2023 Super Recyclers Program
Republic Services Partners with the City of Midwest City to Host 2023 Super Recyclers Contest
- Midwest City residents can win a $25 gift card for being Super Recyclers -
During the first 2 weeks in October, 200 Super Recyclers will be selected to receive a $25 gift card or certificate to a local business or restaurant.
“Republic Services understands that Midwest City residents want to be good stewards of the environment,” said David Baker, general manager of Republic Services in Oklahoma City. “This contest will recognize residents who practice proper recycling habits and help keep our community clean and green.”
Residents can participate by learning and practicing proper recycling habits. To learn more about recycling items properly, visit Republic’s Recycling Simplified platform, which breaks down recycling into three simple steps:
- Know what to throw – Each community is unique. Generally, you can always recycle aluminum cans, plastic bottles and milk jugs and cardboard boxes and paper products.
- Empty. Clean. Dry.™ – When recycling items, make sure each container is free of food or other residues. Take a few moments to rinse and dry items before tossing them in your recycling bin. Used, greasy and/or dirty pizza boxes cannot be recycled.
- Don’t bag it – Plastic bags interfere with the recycling sorting process. Skip the hassle of bagging recyclables and just throw them in the bin.
VIDEO: Recycling Simplified 1 - 2 -3
Still unsure what can be recycled in Midwest City? Check out the list below.
Now you are ready to put what you learned into practice to become a Super Recycler!
Volunteers will be in your neighborhood to check recycling carts for properly recycled items. Super Recyclers will be notified via a tag on their cart and receive a letter and gift card in the mail.
What Can I Recycle?
Our "everything recyclable goes in one cart" system makes it easy to recycle!
What We CAN Accept:
- Aluminum cans (empty cans only
- Steel and tin cans (empty cans only)
- Newspaper and newspaper inserts
- Magazines and catalogs, junk mail, greeting cards, and file folders
- Office and school paper (all colors)
- Phone books and paperback books
- Cereal and cracker type boxes
- Paper milk cartons and other paper food containers
- Brown paper sacks/bags
- Plastics (#1 and #2) Salad dressing bottles, detergent bottles, milk jugs, shampoo bottles
- Cardboard
Please make sure all items are clean, dry, and unsoiled. Any items that have food remnants or are otherwise unclean can contaminant your entire cart of recyclables. Putting non-recyclable items in your cart also contaminates your cart and can mean all of your recyclables have to be trashed.
What We CANNOT Accept:
- Food waste
- Food-tainted items (such as used paper napkins and paper plates or food-tainted pizza boxes)
- Plastic bags (Please take to the local grocer to recycle)
- Glass bottles/jars
- Plastics #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7
- Egg cartons and other polystyrene foam
- Wax-coated cartons including ice cream cartons
- Styrofoam cups/plates or packing materials
- Aerosol cans
- Propane tanks and helium tanks
- Hazardous waste such as paint cans, batteries, household cleaners, chemicals
- Concrete
- Garden hose or rubber hoses, rubber balls and other sports equipment
- Electrical cords
- Tires
- Syringes/needles or medical waste
- Appliances
- Batteries
- Bubble wrap
- Aluminum foil
- Coat hangers
- Stuffed animals
- Razor blades
Supporting Documents
What Can I Recycle? (948 KB) 