Recycling in Oklahoma
Where to recycle, donate or get rid of things in 29 cities and towns across Oklahoma. Pick your city, or search for your item. We also pick up anywhere in the state.
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Oklahoma rules
- Under the Oklahoma Computer Equipment Recovery Act, manufacturers must offer Oklahoma consumers a take-back program for computers and computer monitors; most offer mail-back and few offer drop-off. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: Oklahoma Computer Equipment Recovery Act (OCERA) (opens in new tab)
- Televisions are not covered by the Oklahoma Computer Equipment Recovery Act, so manufacturers have no state take-back duty for TVs. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: Oklahoma Computer Equipment Recovery Act (OCERA) (opens in new tab)
- OCERA covers only desktop and notebook computers and computer monitors; it applies to manufacturers that sell, produce or import 50 or more such devices a year in Oklahoma. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: Oklahoma Computer Equipment Recovery Act (OCERA) (opens in new tab)
More Oklahoma rules (31)
- DEQ's how-to page points households with TVs, video equipment, computers, phones, batteries and bulbs to Best Buy or Staples, certified recyclers, or collection events. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: How to Recycle Electronics (opens in new tab)
- DEQ suggests residents ask community leaders whether they plan to host an electronics collection event. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: How to Recycle Electronics (opens in new tab)
- For bulk electronics from businesses and organizations, DEQ highly recommends an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: How to Recycle Electronics (opens in new tab)
- DEQ tells households to recycle batteries and light bulbs at Lowe's or Home Depot. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: How to Recycle Electronics (opens in new tab)
- For the Oklahoma Lead-Acid Battery and Used Motor Oil Recycling Act, a lead-acid battery is one used in boats, planes and motor vehicles. Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 27A (Environment and Natural Resources), complete title (opens in new tab)
- Oklahoma retailers of lead-acid (vehicle, boat, plane) batteries must post a sign that lead-acid batteries are accepted for recycling. Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 27A (Environment and Natural Resources), complete title (opens in new tab)
- Oklahoma tire dealers collect a $2.90 used tire recycling fee on each automobile tire, or tire with a rim of 19.5 inches or less, that they sell. Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 27A (Environment and Natural Resources), complete title (opens in new tab)
- DEQ: a tire recycling fee is collected on qualifying tires sold in Oklahoma. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: Oklahoma Tire Recycling Fees (handout) (opens in new tab)
- Registered all-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles are exempt from the tire fee section. Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 27A (Environment and Natural Resources), complete title (opens in new tab)
- It is unlawful to dispose of used tires anywhere other than a site or facility permitted or otherwise authorized by DEQ. Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 27A (Environment and Natural Resources), complete title (opens in new tab)
- The disposal ban does not stop an individual from disposing of their own used vehicle or equipment tires on their own property, if it creates no nuisance or hazard. Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 27A (Environment and Natural Resources), complete title (opens in new tab)
- Keeping more than 50 used tires at a site is unlawful unless the site is permitted or approved by DEQ (tire businesses may store up to 2,500). Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 27A (Environment and Natural Resources), complete title (opens in new tab)
- Removing more than ten used tires from a dealer requires a DEQ-approved manifest. Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 27A (Environment and Natural Resources), complete title (opens in new tab)
- The Oklahoma Used Tire Recycling Act (1989) aims to clean up tire dumps, prevent new ones and encourage tire recycling. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: Used Tire Recycling Program (opens in new tab)
- DEQ can approve community tire collection or cleanup events (with a fee exemption number) held by municipalities, counties, tribes and community groups; residents of the designated community may bring tires. Source: Oklahoma DEQ fact sheet: Community-Wide Tire Collection Events (5/2024) (opens in new tab)
- At community tire events, individual members of the designated community may bring tires; tire businesses may not. Source: Oklahoma DEQ fact sheet: Community-Wide Tire Collection Events (5/2024) (opens in new tab)
- Community tire events do not take tires on rims or ATV tires (nor off-road, airplane, bicycle, mower or forklift tires). Source: Oklahoma DEQ fact sheet: Community-Wide Tire Collection Events (5/2024) (opens in new tab)
- Oklahoma's solid waste rules define household hazardous waste as corrosive, toxic, ignitable or reactive household waste, including freon-containing appliances, liquid paints and lead-acid batteries. Source: OAC 252:515, Management of Solid Waste (DEQ rules) (opens in new tab)
- State rules list freon-containing appliances (such as refrigerators and freezers) as household hazardous waste. Source: OAC 252:515, Management of Solid Waste (DEQ rules) (opens in new tab)
- State rules list freon-containing appliances or tanks as household hazardous waste. Source: OAC 252:515, Management of Solid Waste (DEQ rules) (opens in new tab)
- State rules list liquid paints as household hazardous waste. Source: OAC 252:515, Management of Solid Waste (DEQ rules) (opens in new tab)
- State rules list lead-acid batteries as household hazardous waste. Source: OAC 252:515, Management of Solid Waste (DEQ rules) (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says several Oklahoma communities have household hazardous waste facilities or collection programs, and services may be free with proof of residency such as a water bill. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: Household Hazardous Waste (Did You Know? fact sheet) (opens in new tab)
- DEQ lists HHW facilities in Norman, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Midwest City, all free with proof of residency and taking items from surrounding communities for a small fee. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: Household Hazardous Waste (Did You Know? fact sheet) (opens in new tab)
- DEQ's HHW fact sheet lists the Midwest City Household Pollutant Collection Facility among the state's HHW facilities. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: Household Hazardous Waste (Did You Know? fact sheet) (opens in new tab)
- DEQ names paints, cleaners, automotive products, pesticides and batteries as household products that may be hazardous if thrown in the trash. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: Household Hazardous Waste (Did You Know? fact sheet) (opens in new tab)
- PaintCare runs paint recycling programs only in states with paint stewardship laws; Oklahoma is not on its list. Source: PaintCare: Paint recycling (state list) (opens in new tab)
- The Mattress Recycling Council runs statewide programs only in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island; Oklahoma has no state mattress program. Source: Mattress Recycling Council (opens in new tab)
- DEQ collection event grants pay local governments to host e-waste collections, which typically also take household hazardous waste, tires, pharmaceuticals, scrap metal and sharps. Source: Oklahoma DEQ: Funding Opportunities for Communities (Solid Waste Management Grants) (opens in new tab)
- Oklahoma scrap metal dealers must record a copy of the seller's photo ID for any amount of scrap metal bought. Source: Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act (revised 2023) (opens in new tab)
- Dealers may not pay more than $1,000 in cash for certain listed scrap metals, except to exempted sellers. Source: Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act (revised 2023) (opens in new tab)