0":"post-160588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-bee-cave-tds","12":"tag-bee-cave-trash-service","13":"tag-community-impact","14":"tag-eco-depot","15":"tag-local-news","16":"tag-tds","17":"tag-tds-bee-cave","18":"tag-texas-disposal-systems","19":"tag-texas-disposal-systems-bee-cave"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}