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Guidelines for Poly Cart Customers

 

Please follow these instructions carefully:

  • Always place the container at the curb no later than 7:30 am on your collection day
  • Make sure you set your cart at the edge of your property next to the street, wheels above the curb, with the handle facing your home or business
  • Leave at least ten feet of clearance from other containers, parked vehicles, street and lamp posts, trees, mailboxes and other obstructions.
  • Return container to side of house after it is emptied.

Due to special handling requirements, DO NOT DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

  • Overfill your poly cart or leave long pieces of debris sticking out of the cart (broomsticks, metal, lumber, or anything too long)
  • Put any liquids, especially motor oil, gasoline, anti-freeze, or paint in your poly cart.
  • Put hot ashes in the container - always make sure your fireplace ashes and barbecue charcoals are cold and double bagged before placing in the container
  • Put soil, sand, uncut or untied branches, bricks, concrete, building material, auto parts, scrap metal, tires, or dead animals in the cart.
  • Leave container in the street after your pick up day.

Need an Additional Poly Cart?

Please contact Customer Service at 580-616-7300, if you need an additional 96-gallon commercial poly cart. The staff will assist you with your order and process your request. Each additional poly cart costs an additional $5.50 per month, which is automatically charged to your water bill.

Hours of Operation

 Summer Hours  Winter Hours
 Monday - Friday  7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.  Monday - Friday  7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 Saturday  8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  Saturday  8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 Location: 1313 E. Southgate Road  Contact: 580-616-7382

 

The City of Enid prides itself on maintaining a high level of service, while meeting all state environmental standards. As a subtitle "D" landfill, we are regulated and inspected by Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) and we are members of Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA). We are dedicated to serving our community, maintaining a clean environmental footprint, ensuring that we are providing a sustainable landfill for the years to come.

The City of Enid works hard to provide an efficient, clean, and safe landfill. Our landfill employees are well trained and help keep the surrounding areas clean by performing daily tasks. These tasks include waste compaction, daily cover, use of litter fences, debris cleanup, and watering our on-site roads.

Accepted Materials

Our landfill is permitted to accept and manage solid waste (non-liquids), non-hazardous industrial waste, and dirt/soil. Non-hazardous waste, such as soil, needs to be pre-approved prior to transport to the landfill.

Accepted and not accepted itemsLandfill Rates

Residents of Enid, as evidenced by a current City utility bill, will be permitted to make twelve (12) trips a calendar year to the landfill to make one deposit of refuse in an amount not to exceed the legal load of a one ton or smaller vehicle without sides or a four (4) wheeled trailer for free.

Residents of Enid, as evidenced by a current City utility bill, will be permitted to make six (6) trips a calendar year to the landfill to dispose of "hazardous household waste" as defined in section 8-4-1 of this Code. The amount of waste per trip may not exceed ten (10) gallons of paint or twenty (20) gallons of household hazardous waste. Additional trips to the landfill in a calendar year for household hazardous waste will be charged at twenty five dollars ($25.00) per trip. Commercial and Industrial waste is prohibited.

A. Refuse Originating Inside City: The fees required by subsection 8-4-13B of this code shall be as follows, unless waived due to a special city cleanup:

 Any Vehicle  $48.00 per ton 
 Computer Monitors, each  $7.00
 Dead Animals (large), each  $25.00
 Dead Animals (small), each  $13.00
 Tires 16 inches or below  $10.00
 Tires over 16 inches  $15.00
 Yard and Tree Trimmings (commercial)  $15.00 per ton 
 Yard and Tree Trimmings (residential)  Included in 12 free trips/ $15.00 per ton thereafter

 

B. Refuse Originating Outside City: The fees required by subsection 8-4-13C of this code shall be as follows:

 Any Vehicle  $55.00 per ton
 Computer Monitors, each  $10.00
 Dead Animals (large), each  $35.00
 Dead Animals (small), each  $17.00
 Tires 16 inches or below  $12.00
 Tires over 16 inches  $17.00
 Yard and Tree Trimmings  $15.00 per ton

 

C. Unsecured Loads: A fee of twenty dollars ($20.00), in addition to the landfill permit fee required in subsections A and B of this section, shall be charged for each unsecured load entering the landfill

D. Waiver of Permit Fee: There shall be a waiver of the landfill permit fee for the depositing of loads containing yard and tree trimmings at the city compost site as provided in subsection 8-4-13E1 of this code. This waiver shall not be available when the yard and tree trimmings were collected by a commercial business

E. Petroleum Contaminated Soil: For any petroleum contaminated sil that exceeds the TPH limits as defined in subsection 8-4-13G5 of tihs code, the generator shall asessed a fee of one thousand dollars ($1000.00) per day for material left at the landfill in excess of the thirty (30) day recovery period. This fee is in addition to any criminal penalties that may be assessed. The landfill permit fee will not be reimbursed for any petroleum contaminated soil that is remboed from the landfill facility.

F. Compost and Wood Chips: Compost and wood chips may be obtained from the landfill free of charge if loaded by the customer. A ten dollar ($10.00) loading fee will be assessed per front loader bucket when the landfill staff is utilized for loading. (Ord. 2017-25, 11-21-2017)

Landfill Rules

Speed Limits and Scale Ramp Rules

Speed Limits: The speed limit at the landfill is 20MPH. There is heavy equipment operating on the same roads the public uses. Please use caution.

Scale House: Customers are asked to approach the scale house and enter the scale SLOWLY. If the light is RED wait at the stop sign until the scale is clear and the light turn to GREEN. Sudden starts and stops on the scale could cause damage and will not be tolerated.

Stop Signs: Stop signs and other signs directing traffic must be obeyed.

Secured Loads: Be advised that all loads are subject to inspection at any time. A;; vehicles must have secured loads that prevent any leakage or littering. a $20 surcharge will be added if loads are not secured.

Departure: Tailgates and beds must be lowered and shut in the dump site before traveling on the roads. Follow scale house procedures for weighing out.

Conduct: All persons entering the landfill will follow all instructions by landfill personnel and must follow landfill policies and posted rules for their own safety. Any person and/or persons refusing to follow all landfill rules, speed limits, policies and instructions will be suspended from the premises and the use of the landfill until further notice. Factors contributing to suspension can include, but are not limited to an individual being discourteous, disrespectful, or disruptive, driving recklessly, or not abiding by Agency rules and guidelines.

Stuck Vehicles: Should a vehicle become stuck in the working area of the landfill, the driver may request a landfill operator for assistance. The driver is responsible for any damage resulting from the tow. The driver will be responsible for hooking their vehicle to landfill equipment with their own chain or recovery strap.

Acceptable Material for Disposal: THe landfill does not take items that are classified as Hazardous Wastes, Toxic Wastes, Liquid Waste Oils, PCB's, Bio-Med Wastes, Radioactive Wastes, Burn Barrels, Mixed Class I and Class III or Other Unacceptable Wastes as determined by our management. Violators will be required to pay for clean-up and/or transportation to a State and/or Federal Regulated facility.

StaffTitlePhoneEmail
Kegin, TatumLandfill Foreman(580) 616-7383
Stephens, TimSupervisor(580) 616-7315
Stone, CarlSolid Waste Foreman(580) 616-7329