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We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time. For any issues, contact [email protected] or call 918-491-0023.Recycling may seem like a tedious hassle, but it is in all our interests to reduce, reuse and recycle where possible and avoid placing incorrect items in the landfill bin. Putting these new habits in place now will reduce your costs of waste disposal as the charges placed on landfill disposal are rising substantially each year. With population growth on the increase, so too is the need for landfill space, therefore, costs are inevitably going to keep rising for disposal of this waste type.

If you are taking your garden waste to your local Recycling Centre, use a strong, durable bag (not a black bin liner) and try not to overfill it. That way it’s less likely to tear and once it’s been emptied, you can take it back home with you, ready to use next time.

NOTE: The use of chains, ropes, or straps to offload green waste is prohibited. Violation of these policies may result in loss of the privilege to use this facility.

All non-Tulsa residents and Commercial Businesses will need to pay in advance of dropping off yard debris. You can pay with your Mastercard, Visa, or Discover. No other forms of payment accepted.

Following the June 18 storm, limbs and trees will only be picked up during the citywide sweep starting in July. If you have grass clippings and leaves, you may place a total of 15 clear bags alongside your refuse cart on your regular service day. Please make sure these bags are not mixed in with your stacked limbs and trees. Yard waste bags cannot exceed 40 pounds each for the safety of crews.For the latest information on tree and limb removal, please review the latest information under the “Trash, Recycling, and Greenwaste options” on our July 18 Storm Response and Recovery Page.GEM Dirt offers the complete services of a green waste facility to customers across Tulsa, Jenks, Glenpool, Bixby, Sapulpa, Sand Springs, Broken Arrow, Kiefer and beyond.We will then take that product and recycle it through a process known as composting. We lay out the product in wind rows, keep it watered and turn it regularly to achieve ideal composting temperatures in the 150 degree range. Once fully cooked and broken down, this compost will be ideally suited for blending with sandy loam dirt to create eco-friendly and nutrient rich soils.

The City of Tulsa Greenwaste Facility, located at 2100 North 145th E. Ave., is a free, year-round greenwaste removal option open for Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Jenks, Bixby and unincorporated Tulsa County residents. Those looking to use the facility will need to present a driver’s license or current utility bill. Customers outside of this area can pay $0.55 per cubic yard at the gate to drop-off greenwaste.

Survey questions found what Gligo called “one dominant factor” causing homelessness in Tulsa: a lack of affordable housing. Other factors included mental health struggles and domestic violence, according to the survey.William Lamendola sits in the parking lot of the Tulsa Day Center on Archer Street Wednesday. Lamendola says that he has been living on the streets off and on for a long time, and about a year this time.

Tulsa’s homeless population grew 6.6% last year to reach the highest numbers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released Wednesday morning.“Tulsa County is experiencing its portion of a national increase in homelessness that affects every major city and metropolitan area,” said Becky Gligo, Housing Solutions executive director.Young adults ages 18 through 24 make up one-tenth of Tulsa’s homeless population while veterans make up another tenth. Nearly 40% were sleeping on the streets, in encampments or otherwise “unsheltered.” Local officials found 1,133 homeless individuals during the city’s annual “point in time” count earlier this year, according to Housing Solutions, the organization that oversees many of the city’s efforts to address homelessness. “As a collective and individual organizations, we base our goals and continued efforts on the data from this important study,” said Mack Haltom, executive director of the Tulsa Day Center and chairman of A Way Home for Tulsa, a collective of more than 40 agencies that address homelessness. “It shows us where we’re succeeding and where we have opportunities to improve.”

Coinciding with similar efforts in other cities nationwide, teams spread out across Tulsa once a year to conduct a headcount of homeless individuals, including people sleeping in shelters, on the streets or in transitional housing. The data influences federal spending, such as the $5.3 million Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project grant that Tulsa received in October.Each City of Tulsa resident has the opportunity to recycle with a 96-gallon blue recycling cart which has been provided to residents. Recycling is NOT mandatory, but is included in all service plan rates.

The contamination rate is now at 31.22 percent, and it needs to be at 15 percent or less. By lowering the contamination rate, the City will be able to save money on recycling processing fees and trash tipping fees, which in turn keeps trash rates down for residents.More than 80 percent of your household waste is recyclable! The more you recycle the less trash you throw out. The less trash you throw out, the smaller the trash cart you need. The smaller the trash cart, the less you pay for monthly collection service.

To beat the heat, Eugene Harris and dozens of other people dropped into the cooling and charging station at Lacey Park Community Center, one of several set up by the city in response to the storm.

Bynum said it was understanding that Gov. Kevin Stitt has been out of the state on an economic development trip but that he has had conversations with Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell about the emergency declaration.Temperatures hovered in the high 80s Monday, the start of what is expected to be a sweltering week. EMSA has issued its first heat alert of the year for Tuesday after responding to five heat-related illness calls and transporting two patients to hospitals Monday.

Midtown resident Krystal Noel also found her way to Lacey Park on Monday. She was accompanied by her three children, including a daughter under the age of 2.Franklin said those who are unsure about how to proceed through an intersection with inoperable lights can watch a video produced by TPD. It is posted on the TPD and city Facebook pages.

“We are seeing (people) just continually blow through those intersections as though they’re not there,” Franklin said. “That’s going to create collisions and create other traffic issues for us.”Amy Brown, external affairs manager for Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, said approximately 165,000 Tulsans remained without power Monday afternoon. PSO expects most Tulsans will have their power restored by 5 p.m. Saturday, Brown said, but cautioned that there could be exceptions.

“It’s amazing how the city and the Red Cross opens places like this up for people.” Harris said. “I am so thankful to be here, and I know a lot of people have it worse off and spaces like this help everybody out.”“There’s shingles down, a tree went through some of the complex’s windows,” she said of her apartment complex. “All of our trees are split in half and pretty much covering the ground.”A fallen tree sits near Riverside Drive and 61st Street on Monday. Mayor G.T. Bynum announced Monday that the city is opening a green waste drop-off site at East Latimer Street and North 89th East Avenue.“Our city mulch site is still not open because it doesn’t have power yet,” Bynum said during a City Hall press conference. “When it is reopened, we will be using that as a space for city crews and our governmental partners at Tulsa County and in suburban communities who need a place to drop off green waste.”

Police Chief Wendell Franklin said one of the biggest storm-related problems his department is facing is traffic troubles at intersections where the signal lights are out.Bynum said the city plans to announce details of a curbside green waste pickup program within the next few days. That service will be limited to green waste debris that is 5 feet or shorter.