Solid waste/Sanitation collection
The City of Bartlesville provides waste collection service to both residential and commercial customers providing once a week service to residents and a maximum of six pickups a week for commercial customers.
Automated trucks are used to lift polycarts, which are issued to each customer when service is established. Additional polycarts are available for a small fee.
Yard waste
Yard waste is collected but excess waste must be appropriately tagged/sticker. The City provides two free yard waste collections each year, usually in the spring and fall.
Bulky waste
Bulky waste items, or large items such as furniture and appliances, are not collected by the City but may be disposed of at the Osage Landfill at no extra cost by using the City’s clean-up coupon program.
Days of service
Days of service vary depending on the area, and can be determined by viewing the City’s sanitation routes map.
Holidays
During weeks containing a holiday, customers who would normally have their trash collected on that day will be serviced on Wednesday that week instead. This is the case whether your normal collection day falls before Wednesday or after.
For a list of holidays this year, see 2021 Holiday Calendar. Notices are also published on the City’s website home page, in the City’s e-newsletter, City Beat, and provided to local media for distribution prior to each holiday.
Rates
Residential and commercial rates depend on the services provided, and may be upgraded at any time.
Clean-up coupon program
The City of Bartlesville, in coordination with Osage Landfill, provides an annual coupon good for one free trip to the landfill at any time during the year to the City’s Solid Waste customers. The coupon is valid for City of Bartlesville Residential Solid Waste customers only. No commercial accounts or contractors will be permitted. One coupon is issued per customer and may not be duplicated.
The clean-up program is intended to help Bartlesville residents dispose of items typically too large or cumbersome for their weekly trash pick-up.
Not permitted:
- Complete structures, including roofs
- Trees
- Vehicles
- Tires
- Batteries
- Hazardous materials
- Wet paint
- Appliances that have not had the compressors removed, such as refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners. (Appliances must be certified “Freon free” if the compressor is not removed.)
- Demolished structures.
Residents may take their items to Osage Landfill during regular business hours, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
For questions or more information, contact the Public Works Department at 918.338.4131.
For more information about this program, contact Public Works at 918.338.4131 or email bjmumma@cityofbartlesville.org. If you did not receive your coupon in your March/April utility bill, contact the Utility Billing Office at 918.338.4224 or utilityybilling@cityofbartlesville.org.
Recycling
The City Recycle Center is open, located at 10th Street and Virginia Avenue, is open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, excluding holidays.
The center serves as a permanent “host site” for Replenysh, a California-based company responsible for the recent expansion of local recycling options for Bartlesville residents. Other host sites for public events have been added to the company’s list of recycling options as well, which are available on Replenysh’s Bartlesville Facebook page.
While accepted items may vary from one host site to another, items accepted at the City Recycle Center are:
- Plastic PET #1 containers
- Plastic PET #1 thermoforms
- Plastic HDPE #2 containers
- Aluminum cans
- Steel cans
- Cardboard
To join Replenysh, which is free, see http://join.replenysh.com/bartlesville-ok. For more information or to sign up to serve as a host site, contact Ryon Hart at ryon@replenysh.com or 323.301.7133.