Garbage & Recycling
The City of White Oak has an exclusive sanitation contract with Republic Services. For questions or concerns about service or Pinehill Landfill, please call Republic Service at 1-800-678-7274 (1-800-MRTRASH). For billing related questions, please call or email the Utility Billing Office at City Hall.
White Oak's designated trash pick-up day is Wednesday; however, this may change periodically due to a holiday. Republic Service recognizes the following holidays:
- New Year's Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
If one of these holidays land on a Tuesday or Wednesday, residents might see a service interruption. The city will notify any known changes as soon as possible via website and social media pages.
Republic Services requests customers have all garbage at the curb by 6:30 a.m. for collection, but please remember that there is a city ordinance which states that carts are not to be placed at the curb before 6:00 p.m. preceding collection day.
City Clean-Up Days
The City hosts a city clean-up opportunity four times a year. Dates are announced on the website and on the City's Facebook page. During this time, residents can bring bulky unwanted items to the area behind public works located on Highway 42, behind the water treatment plant. Items not allowed are:
- Paint
- Oil
- Tires
- Shingles
- Appliances with compressors
- Batteries
- Any other hazardous materials
Landfill Access
Customers are allowed two truck-load trips to the Pinehill Landfill per month accompanied with your most recent original water bill. The physical address for the landfill is 1102 Pine Hill Landfill Road, Kilgore, TX 75662.
Recycling
The City has a recycling bin behind the water treatment plant off of Hwy 42 that is open for recyclable drop off from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The recycle bin is open during normal operation hours and maintained to avoid the dumping of non-recyclable materials. The physical address is 2101 Mitchell St., White Oak, TX 75693. If you are not able to drop off your recyclables during this time, but would still like to recycle, Rivers Recycling offers a large container outside the gate to their facility.
Recycling
The City has a recycling bin behind the water treatment plant off of Hwy 42 that is open for recyclable drop off from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The recycle bin is open during normal operation hours and maintained to avoid the dumping of non-recyclable materials. The physical address is 2101 Mitchell St., White Oak, TX 75693. If you are not able to drop off your recyclables during this time, but would still like to recycle, Rivers Recycling offers a large container outside the gate to their facility.
Republic Services takes the recyclable goods from our area to Rivers Recycling, LLC on FM 1252 West, just off of Hwy 42. There is no longer the need to separate recyclable goods. The following materials are recyclable:
- newspaper
- sorted office paper
- mixed paper
- cardboard
- clean plastics (#1-#7 – sometimes listed on the bottom of the container)
- water bottles
- milk containers
- soda bottles
- laundry and bleach bottles
- aluminum cans
- steel cans