Bulky Waste
About Your Residential Bulky Collection Service
Almost any big trash or debris that won’t fit in your Big Blue trash cart can be collected in the City's monthly curbside bulky waste program for single-residential households. Bulky waste is included as part of your regular bundled monthly trash and recycling services.
Your bulky collection schedule is posted in multiple places for your convenience. Find it one of the four ways listed below:
How the Bulky Waste Program Works
Bulky waste pickup begins the first Monday of every month and runs weekly, using two three-day windows beginning with your assigned collection date:
- Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday
- Wednesday-Thursday-Friday
Crews may collect on any one of those days. As such, please set out your bulky trash on time - before 6 a.m. on your assigned day, but no more than three days in advance. Crews generally collect items within each three-day window, but during high setout periods (typically late Spring and early Fall), may need extra time.
Bulky waste service does not change for holidays.
Set-Out Guidelines
Visit our What Goes Where database for a complete list of items we accept in our bulky collection service program.
DO:
- Set items out by 6 a.m. on your scheduled day.
- Place items loose at the curb, leaving 5 feet of clearance on all sides.
- Keep piles away from obstacles like trees, power lines, mailboxes, fences, gas meters, vehicles, sidewalks, and water meter vaults.
- Cut all tree limbs down to lengths of 10-feet or shorter.
DON'T
- Set out items earlier than 3 days before your scheduled date.
- Set items out after your assigned pickup date—they may not be collected.
- Include bagged waste (landscape or trash bags). Bagged items must be put in your Big Blue cart or taken to the landfill on free landfill days.
- Place bulky waste in the street, driveway, empty lots, or on unoccupied property.
- Block storm drains, sidewalks or water meters.
Excess Bulky Fees
The first four cubic yards of bulky trash -- about the size of two large refrigerators -- are included in your monthly fees. If your pile is bigger than 4 cubic yards, you'll be charged for each cubic yard over the allowable amount.
- Between 4-10 cubic yards: Your bulky pile will be tagged and you will be billed on the next month's utility bill.
- Over 10 cubic yards: If piles exceed 10 cubic yards, our Field Quality Staff will leave a tag on your door. The tag instructs you to call Utilities Customer Service and approve the excess bulky charges.
- For a schedule of excess bulky fees, visit our Service Rates & Fees page.
Was Your Bulky Trash Missed?
Missed collection must be reported within two business days of the end of your M-W or W-F collection window. Here's how to report:
- Log into your customer account on okcutilities.com and click the "Service" tab to report the miss.
- Call (405) 297-2833 Ext. 3 to use our voice prompt system. A valid account identification number will be needed when you call.
- You must call to report within two business days after missed collection or you may have to wait until the next month's collection period.
Bulky waste service does not change due to the holiday calendar.
What we collect:
- Large appliances. Special handling required for refrigerators/freezers/AC units with freon. Call (405) 297-2833 to schedule collection.
- Furniture and carpets
- Small trees and DIY landscape waste. Tree limbs should be cut to lengths of 10 feet or shorter. Landscape waste from contractors must be hauled off by the landscaper, including bagged waste.
- Fencing
- Small waste produced by DIY home repair (no contractor waste)
- Glass and mirrors (wrapped in cardboard and labeled "GLASS.")
Special Handling Items:
- Refrigerators, freezers and items containing freon. Remove all doors, per City ordinance [No. 49-25]. Call our Customer Care Center (405) 297-2833 to schedule pickup during your regular bulky waste window.
- Mattresses: If infested with bed bugs or contains biohazardous substances, wrap in plastic before placing at curb. Plastic mattress bags can be found online or at big box stores for around $7. Please write or paint "bed bugs" or "biohazard" on bag so crews can handle the mattress safely.
- Basketball goals: Call (405) 297-2833 to let us know you have a basketball goal to be picked up within your regular bulky waste window. Label goals set-out for collection as "trash" or "bulky" if you want us to pick it up.
What we do not pick up:
Note: Items marked with an asterisk can be taken to the City's Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center. Got questions? Use our What Goes Where database.
- Acids and caustics*
- Antifreeze*
- Automotive repair waste: Includes parts and/or liquid waste from automotive, boat or motorcycle repair, tires and rims, automobile frames, crankcase, transmissions, wheels and tires, brake fluid, degreasers and lubricants
- Bagged trash or landscape waste. All bagged items must go in your Big Blue trash bin. Customers can order up to two extra Big Blue carts for a small monthly fee. You can also take bagged waste to a landfill during one of our two free landfill days.
- Batteries of any kind, including automotive and LED batteries or items containing LED batteries*
- Bricks, concrete, rocks or similar materials from DIY home projects
- Contractor waste: Uncontained sheetrock, concrete, gypsum and roofing materials, remodeling and demolition debris, dirt, bricks, rocks or concrete. The contractor should haul off.
- Explosives
- Diapers and pet waste
- Excrement
- Fertilizer*
- Fuels of any type, including propane tanks*
- Landscape (contractor) waste: Small landscape debris should be bagged and put in Big Blue. Contractor should hall off all waste from professional landcape or tree trimming services.
- Nuclear materials
- Oils, including automotive oil, house repair lubricants and cooking oils*
- Paints and solvents*
- Pesticides*
- Poisons* (Includes pest control, landscape and other poisonous materials)
- Pool chemicals*
- Rust remover*
- Sewage and septic waste
*Items marked with an asterisk are accepted at the City's Household Hazardous Waste Center.