Water Heater Removal Cost in Tulsa, OK

Water Heater Removal in Tulsa: where the city stops and a hauler starts

The free route in Tulsa has hard edges, and they are the reason people end up paying: Remodelling debris only counts if you did the work yourself at the address being served, and it has to be containerised and under one cubic yard in total. There is a limit of four monitors or televisions, four tires without rims, and ten gallons of latex paint. Large yard waste has to be cut under six feet long and under eighteen inches across. Ten dollars per eight cubic yards collected, and another ten for each additional eight cubic yards. The city has published an increase: from October 1, 2026 both figures become twenty dollars.

Past those limits the city is not an option at all — not slower, not pricier, simply unavailable. That is the line a hauler exists for, and it is worth knowing exactly where it sits before you start carrying anything.

Collection in Tulsa is run by City of Tulsa Public Works — Refuse & Recycling. Below is what they will take, straight from their own rules — and where each route runs out.

Booked bulky pickup

Large items that do not fit inside your refuse cart, and yard waste too big to bundle for the regular hauler. Remodelling debris only counts if you did the work yourself at the address being served, and it has to be containerised and under one cubic yard in total. There is a limit of four monitors or televisions, four tires without rims, and ten gallons of latex paint. Large yard waste has to be cut under six feet long and under eighteen inches across. Ten dollars per eight cubic yards collected, and another ten for each additional eight cubic yards. The city has published an increase: from October 1, 2026 both figures become twenty dollars. Book online — you will need your City utility Customer ID and account number — or call 311, or email the city. Schedule at least three days before your pickup day; orders are worked in the order they arrive, and collection happens on your regular refuse day. Cancelling means calling before noon the day before, otherwise the charge lands on your account anyway. Bulky waste is at the curb by 5 a.m. — not under power lines or trees, not over water meters, gas meters, telephone boxes or cable boxes, not within three feet of a fence or of your carts, and with no vehicle parked in the way. Appliances go out empty, small engines drained of oil and gas, and electronics, appliances and tires are separated from everything else because two different trucks come for them. Anything one person can handle at forty pounds or less belongs in a bagged sticker pickup on the regular route instead, and yard waste tied into four-by-two-foot bundles or see-through bags rides along with regular collection, up to fifteen extra bags or bundles a week.

Checked against the operator’s own page on 2026-09-16. Source