Residential Trash Service
The City of Tulsa has two different service areas within the
City limits of Tulsa. The Northwest Quadrant (west of Yale, north
of I-244) is serviced by the City of Tulsa, and has once-a-week
cart service. The rest of the city is serviced by Tulsa Refuse,
Inc., a conglomerate of trash haulers, and receives twice-a-week
service. (Service Area
Map)
Once-a-Week Cart Service:
Your trash rates and service options
In your service area, the City provides a 90-gallon/200-pound
capacity cart for refuse. Overflow materials can be boxed, bagged,
or tied. Trash is picked up once a week Tuesday-Friday. You have
several options for service.
Weekly cart service
Pickup of unlimited amount of household garbage, plus up to 12
bags or bundles of yard trimmings, placed within 4 feet of curb or
traveled portion of road. Charge: $10.52 a month. Low generator*
City service: $8.31 a month.
Backyard City service
Backyard pickup (up to 100 feet away from the curb or road) of
unlimited amount of residential refuse. Yard waste - of which you
are allowed up to 12 bags, cans or bundles - still must be put at
the curb. Charge: $16.71 a month. Backyard low generator* City
service: $13.19 a month.
Extra City service
Pickup of unlimited amount of household garbage more than 100 feet
from the curb or road. Yard waste - of which you are allowed up to
24 bags, cans or bundles - still must be put at the curb. Charge:
$20.08 a month.
Low-income/disabled service
Backyard pickup (within 100 feet from the curb or traveled portion
of the road) of a maximum of 60 gallons of household garbage
(refuse and yard trimmings mixed) per collection. To qualify, all
residents in the home must be disabled and must meet poverty
guidelines. For more information, call (918) 596-9776. Charge:
$3.24 a month.
Download
application
Questions or comments about your once-a-week refuse
collection? Call the City of Tulsa at (918) 596-9777.
Twice-a-Week Service Area:
Your trash rates and service options
In your service area, Tulsa Refuse Inc., provides twice-a-week
refuse pickup. Overflow materials can be boxed, bagged, or tied.
You have several options for service.
Curbside collection service
Twice-a-week pickup of unlimited amount of household garbage, plus
up to six bags or bundles of yard trimmings per pickup, placed
within 4 feet of curb or traveled portion of road. Charge: $13.44 a
month. Low generator* collection service: $10.68 a month.
Backyard collection service
Twice-a-week backyard pickup (up to 100 feet away from the curb or
road) of unlimited amount of residential refuse. Yard waste - of
which you are allowed up to six bags, containers or bundles per
pickup - still must be put at the curb. Charge: $16.23 a month.
Backyard/ low generator* service: $15.13 a month.
Extra collection service
Twice-a-week pickup of unlimited amount of household garbage more
than 100 feet from the curb or road. Yard waste - of which you are
allowed up to 12 bags, containers or bundles per pickup - still
must be put at the curb. Charge: $21.04 a month.
Low-income/disabled collection service
Once-per-week backyard pickup (within 100 feet from the curb or
traveled portion of the road) of a maximum of 60 gallons of
household garbage (refuse and yard trimmings mixed) per collection.
To qualify, all residents in the home must be disabled, and must
meet poverty guidelines. For more information, call (918) 596-9776.
Charge: $3.24 a month.
Download application
Questions or comments about TRI area refuse collection? Call
TRI, (918) 438-9994 or the City of Tulsa at (918) 596-9777. (*
Each year low generator charges are applied to each customer with
an average monthly water consumption of 2000 gallons or less during
the previous December, January, and February.)
