Please note: The City of Anniston operates their own city recycling program with different drop off locations that are unrelated to the county drop off locations: https://www.annistonal.gov/public-works/recycling/

Downtown Anniston:
State Probation and Parole Office
across the street from the Anniston Police Department,
21 West 12th Street, Anniston AL

Saks - East:
Christian Corner Meats,
1002 US HWY 431, Anniston, AL

Saks - West:
Calhoun County Agri Center (Old County Highway Dept),
4500 Bynum Leatherwood Road, Anniston AL

Pleasant Valley:
First Baptist Church of Williams,
5579 Nisbet Lake Road, Jacksonville AL

Alexandria:
Foodland grocery store,
at the intersection of
US HWY 144 & US HWY 431, Alexandria AL

Jacksonville:
Pete Mathews Coliseum
at Jacksonville State University,

775 Park Ave NW, Jacksonville AL

Cleburne County:
Heflin Fire Department,
1335 Ross St, Heflin AL

St. Clair County:
Pell City Street Dept,

417 19th St S, Pell City AL

Education Outreach

The Recycling Office is available for educational tours and speaking engagements. To schedule a tour or a group presentation, please call the Recycling Office at 256-237-8339 or the Calhoun County Extension Office at 256-237-1621

Waste/Recycle Facts

Residential Municipal Solid Waste Nationwide

Recycling Facts

• With the aluminum we throw away in 3 months, the U.S. could rebuild its entire commercial air fleet.
• America throws away over 200 million tires every year.
• America throws away 31.6 million tons of yard waste each year (this could be composted).
• 10 million gallons of oil were spilled in America's worst oil disaster - yet 570 million gallons of oil are improperly disposed of each year.
• Recycling a 3-foot stack of newspapers saves one tree.
• An average person throws away 5 pounds of trash per day.
• The average person has the opportunity to recycle more than 25,000 cans in a lifetime.
• Over 2 million tons of used electronics, including computers and televisions, are discarded each year.

Yearly Waste Totals for Calhoun County Alabama

Calhoun County residents dispose of 205 Million pounds of waste each year at the Calhoun County Landfill.

The residents of Calhoun County Alabama dispose of 600,000 pounds of trash along our roadsides and at illegal dump-sites throughout the county (which is picked up by the county litter control department).

Recycling Facts for Calhoun County Alabama -
How We are Making a Difference

Thanks to efforts in the county, more than 540 tons of material was recycled in Calhoun County and kept out of our waste stream. Below are statistics showing how we are making a difference in our environment:

545 Tons or 1,090,000 lbs. of Recycled Material