Moore, OK Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Section 17-209 of the Moore Code of Ordinances sets the collection rate structure for the city's sanitation service, and it specifically addresses recycling: for one designated container provided for recyclable materials, the city provides curbside recycling pickup on a bi-weekly schedule to all residential customers, at an additional cost per month that the city council establishes by resolution rather than fixing the dollar figure directly in the code. That places the recycling fee on the same fee-schedule model used elsewhere in the sanitation chapter, where garbage cart, dumpster and hauling charges are likewise set by council action rather than printed as a flat statutory number.

Because the fee attaches to every residential account, recycling participation functions as a citywide utility charge rather than an opt-in subscription, though the ordinance text ties the service itself to placement of the single designated recycling container at curbside. This program sits alongside, but separate from, the private-recycling option under section 17-207, which lets a resident instead contract with a private hauler for front-door recyclables pickup; a resident using the city's bi-weekly curbside program does not need the certificate of insurance or front-door arrangement that section 17-207 requires of private haulers.