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Recycling


City of Mobile Recycling Drop-off Locations:

4851 Museum Drive

City's Western Administrative Complex in Langan Park across from the Mobile Museum of Art

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308 Pinehill Drive

Behind (to the North of) the Police Headquarters between Government St. and Airport Blvd.

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Normal hours of operation are:

Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

Recycling at these two drop-off locations is a service for City of Mobile residents only. The City does not accept recyclables from businesses or those residing outside Mobile. Residents may be asked to provide proof of residence.

 

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Call 311 (251-208-5311)

We are on the path to becoming a cleaner, greener community!

To make recycling easy, the City of Mobile uses a single-stream method meaning citizens are not required to sort their recyclables.

We do NOT take the following items: 

  • Styrofoam
  • Bows 
  • Gift Bags with bows, plastics, etc. 
  • Plastic bags 
  • Most wrapping paper is NOT accepted

The City of Mobile staff are working to ensure you have a great recycling experience. Please kindly remember them as they provide this important service.

Yes! Please Recycle These Items:

  • Glass; any color
  • Newspaper & Inserts
  • Magazines & Catalogs
  • Junk Mail & Envelopes
  • Cardboard
  • Phone Books
  • Office and School Papers (colored paper)
  • Brown Paper Bags (grocery)
  • Boxboard (cereal, cake & cracker boxes, etc.)
  • Pizza Boxes (without heavy residue)
  • Plastic Produce Clamshells
  • Plastics No. 1 through 7
  • Plastic Milk Jugs, bottles, and containers
  • Aluminum Cans & Lids
  • Pet Food Cans and Dry Pet Food Bags
  • Aluminum Foil Baking Pans
  • Balls of Tin Foil; Foil Pie Tins
  • Tin and Steel Cans & Lids
  • Metal Pots, Pans & Cookie Sheets
  • Egg Cartons, cardboard only

No! Do Not Recycle These Items:

  • No Plastic Bags - Please return to your local grocery store.
  • No Ice Cream Cartons
  • No Waxy/Paper Milk Cartons
  • No Aerosol Cans
  • No Juice Boxes / Bags
  • No Food Waste
  • No Garbage or Yard Waste
  • No Garden Hoses
  • No Window Blinds
  • No Tarps
  • No Bedding or linens
  • No Carpeting or Rugs
  • No Construction Materials
  • No Clothes
  • Bubblewrap
  • No Diapers
  • No Flat Glass (mirrors, windows, etc.)

 

 

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