Hamilton County convenience centers and dump hours

Convenience centers

• Each City of Chattanooga household can use the refuse collection centers 12 times a calendar year, with up to 8 bags and no more than a standard pickup truck bed load a visit. No tandem-axle trailers, dump bodies, or trucks bigger than a standard pickup, and no contractors, businesses, or landlords.
• Bring a driver’s license showing a City of Chattanooga address (new residents can show a utility bill such as electric, water, or gas), and come in a vehicle with Hamilton County tags. No commercial tags.
• The refuse collection centers don’t take household garbage, brush and leaves, batteries, computer electronics, paint thinner, propane tanks, gas or oil, concrete, dirt, roofing, or car parts, among other things.

Landfills

• Household garbage from a City of Chattanooga home is free at the City Landfill, in a pickup truck or smaller, with a driver’s license or utility bill showing the address. Everyone else pays $2 a bag for up to 15 bags; past that, garbage is $40 a ton with a $30.50 minimum. Checks, credit cards, and money orders only, no cash or coins.
• City residents can’t bring construction or demolition waste (building material, dirt, block, rock, wood waste) or bulky trash (appliances, furniture, clothes, pallets, metal) to the City Landfill. It doesn’t take batteries, gas tanks, or flammable liquids, and every load must be covered and tarped. Birchwood II, LLC runs the private construction and demolition landfill next door.

Recycling centers

Hazardous waste drop-offs

What to do with…

• Tires
• Appliances
• Mattresses
• Paint
• Electronics
• Brush and yard waste
• Construction debris
• Motor oil
• Batteries
• Household hazardous waste