Alabama Landfills & Dumps
Where to dump in Alabama, county by county and city by city, with the real hours, fees and residency rules from each county's or city's own pages. 12 sites so far: county landfills, convenience and collection centers, hazardous waste drop-offs and construction-debris landfills in the places we've written up.
Alabama counties and cities
How disposal works in Alabama
In Alabama, counties and cities run the public dumps, and each sets its own prices. Some charge by the vehicle (Shelby County takes a carload for $10 and a pickup for $14; Calhoun County a pickup of household trash for $8), and others weigh every load: $22 a ton in Coffee County, $33.50 at the Morgan County Regional Landfill near Decatur. On top of the local fee, Alabama charges a state disposal fee of $1 a ton.
Some counties hold free landfill days for residents (two a year in Shelby County, four in Calhoun County), and cities such as Huntsville and Dothan pick up furniture and appliances at the curb, so check your city's trash collection before you haul. Tires, used oil, batteries and hazardous waste are handled separately almost everywhere.
We're writing Alabama up place by place: 9 are live, and our guide to what it costs to dump in Alabama puts their rates side by side.