The Albertville-Boaz Recycling Authority opened in March 2009 as a joint venture of the two cities, starting with newspapers and later adding PET plastic. Jeannie Courington has been executive director since August 2011, and the Alabama Recycling Coalition named her Alabama Recycler of the Year in 2013. Outlying communities without a municipal program use the drop-off too. Weekday hours at 311 Sand Mountain Drive SW are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The center takes newspapers, magazines, junk mail, office paper, aluminum cans, metal food cans, cardboard, emptied oil containers, and clear, green, and brown glass. Plastics are limited to #1 PET, #2 HDPE, and #5 PP. Fluorescent bulbs carry a per-bulb charge. Laptops, computer towers, printers, and cell phones are accepted. Televisions, monitors, batteries, clothing, furniture, #6 plastics, unmarked plastics, and household garbage are refused.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM · Sat-Sun Closed
Accepts: Newspapers, magazines, junk mail, and office paper, Bagged shredded paper, Hardback books and phone books, Plastic bags, Aluminum cans and rinsed metal food cans, #1 PET, #2 HDPE, and #5 PP plastics, Cardboard and cereal boxes, Oil containers emptied of oil, Clear, green, and brown glass, White packing Styrofoam, Fluorescent bulbs, Laptops, computer towers, keyboards, hard drives, printers, fax machines, and cell phones
Services: Residential drop-off · Electronics drop-off · Fluorescent bulb collection · Boaz recycle trailers
What plastics does the Albertville-Boaz Recycling Center take?
Accepted plastics are #1 PET, #2 HDPE, and #5 PP, including heavy hard #2 and #5 items. #6 plastics and any plastic with no recycle number are refused.
Does the Albertville-Boaz Recycling Center accept televisions?
Televisions and computer monitors are refused. Laptops, computer towers, keyboards, hard drives, printers, fax machines, and cell phones are accepted.