Recycling

Recycle Calendar is at the bottom of the page. Call 256-773-2643 for questions about Recycling.

Please place your cart by the curb by 6 am on your pickup day. You should leave 5 feet of clearance around your cart.

Items That Can Be Recycled

Trash Truck Picking up CanPlease recycle these items in the provided blue cart:

  • Newspaper and Newspaper inserts
  • Magazines and Catalogs
  • Junk mail and envelopes
  • Cardboard
  • Boxboard (cereal, cake and soft drink boxes)
  • Office and School Papers (colored paper too)
  • Paper bags
  • Aluminum cans
  • Tin and Steel cans (rinsed)
  • Plastic bottles
  • Plastic milk jugs
  • Phone books

Items That Cannot Be Recycled

Do not put these items in the blue cart. The following items go in the brown cart:

  • Food waste
  • Food tainted items (used paper plates, paper towels or paper napkins)
  • Pizza boxes
  • Egg cartons
  • Ice cream cartons
  • Paper/wax milk cartons
  • Plastic cups and silverware
  • Aerosol cans
  • Juice boxes and bags
  • Household garbage
  • Glass of any kind

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