🚨 Service Update – Saturday Clean-Up Efforts 🚨

We appreciate your patience as we continue working through this challenging week. Our crews are doing everything possible to catch up, and we want to provide an update:

    •    Residential Cleanup: We will be running additional routes on Saturday to service any missed customers. If your cart has not yet been collected, please leave it curbside, and we will do our best to service it.

    •    Commercial Cleanup: All commercial routes will also be running on Saturday as we work to get caught up.

If your residential service is still missed—whether due to road conditions or another factor—please set your cart out on your regular service day next week, including any extra bags outside the cart. We will collect everything at no additional charge.

Thank you for your patience and support. We know this has been a chaotic and difficult week, and we truly appreciate your understanding as we work to get everything back on track.

Welcome to American Waste Control

As a family-owned business serving the Tulsa area for over 50 years, we are committed to providing the best waste disposal and recycling services. Our commitment led us to establish Oklahoma’s first Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), affectionately known as Mr. Murph. We also built Oklahoma’s first Waste-to-Energy landfill, converting non-recyclable materials into clean, renewable energy for over 20,000 residents. Managing waste for the benefit of our community and our world is at the core of who we are and what we do at American Waste Control.

WHEN

  • All carts should be placed curbside by 6 AM on your designated pick-up day
  • Weather-related service updates will be posted online and across social media platforms

WHERE

  • Carts need to be within 4 feet of the street, facing the street
  • Trash trucks need easy access; ensure carts are at least 5 feet away from obstacles like mailboxes, shrubs, fire hydrants, cars, and additional poly carts

BILLING

  • All residential services are billed monthly, in arrears and are due upon receipt.
  • A $5 late fee applies to past due invoices
    Paperless invoicing is available by enrollment on our website
  • If paying by check, mail payments to American Waste Control PO Box 21054, Tulsa, OK 74121
    To enroll in ACH Bank
  • Debit Auto Pay through your checking account, visit
  • AmericanWasteControl.com/autopay Credit card auto pay is also available through our online portal or by contacting Customer Service

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

  • Additional poly carts are available for a small fee
    • Weight limits: 50 lbs. per bag, 150 lbs. max per filled poly cart
  • Anything outside your cart is $3.00 per bag, bundle or box
    • Limb bundles must not exceed 4 feet long by 2 feet wide, with max diameter of 2 inches
  • Bulk items must be scheduled in advance with Customer Service, pricing will be quoted at that time
    • Examples of bulky items include Christmas trees, televisions, mattresses, furniture, and appliances
  • Add a recycling poly cart to your current service schedule
    • Unbagged items in your designated yellow lid cart: Paper and Cardboard, Food and Beverage Cartons, Plastics, Aluminum and Steel Cans, Glass Bottles and Jars

HOLIDAYS

  • Pickup occurs on all major holidays except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day
  • Pickup schedule shifts one day later if a holiday falls on a weekday

PROHIBITED ITEMS

No hazardous waste materials, including paint cans, oil, car batteries, lithium ion batteries, dead animals, chemicals, tires, refrigerators, or air conditioners. No construction materials such as bricks, concrete, sheetrock, tile, dirt, wood, mulch, rock, shingles, or fencing material.

RESPONSIBILITY

Crews are not responsible for trash scattered by high winds or animals. Account holders are solely responsible for theft and/or undue damage to poly carts.

Curbside Guide

Cart Placement

Place carts within 4 feet from the street, lids facing forward. Please ensure the lid is completely closed.

For everyone’s safety, collection trucks need safe access; ensure carts are 5 feet from obstacles, shrubs and other stationary objects.

TRASH CART with the BLACK LID

Holds household trash and items from the Garage, Shed, or Yard, fitting about ten 13-gallon bags, which must fit inside with the lid closed. For bulky items or extra bags, please contact the office to arrange for pick-up.

RECYCLE CART with the YELLOW LID

Is for unbagged, loose recyclables, with info on what you can recycle provided on the lid. Recyclables are processed at American Waste Control's Mr. Murph recycling center.

Ask Mr. Murph

Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT DAY WILL MY RECYCLING CART BE PICKED UP?
Recycling is picked up on the same designated day you set your waste cart out.
Visit FeedMrMurph.com to ask Mr. Murph your question.
No – please leave caps and lids on your plastic bottles, jugs, tubs and cups. Empty, cap and recycle!
We accept rigid plastic bottles & containers generated from the Kitchen, Laundry, and Bathroom. Plastics generated from those areas are Bottles, Jugs, Tubs, and Cups. Please DO NOT place plastic bags or film plastics in your recycle cart. Do not place plastics generated from the Garage, Shed, or Yard in your recycle cart.
No – You do not have to rinse out bottles or containers containing liquids. Just empty, cap and recycle! If the container holds a sauce or product thick like pudding, please rinse out the container.
We accept Clear, Brown, Green and Blue bottles and jars.
Bottles and Jars coming from the kitchen food pantry or the refrigerator. Bottles and jars that contained a carbonated or non-carbonated beverage, cooking oil or sauce are acceptable. NO ceramic cups, mugs, drinking glasses, light bulbs, cookware, dish ware, picture glass or mirror glass.

Yes – Please remove any leftover pizza, sauce containers, peppers, and plastic pizza top saver. If grease soaks through the bottom or cheese is stuck to the lid, tear off the contaminated section of the box and recycle the clean section.