Recycling
Recycling conserves natural resources, protects the environment and reduces litter. It's easy for all Tulsans to recycle. All City of Tulsa customers with residential trash service can sign up for convenient curbside recycling of newspaper, junk mail, magazines, office paper, plastic, glass and aluminum. Tulsans also can take those and other recyclables to one of the 12 free drop-off sites in the area operated by the Metropolitan Environmental Trust. And, you can recycle many household pollutants at one of the twice annual Household Pollutant Collection events.
In 2008, Tulsa began a Master Recycler Program. Tulsa Master Recyclers receive at least 30 hours of instruction in reduction, reuse and recycling of solid waste. Instructors are local experts in solid waste from the City, business, and non-profit sectors. In exchange for the training, the Master Recyclers spend at least 30 hours during the next year assisting existing recycling programs, starting new recycling projects at schools and businesses, staffing information tables, doing research on waste management issues, and advising the City's Recycling Coordinator.
The first class of Master Recyclers graduated in April 2008. The next class is tentatively slated to being in January 2009. For more information, contact the City of Tulsa Recycling Coordinator at LGilroy@cityoftulsa.org or 596-2859.