Recycling

City of Mobile Recycling Drop-off Locations:

City of Mobile Recycling Centers are temporarily not accepting glass

4851 Museum Drive
City's Western Administrative Complex in Langan Park across from the Mobile Museum of Art

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

Normal hours of operation are Monday-Friday 7 a.m. -5 p.m. and 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.

Click HERE for the Holiday Schedule.

For more information
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:

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.)
Glass; any color

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