From the Tulsa World By BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Published: 6/18/2012 10:34 AM Last Modified: 6/18/2012 4:59 PM
Continuing coverage: Read more on Tulsa’s trash service here.
Tulsa’s trash board approved a three-month trash collection program Monday since the city’s current hauler is unable to continue beyond its June 30 contract expiration.
The temporary program to run from July through September involves once-a-week collection for all households, a cheaper monthly rate, different service days and a suspension of recycling pickup.
The rate will go from $13.44 to $10.52 per month to match the small section of the city known as the northwest quadrant that already has once-a-week collection.
Recycling collection will resume as the trash and recycling carts begin to be delivered July 16 at a rate of about 12,000 to 15,000 households per week for the volume-based system set to launch Oct. 1.
The temporary summertime trash program impacts the 95,000 households that have been under the current hauler, Tulsa Refuse Inc.
TRI originally had agreed to continue the current service for the summer months but never signed a contract. It has been having equipment and manpower issues.
The city’s northwest quadrant, with about 20,000 houses, will continue to have its usual once-week trash service by city crews until Oct. 1.
The recycling suspension impacts the entire city. Residents will be encouraged to use the Metropolitan Environmental Trust recyclable drop-off sites.
The city’s new hauling company, NeWSolutions, is starting work early for the program under an emergency contract. Its contract to service the entire city with the new volume-based system still begins Oct. 1.
