Frequently Asked Questions
- As A Resident, What Do I Get For My $12.45 Per Month?
- What Does $16.50 Per Month Cover For Commercial Service?
- Why must we use the City's trash service?
- How do I schedule a Bulk Collection and how is the charge for that service determined?
As A Resident, What Do I Get For My $12.45 Per Month?
- A 105-gallon refuse (trash) cart
- An 18-gallon recycling collection bin
- Same day weekly collection for trash & recycling
- Free moving box collection for new residents
- Free Adopt-A-Street pickup of litter in City-Coded Bags donated by Solid Waste Services
- Free mulch and chip pickup at a City park
- HHW collection once per year.
- Annual Operation Clean Streets co-sponsored by Edmond Beautiful, including a drop off of tires.
What Does $16.50 Per Month Cover For Commercial Service?
- Shared use of commercial containers
- Container collections one to three times per week
- Free moving box collection for new apartments
- Adopt-A-Street pickup of litter in City Coded Bags donated by Solid Waste Service
- Annual Operation Clean Streets co-sponsored by Edmond Beautiful for city-wide pick up of litter
- HHW collection-Multi-dwelling such as apartments are eligible, not commercial businesses.
- Free mulch and chip pickup at a City Park
Why must we use the City's trash service?
State of Oklahoma laws require municipalities to provide weekly garbage and trash collection and disposal service for the safety and welfare of the general public. Municipalities may permit, contract or provide the services themselves. Edmond residents and businesses must use the trash service provided by the City, unless the location is beyond the City's service area. If the City does not provide service, the resident or business can contract the service directly with private providers.
Edmond elected to provide trash collection and disposal services for the mutual benefit of all residents. Our goal is to provide the best possible service for the lowest possible cost using "economies of scale." In other words, all customers benefit collectively from lower pricing than each could obtain individually.
Edmond Solid Waste Services is extremely sensitive to the competitive nature of solid waste services and frequently conducts cost comparisons to assure that our rates are the "lowest possible rates" for the "highest quality of services".
How do I schedule a Bulk Collection and how is the charge for that service determined?
Monthly large item/bulky collections are available on an "on-call" basis for all residential and commercial customers. You don't have to store unwanted items. You can request this monthly service on an "as needed" basis by calling the Utility Customer Service Center 359-4541.
Charges are $10 per cubic yard for the first 2 cubic yards and $5 for each additional cubic yard. Note: Dimensions for a cubic yard are 36” length 36” width 36” height.
For larger piles of debris such as Tree-Limbs one can determine the number of cubic yards by measuring the pile of debris and multiplying the Length X the Width X the Height, and then dividing that total of those three measurements by 27.
