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Refuse and Recycling


WINTER STORM SERVICE UPDATES - FEBRUARY 2025
For the safety of trash crews, trash service has been suspended through Thursday due to extreme temperatures and neighborhood street conditions.

Monday & Tuesday Trash Customers - Haulers will work to service your trash carts on Friday

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Trash Customers - Haulers will work to service your trash carts on Saturday,

The bottom line: If your trash hasn’t been serviced this week, please leave your trash cart at the curb and crews will resume collection as soon as conditions allow.

If any trash cannot be picked up by Saturday, customers will be allowed to set out a reasonable amount of extra, bagged trash (similar to how much would normally fit in a trash bin), next to their gray trash cart on their regular service day next week. This extra trash DOES NOT need to be stickered.

The same can be said of recycling, which was canceled this week and will be picked up on your regular service day next week. Extra recyclables can be placed in a recyclable container (i.e. cardboard box) and set next to your blue recycling bin on your regular service day next week.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have extra trash and recyclables, please DO NOT intermingle them both into one pile, as doing so could result in your recycling not being picked up.

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Our trash service is based on a "pay-as-you-throw" model that allows you to control how much you pay each month. The less trash you throw out, the smaller the cart you need. And the smaller the cart you need, the less you pay.

When your gray cart is picked up it is taken to the Reworld Waste to Energy Facility where it is turned into steam and then sold for energy. 

Your blue cart is picked up and taken to the Tulsa Recycling and Transfer facility where it is separated by recyclable and then sold.

The menu to the right will give you basic information regarding this service, along with a collection schedule and recycling options.

If you can't find the information you need, please call us at 311 during regular business hours.