Recycling in Alabama
Where to recycle, donate or get rid of things in 28 cities and towns across Alabama. Pick your city, or search for your item. We also pick up anywhere in the state.
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Alabama rules
- Alabama charges a $1 Scrap Tire Environmental Fee per replacement tire (new, used or retread), collected from the consumer at the point of sale. Source: Alabama Department of Revenue: Scrap Tire Environmental Fee (opens in new tab)
- The Alabama Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act of 2003 put a $1.00 per tire fee on replacement tires to fund a state scrap tire fund. Source: ADEM: Scrap Tire Program (opens in new tab)
- ADEM uses the $1 per tire fee to pay contractors to clean up illegal scrap tire sites. Source: ADEM: Scrap Tire Program (opens in new tab)
More Alabama rules (30)
- Businesses that sell new, used or retreaded tires must collect the $1.00 fee on each replacement tire sold and send it to the Alabama Department of Revenue. Source: ADEM: Scrap Tire Receiver fact sheet (PDF, revised March 2025) (opens in new tab)
- Retail tire dealers, retreaders and used tire dealers are Class One scrap tire receivers under ADEM rules. Source: ADEM: Scrap Tire Receiver fact sheet (PDF, revised March 2025) (opens in new tab)
- A person hauling fewer than eight scrap tires at a time to a registered receiver, permitted processor or permitted landfill does not need a scrap tire transporter permit. Source: ADEM Administrative Code Division 4: Scrap Tire Program (PDF) (opens in new tab)
- A permitted landfill may take an individual's own scrap tires without a manifest when the person delivers no more than eight tires at a time. Source: ADEM Administrative Code Division 4: Scrap Tire Program (PDF) (opens in new tab)
- Permitted scrap tire processors may also take up to eight of an individual's own tires at a time without a manifest. Source: ADEM Administrative Code Division 4: Scrap Tire Program (PDF) (opens in new tab)
- A landfill may dispose of scrap tires only if tires are an approved waste stream for it; ADEM publishes a list of landfills approved to accept scrap tires. Source: ADEM: Scrap Tires and Landfills fact sheet (PDF, revised April 2019) (opens in new tab)
- ADEM publishes a county-by-county list of Alabama landfills approved to accept scrap tires; the current list is dated May 29, 2026. Source: ADEM: Alabama Landfills Approved to Accept Scrap Tires (PDF, May 29, 2026) (opens in new tab)
- Storing more than 100 scrap tires on a property needs ADEM approval, and dumping solid waste anywhere other than a permitted landfill is not allowed. Source: ADEM: Unauthorized Waste Dump and Scrap Tire Sites fact sheet (PDF, September 2021) (opens in new tab)
- Depending on the county, residents may be able to take scrap tires to a county location for recycling or disposal; ADEM says to ask local and county solid waste and scrap tire right-of-way contacts. Source: ADEM: Unauthorized Waste Dump and Scrap Tire Sites fact sheet (PDF, September 2021) (opens in new tab)
- Furniture, household trash and other regulated solid waste may not be dumped in Alabama outside a permitted landfill; ADEM says to use a local permitted municipal solid waste or construction and demolition landfill. Source: ADEM: Unauthorized Waste Dump and Scrap Tire Sites fact sheet (PDF, September 2021) (opens in new tab)
- ADEM says that where curbside pickup is offered, waste too large for the regular trash container can be set at the curb for disposal; services vary by city and county. Source: ADEM: Unauthorized Waste Dump and Scrap Tire Sites fact sheet (PDF, September 2021) (opens in new tab)
- Under ADEM rules, abandoned large appliances left on public or private property count as an unauthorized dump. Source: ADEM Administrative Code Division 13: Solid Waste Program (PDF) (opens in new tab)
- Alabama recycling grants may help local governments, authorities and nonprofits recycle white goods and metals as part of regional efforts. Source: ADEM Administrative Code Division 13: Solid Waste Program (PDF) (opens in new tab)
- Alabama's 2008 Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act set a statewide disposal fee of $1 per ton (or $0.25 per cubic yard) on all solid waste landfilled in the state. Source: ADEM: Recycling Program (opens in new tab)
- The 2008 act set a statewide solid waste reduction goal of 25%. Source: ADEM: Recycling Program (opens in new tab)
- ADEM's Alabama Recycling Fund Grants reimburse local governments to start and improve recycling programs; recycling services themselves are run locally. Source: ADEM: Recycling Program (opens in new tab)
- ADEM does not site landfills; locating a landfill is a local decision approved by local government. Source: ADEM: Solid Waste Disposal in Alabama fact sheet (PDF, January 2008) (opens in new tab)
- In Alabama, waste generated by a household is exempt from regulation as hazardous waste. Source: ADEM: Household Hazardous Waste - Management of used oil (PDF, May 2018) (opens in new tab)
- ADEM points residents to reuse, recycling and household hazardous waste collection programs as alternatives to landfill disposal. Source: ADEM: Household Hazardous Waste - Management of used oil (PDF, May 2018) (opens in new tab)
- Under ADEM rules, batteries are among the hazardous wastes businesses may manage under the simplified universal waste rules. Source: ADEM: Management of Universal Waste (PDF, February 2021) (opens in new tab)
- ADEM says household electronics are exempt from hazardous waste rules and a municipal landfill is an acceptable disposal method, but urges diverting electronics from landfills. Source: ADEM: Household Wastes - Management of CRTs & other electronic devices (PDF, May 2018) (opens in new tab)
- Many Alabama landfills no longer accept CRTs or other electronic devices. Source: ADEM: Household Wastes - Management of CRTs & other electronic devices (PDF, May 2018) (opens in new tab)
- ADEM notes that old CRT televisions can leach lead and that many landfills no longer accept CRTs; it suggests reuse or recycling instead. Source: ADEM: Household Wastes - Management of CRTs & other electronic devices (PDF, May 2018) (opens in new tab)
- ADEM lists computers among electronic devices that can contain toxic metals such as lead, cadmium and mercury, and encourages reuse or recycling. Source: ADEM: Household Wastes - Management of CRTs & other electronic devices (PDF, May 2018) (opens in new tab)
- ADEM suggests reducing turnover, reuse, or recycling through companies that offer electronics recycling. Source: ADEM: Household Wastes - Management of CRTs & other electronic devices (PDF, May 2018) (opens in new tab)
- PaintCare's state list does not include Alabama: there is no PaintCare paint stewardship program in Alabama. Source: PaintCare: Paint recycling and drop-off locations (state list) (opens in new tab)
- PaintCare runs paint recycling programs only in states with paint stewardship laws; Alabama has none, so paint goes through local options. Source: PaintCare: Paint recycling and drop-off locations (state list) (opens in new tab)
- The Mattress Recycling Council runs statewide mattress recycling only in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island; Alabama has no state mattress program. Source: Mattress Recycling Council (opens in new tab)
- MRC operates recycling programs only in states that have passed mattress recycling laws. Source: Mattress Recycling Council (opens in new tab)
- With no Alabama mattress law, there is no MRC/Bye Bye Mattress program for mattresses or box springs in Alabama. Source: Mattress Recycling Council (opens in new tab)