Downtown Tulsa -
The Tulsa City Council decided on an interim trash collector and on new trash pickup days Thursday night.
Tulsa will begin a transition to NeWSolutions, incorporating several of the new program elements beginning July 1st, according to the Tulsa Authority for the Recovery of Energy (TARE).
As a result, services will change on July 1st, and rates will be decreased during the interim three-month period before the new system begins on October 1st.
An interim collections service has been planned to run from July through September. The city's current trash hauler, Tulsa Refuse Inc., will discontinue services June 30th.
Collection routes and trash pickup schedules for each Tulsa neighborhood also have been determined based on five major zones throughout the city, each with a corresponding day during the week in which trash will be collected for that area.
A map showing the collection zones and days can be found to the right and at www.cityoftulsa.org/city-services/refuse.aspx.
Tulsans will continue to have unlimited, curb-side disposal through September, but trash pick-up will change from twice-a-week to once-a-week service, resulting in a base rate decrease to $10.52.
Recycling pickup services provided by the City of Tulsa will be temporarily suspended for several weeks until the new recycling carts are received by residents.
Distribution of the new refuse and recycling carts for all Tulsa residents will occur between July 16th and September 23rd.
