Midwest City, OK Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Recycling cart required
- Since July 1, 2013
- Pickup frequency
- Emptied bi-weekly
- Participation
- Mandatory, contracted third-party service
- 1st contamination offense
- Courtesy call/education only
- 3rd contamination offense
- $20 fee, cart permanently removed
Summary
Midwest City requires a separate recycling cart for every residence, with mandatory curbside participation and fines up to $20 for contaminating the cart with non-recyclable trash.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, all residential customers shall place their garbage and refuse in the carts provided by the city and, beginning July 1, 2013, their recyclables in a separate cart provided for that purpose by the city. ... Penalties for non-recyclable items being found in the recycling cart are as follows:(1)For the first offense... a courtesy call or visit in order to provide educational resources.(2)For the second offense a charge of twenty dollars ($20.00)... added to the utility bill.(3)For the third offense... the recycling cart shall be permanently removed.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 21).
Full Breakdown
Since July 1, 2013, the city has required every residential customer to keep recyclables in a separate cart provided by the city, emptied bi-weekly, alongside the weekly garbage cart (§ 18-25(a)-(b)). Residential curbside recycling is a mandatory, contracted service billed to all customers regardless of use (§ 18-27(a)(1)). Putting non-recyclable items in the recycling cart draws escalating penalties: a courtesy call for a first offense, a $20 charge to dump the cart as trash for a second, and a $20 charge plus permanent cart removal for a third (§ 18-25(g)).
Violations & Fines
Contaminating the recycling cart triggers a courtesy call on the first offense, a $20 charge on the second, and a $20 charge plus permanent cart removal on the third (§ 18-25(g)).
Frequently Asked Questions
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