Weather Update: January 2026.
Due to weather conditions, Saturday twice-a-week refuse and recycling service will not occur the week of January 26-31, 2026.
Refuse collection for Monday is postponed. Residents with Monday service should place their carts at the curb, as haulers will resume trash collection on Tuesday. Please leave your gray cart at the curb until it can safely be serviced. Crews will continue working through service days as conditions allow. We appreciate your patience as crews work to restore normal collection schedules. For those who have backyard service, please make sure that the haulers can access your gate. They will make every effort to collect everything while keeping crews safe.
Recycling collection is suspended for the week of January 26-30. Due to the continued impact on collection routes, crews will focus on trash collection to help restore regular service levels and ensure crew safety. to allow crews to focus on trash collection to a planned outage for the recycling plant on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Please place any extra recycling in a recyclable container next to your recycling cart for collection next week.
If you have additional questions, please feel free to email Tulsa 311 and include your service address and a description of the issue.
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. Or download our digital Refuse and Recycling Services Guide for a complete list of services and schedules.
If you can't find the information you need, please email 311 at Tulsa311@cityoftulsa.org or call 311 during regular business hours.
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