What should go in the Blue Recycling Cart?

Our curbside program's guidelines match City of Tulsa's. Please check out Recycle This Tulsa for an easy way to find out if an item can be placed in your blue cart. When in doubt, throw it out!

GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS

• Clear, Brown and Green Beverage Bottles (Including Beer, Juice, Liquor, Soda, and Wine)
• Clear, Brown and Green Food
  Jars (Including Jelly, Ketchup, Pickle, etc.)

ALUMINUM AND STEEL CANS

• Steel Food Cans
• Aluminum Cans
• EMPTY Aerosol Spray Cans
  (Air Fresheners, Cleaning Products,
  and Spray Paint)
• Paperboard Containers (see examples in photo below): Remove plastic lid (recycle) and lidding film (trash) from the container, make sure it is empty, and place the container and its lid in your curbside recycling cart.

PAPER & CARDBOARD

• Advertising/Junk Mail, and
  Envelopes
• Cardboard Boxes
• Cardboard Egg Cartons
• Catalogs, Magazines and Phone
  Books
• Cereal and Dry Food Boxes (Without Liners)
• Colored or White Paper
• Frozen Food Boxes
• Newspaper
• Paperback Books
• Wrapping Paper (Nonmetallic Only)
• EMPTY Pizza Boxes

PLASTIC BOTTLES AND JUGS

• Bathroom, Kitchen and Laundry
  Cleaning Bottles (Emptied)
• Clamshell Containers
• Clear Deli Trays
• Conditioner and Shampoo Bottles (Emptied)
• Dairy, Margarine and Yogurt Tubs (Emptied)
• Detergent and Fabric-softener
  Bottles (Emptied)
• Durable, Reusable Containers and
  Lids (Tupperware-type Materials)
• Food Containers and Squeezable Bottles (Emptied)
  (Including Mayonnaise, Mustard,
  Salad Dressing, Syrup, Vegetable Oils, etc.)
• Milk, Juice, Soda and Other Beverage Bottles and Their Caps (Emptied)

What should not go in the Blue Recycling Cart?

The following items should be thrown in the Black Trash Cart, scheduled for bulky pickup, or taken to an appropriate processing facility (hazardous waste, etc). 

• Aluminum Foil
• Aluminum Trays
• Appliances
• Ashes
• Auto Glass
• Automotive Parts and Their Containers
• Batteries
• Bubble Wrap
• Carpet and Carpet Pads
• Ceramics (cups, plates, tiles)
• Cigarette Butts
• Clay Flowerpots
• Clothes Hangers
• Clothes, Clothing Accessories and Shoes
• Construction Material
• Cords
• Crystal
• Disposable Diapers
• Drinking Glasses
• Dryer Lint
• Electrical Cords
• Electronics and Small Appliances (Coffeemakers, Microwaves, Toasters, etc.)
• Facial Tissue, Paper Towels and Toilet Tissue
• Flammable Compressed Gas Cylinders
• Fluorescent Lights
• Food-soiled Containers
• Food Waste
• Garden/Water Hoses
• Hazardous Chemicals (Including Herbicides, Gas, Oil and Pesticides)
• Heat-resistant Ovenware
• Helium Tank
• Latex Paint Cans and Lids Containing Hardened or Solidified Paint
• Lawn Furniture
• Light Bulbs
• Medical Waste (Including Needles and Syringes)
• Metal (Scrap)
• Mirror Glass
• Packing Peanuts
• Paint Thinner, Stain and Varnish
• Paper Towels
• Pet Waste
• Plastic Bags
• Plastic or Wax-Coated Boxes
• Plastic Eating Utensils
• Plastic Straps
• Pools
• Pool Covers and Tarps
• Pots and Pans
• Rope
• Scissors and Other Sharp Items
• Spray Paint (Yes, if empty)
• Styrofoam
• Shoes
• Tires (all types)
• Toys
• Wax-coated Paper Products
• Wires
• Wood (Including Lumber and Furniture)