NOTICE: Due to processing regulations, the Tuscaloosa Environmental Services Department will no longer be able to recycle plastic film bags. This new policy will go into effect starting Monday, November 27.
Free Curbside Recycling Collection
A special recycling bin is provided to each participating residence for use in the collection and storage of recyclables.
- Curbside recycling is collected on the same day as garbage.
- Visit Tuscaloosa 311 to request a bin free of charge.
Drop-Off Recycling
Do you live in an apartment? Are you a business owner? Do you live outside the Tuscaloosa city limits? You can still recycle – free of charge – at any of our drop-off locations. Recycling drop-off trailers have been strategically placed around Tuscaloosa County.
Drop-off recycling locations are listed here, and located on the map at the bottom of this page.
Drop-Off Recycling Locations
- Fosters Supermarket - 13474 US-11
- Faucett Brothers Activity Center - 13040 Eugenia Faucett Dr.
- Tuscaloosa County High School -12500 Wildcat Dr.
- Tuscaloosa Regional Airport - 7601 R Cardinal Airport Rd.
- Tuscaloosa Transportation Museum -1901 Jack Warner Pkwy.
- University of Alabama Recycling Drop-Off - 1115 14th St.
- Tuscaloosa Environmental Services - 3311 Reese Phifer Ave.
- Shelton State Community College - 9500 Old Greensboro Rd.
- Munny Sokol Park - 5901 Watermelon Rd.
- University Church of Christ - 1200 Julia Tutwiler Dr.
- McAbee Activity Center - 3801 Loop Rd.
- Hillcrest High School - 300 Patriot Pkwy.
- Fire Station #10 - 8101 New Watermelon Rd.
- Peterson Water System, Inc. - 12926 Deacon St.
- United Steel Workers/Local 351 - 1923 Culver Rd.
Acceptable Items
Aluminum Cans
Cardboard Boxes
- Corrugated cardboard, cereal boxes, brown paper bags
Electronics Recycling
- Drop off at Curry Complex
Glass Recycling
- Drop off at specified locations in map
Mixed Office Paper
Newspapers & Magazines
- All types & inserts
Plastic Containers #1
- Water bottles, soda bottles, berry trays, plastics marked with a ♳
Plastic Containers #2
- Milk jugs, detergent bottles, shampoo bottles, plastics marked with a ♴
Steel "Tin" Soup Cans
Unacceptable Items
Aluminum Foil Items
- Foil, pie plates
Clothes Hangers
Diapers
Construction Materials
Hard Plastics
- Plastics #3 - #7
Plastic Film
- Grocery bags, bread bags
Household & Construction Garbage
Medical Waste
Metal-Lined Bags
- Chip bags, drink pouches
Plastic Film
- Grocery bags, bread bags, Plastic shipping envelopes, bubble wrap and air pillows
Styrofoam Cups & Containers
Wax-Lined Containers
- Cardboard cartons, juice boxes
Electronics Recycling
The City of Tuscaloosa encourages all West Alabama residents and organizations to recycle their old, unused and broken electronics. Electronic waste should be kept out of landfills because it contains toxic materials that have the potential to leach into our soil and water and harm our local environment and health. E-waste also contains valuable materials that can be recovered.
- Drop off accepted electronics at the Richard A. Curry Environmental Complex at 3440 Reese Phifer Ave. on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Electronics are not accepted on City holidays, after hours, on weekends, at drop-off recycling trailers or on curbside recycling routes.
- To drop off e-waste, park in the designated parking space at the Curry Complex. An environmental services crew member will meet you and collect all accepted electronics from your vehicle.
- For citizens or businesses with large quantities of electronics, please call ahead at 205-248-4900 to schedule a drop-off appointment.
- No citizens or vehicles are allowed to enter the recycling plant without permission from City staff.
- Citizens and businesses will not be charged or compensated to drop off electronics.
Acceptable Items
- Desktop computers
- Laptops
- Servers
- Fax machines
- Printers
- Inkjet cartridges
- Laser printer toner
- Scanners
- Copiers
- LCD monitors
- CRT monitors
- Computer wires & cables
- UPS battery back-up
- Keyboards & mice
- Docking stations
- Cell phones & chargers
- Tablets & PDAs
- Power strips
- Networking equipment (switches, hubs, firewalls, etc.)
- Computer boards
- Rechargeable batteries
- Microwaves
- Flat-Screen Televisions
Unacceptable Items
- Projector Style Televisions
- Non-rechargeable batteries
- X-ray machines
- VHS, cassettes & 8mm tapes
- Light bulbs
- Smoke detectors
- Hazardous waste chemicals
- Garbage, trash & debris
For more information about recycling e-waste, call Tuscaloosa 311 at 205-248-5311.
Note: The City of Tuscaloosa and their affiliates assume no responsibility for data left in the memory and/or storage system of any collected electronics.