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City collection Opelika defines trash as limbs, grass clippings, furniture and appliances, metal objects and other non-hazardous material, so a sofa, couch or upholstered chair is a trash item rather than a garbage-cart item. Trash rides the same weekly route as the yard waste on the same day as the garbage cart. No charge. Included in the residential collection service billed through Opelika Power Services, which covers the weekly cart and the trash and yard waste route, with a limit of five cubic yards of trash and yard waste per address each week. The city publishes no per-item furniture charge for an ordinary set-out.
City collection Mattresses are not named in the city's definition of trash or in the accepted list at the two recycling centers, so a bed has to be confirmed before it goes out. Furniture, appliances and other non-hazardous material are the categories the city does name. The city publishes no mattress rate and does not list mattresses among the materials it collects or accepts at a recycling center. Confirm the unit with Opelika Environmental Services at 334-705-5480 before it goes to the curb.
City collection Appliances are trash under the city's definition, and the city collects them at the curb once a permit sticker is on the unit. The Jeter Avenue and 8th Avenue recycling centers also take appliances at no charge. From $5 per appliance permit sticker bought at the Revenue Department on the first floor of City Hall at 204 South 7th Street, with a hazardous unit such as a refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner carrying the higher sticker price of 15 dollars. Opelika addresses with city collection service. The sticker has to be showing or crews will not take the appliance, and a unit that still holds refrigerant is priced as hazardous. One city answer describes hazardous as anything containing refrigerant while another groups microwaves with the hazardous units, so confirm which sticker your appliance needs.
City collection Opelika calls oversized household material trash rather than bulk, and the definition covers limbs, grass clippings, furniture, appliances, metal objects and other non-hazardous material. Trash runs weekly on the same day as the garbage cart, with a limit of five cubic yards a week. No charge. Included in the residential collection service billed through Opelika Power Services, with a limit of five cubic yards of trash and yard waste per address each week. The city publishes no per-load price for a routine set-out, and a pile beyond the weekly limit may need a quote.
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Opelika splits household waste into two streams. Garbage is bagged household trash in the 95-gallon cart, collected once a week, and trash is everything else the city hauls with its knuckle-boom trucks: furniture, appliances, limbs, grass clippings, metal objects and other non-hazardous material. Trash and yard waste usually ride the same day as the garbage cart, with a limit of five cubic yards a week from each address, and it has to be bagged or boxed when it can blow away or wash into a storm drain. Two city rules catch most clear-outs. An appliance needs a permit sticker from the Revenue Department before crews will take it, and anything the weekly route will not accept has to be confirmed or quoted by phone at 334-705-5480. The city drops appliances, tires, paint cans, cooking oil and recycling at the Jeter Avenue and 8th Avenue centers, and both centers refuse electronics, batteries and glass.
Opelika defines trash as limbs, grass clippings, furniture and appliances, metal objects and other non-hazardous material, so a sofa, couch or upholstered chair is a trash item rather than a garbage-cart item. Trash rides the same weekly route as the yard waste on the same day as the garbage cart.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included in the residential collection service billed through Opelika Power Services, which covers the weekly cart and the trash and yard waste route, with a limit of five cubic yards of trash and yard waste per address each week. The city publishes no per-item furniture charge for an ordinary set-out.
When & how
Put the piece out on your normal collection day. Trash and yard waste are normally collected the same day as the garbage cart, though the city warns that leaf season, holidays and severe weather can push a pickup later in the week or delay it for several weeks.
Get it ready
Keep the pile at least five feet from mailboxes, power poles, tree lines and parked vehicles, and keep it out from under power, cable and phone lines, because crews will not collect trash under them. Bag or box anything loose that could blow away or wash toward a storm drain.
Mattresses are not named in the city's definition of trash or in the accepted list at the two recycling centers, so a bed has to be confirmed before it goes out. Furniture, appliances and other non-hazardous material are the categories the city does name.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no mattress rate and does not list mattresses among the materials it collects or accepts at a recycling center. Confirm the unit with Opelika Environmental Services at 334-705-5480 before it goes to the curb.
When & how
Call 334-705-5480 during business hours, and if the unit is accepted put it out on the normal collection day. The Jeter Avenue center takes drop-offs Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., but its accepted list names appliances and tires rather than mattresses.
Get it ready
Keep the unit dry and set it where a knuckle-boom truck can reach it without blocking the right of way, with the same five feet of clearance from mailboxes, poles, vehicles and tree lines. Say whether it is a mattress alone, a box spring or a wet and soiled unit when you call.
Appliances are trash under the city's definition, and the city collects them at the curb once a permit sticker is on the unit. The Jeter Avenue and 8th Avenue recycling centers also take appliances at no charge.
City cost & eligibility
From $5 per appliance permit sticker bought at the Revenue Department on the first floor of City Hall at 204 South 7th Street, with a hazardous unit such as a refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner carrying the higher sticker price of 15 dollars. Opelika addresses with city collection service. The sticker has to be showing or crews will not take the appliance, and a unit that still holds refrigerant is priced as hazardous. One city answer describes hazardous as anything containing refrigerant while another groups microwaves with the hazardous units, so confirm which sticker your appliance needs.
When & how
Buy the sticker at the Revenue Department and set the unit out on the normal collection day. The Jeter Avenue center takes appliances Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the 8th Avenue gate is open from 8 a.m. Friday until 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Get it ready
Put the sticker on the unit before it reaches the curb, empty the appliance first, and use a recycling center instead if you would rather not buy a sticker, because the city lists appliance drop-off at those two sites at no charge.
Neither Opelika recycling center takes electronics, and the city's recycling page tells residents to dispose of electronics in the yard waste. There is no city recycling route for a television, monitor or computer, so the item has to be confirmed with Environmental Services before it goes out.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no electronics drop-off and no electronics rate, because both centers refuse electronics and the city's own answer is to put them in the yard waste. Confirm how a screen or computer should be set out with Opelika Environmental Services at 334-705-5480.
When & how
Call 334-705-5480 during business hours and ask how the item should be set out. Neither recycling center accepts electronics on any day, so a trip to Jeter Avenue or 8th Avenue is not an option for a screen.
Get it ready
Keep electronics out of the recycling containers, because both center pages print an explicit refusal for electronics, batteries and glass. Clear personal data from a computer before it leaves your hands, and keep the item dry if it does go out with the trash.
Opelika Environmental Services does not pick up construction or demolition material on the weekly route, and the exclusion explicitly names rolls of carpet. The city's instruction is to call for a quote, and anyone performing construction work on a property is responsible for removing the waste.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no construction rate because there is no routine route for it. The trash page says to call Opelika Environmental Services for a quote to collect the material, so the price depends on the load, and a private container or hauling company quotes its own price as well.
When & how
Call 334-705-5480 for a quote before the material is placed anywhere for collection. There is no scheduled day for renovation debris, and the weekly trash route does not include it.
Get it ready
Keep demolition material, concrete, dirt, rocks, iron, paint and remodeling waste off the curb, because the city lists them among the items it never collects. Set a quoted load where the truck can reach it with five feet of clearance, and keep anything that could blow away bagged or boxed.
Exercise equipment is not named in the city's trash definition or in the accepted list at the recycling centers, so a treadmill or weight machine has to be confirmed before it goes out. The definition does cover metal objects and other non-hazardous material.
City cost & eligibility
No published rate covers an exercise machine. Confirm acceptance and any charge with Opelika Environmental Services at 334-705-5480, and mention the motor, the frame and any electronics built into the console.
When & how
Call 334-705-5480 before the normal collection day. If the city accepts the machine, it goes out with the rest of the trash rather than in the garbage cart.
Get it ready
Describe the machine and its size when you call, and ask whether the weight of the frame changes the route, because the weekly limit is five cubic yards of trash and yard waste for the address.
Opelika calls oversized household material trash rather than bulk, and the definition covers limbs, grass clippings, furniture, appliances, metal objects and other non-hazardous material. Trash runs weekly on the same day as the garbage cart, with a limit of five cubic yards a week.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included in the residential collection service billed through Opelika Power Services, with a limit of five cubic yards of trash and yard waste per address each week. The city publishes no per-load price for a routine set-out, and a pile beyond the weekly limit may need a quote.
When & how
Put the material out on the normal collection day. The city aims to run trash and yard waste on the same day as the garbage cart, and warns that heavy leaf and holiday weeks can push a pickup later in the week.
Get it ready
Bag or box anything loose that could blow away or wash into a storm drain, bag all styrofoam, and keep the pile at least five feet from mailboxes, poles, tree lines and vehicles and clear of power and communications lines.
Metal objects are part of the city's trash definition, so a metal item can ride the weekly route, but the same FAQ lists iron among the things the city never collects and the recycling centers take metal cans and appliances rather than a general scrap load. A metal item has to be confirmed first.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no scrap metal rate. Confirm the item with Opelika Environmental Services at 334-705-5480, and note that the recycling centers take metal cans and appliances rather than loose scrap.
When & how
Call 334-705-5480 before the collection day. The Jeter Avenue center takes drop-offs Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the 8th Avenue gate runs from 8 a.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Get it ready
Remove and keep a propane tank from a gas grill, keep automobile motors and other auto parts off the curb because the city refuses them, and keep the pile clear of power and communications lines.
Yard waste rides the same weekly route as trash, on the same day as the garbage cart. Grass clippings, shrubbery trimmings and leaves that could blow or wash away have to be bagged or boxed, and tree trimmings have to be under six inches in diameter and five feet long.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included in the residential collection service billed through Opelika Power Services, capped at five cubic yards of trash and yard waste per address each week, and collected only within 100 feet of the house and only in the maintained part of the yard.
When & how
Put yard waste out on the normal collection day, when the city aims to collect it with the trash. Leaf season and holiday volume can push the pickup later in the week, and a very large pile can take several weeks to clear.
Get it ready
Bag or box clippings, leaves and anything else that could blow away, keep styrofoam bagged, and cut limbs to under six inches in diameter and five feet long. Larger wood needs a quote from the city, and a tree company must hold a business license and haul its own debris.
Bagged household waste belongs in the 95-gallon cart, and everything else the city hauls is trash: limbs, grass clippings, furniture, appliances, metal objects and other non-hazardous material. Trash goes out on the same day as the garbage cart and is handled by the knuckle-boom trucks, so a couch or a mattress never belongs in the cart and garbage never belongs in the trash pile.
Trash needs at least five feet of clearance from mailboxes, power poles, tree lines and parked vehicles, and crews will not collect a pile that sits under power, cable or phone lines, behind a parking space or on a vacant lot. Anything loose enough to blow away or wash down a storm drain has to be bagged or boxed, and styrofoam always has to be bagged. The garbage cart itself goes out by 6:30 a.m. on the collection day and comes back to the house the same day, or a 10 dollar service fee applies.
Five cubic yards a week, and oversized wood needs a quote
The city collects five cubic yards of trash and yard waste per address each week, and it will not take limbs thicker than six inches or longer than five feet. Larger trimmings and stumps have to be quoted by calling Environmental Services, tree trimmings are only collected within 100 feet of the house and in the maintained part of the yard, and material left by a tree company is the company's responsibility, which is why tree crews have to carry a business license and haul their own debris.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
A household inside the city limits with a couch, an upholstered chair, a metal item, a bagged pile of clutter or another oversized non-hazardous item that is too big for the garbage cart.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Included in the residential collection service billed through Opelika Power Services, which covers the weekly garbage cart and the trash and yard waste route, with five cubic yards of trash and yard waste per address each week.
Arrange it
Set the items out on the normal collection day, bagged or boxed where they could blow away. No appointment is published for ordinary furniture or clutter.
Five cubic yards a week, five feet of clearance from obstructions, and no paint, iron, rocks, concrete, dirt, tires, auto parts, construction material or batteries.
A household with a refrigerator, freezer, washer, dryer, stove or air conditioner that is going out with the trash.
Cost & conditions
From $5 per permit sticker at the Revenue Department on the first floor of City Hall, with the hazardous appliance sticker for a unit that holds refrigerant priced at 15 dollars. Opelika addresses with city collection service. The sticker has to be showing on the unit or city crews will not collect it, and one city answer also groups microwaves with the hazardous appliances, so confirm the class before buying.
Arrange it
Buy the sticker at City Hall, 204 South 7th Street, put it on the unit, and set the appliance out on the normal collection day.
No sticker means no pickup, the hazardous sticker costs more than the standard one, and the free alternative is a trip to the Jeter Avenue or 8th Avenue recycling center.
A household that would rather drive appliances, residential tires, household paint cans, cooking oil or recycling to a city center than set them out.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Appliances are listed at no charge to residents, tires are limited to eight per resident, and no fee is published for household paint cans, cooking oil or recycling. Confirm any exception with Opelika Environmental Services at 334-705-5480.
Arrange it
Take the load to 675 Jeter Avenue Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., or to 600 8th Avenue between 8 a.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Tuesday. Items must be loose rather than bagged and food containers have to be washed.
No glass, batteries or electronics at either center, paint from households only with no 5-gallon buckets, and yard waste only at the Jeter Avenue site.
A household or contractor with renovation, demolition or remodeling material that the weekly trash route refuses.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes no rate for renovation material and instead asks residents to call for a quote, so the price depends on the load. Confirm the material and the amount with Opelika Environmental Services at 334-705-5480.
Arrange it
Call 334-705-5480, describe the material, and follow whatever collection arrangement the department quotes before anything is set out.
The weekly route excludes construction and demolition material including rolls of carpet, and whoever performs the work on a property is responsible for removing the waste.
A household or contractor with more renovation material than a quoted city collection would cover, or with a load the city will not take at all.
Cost & conditions
A container or hauling company quotes its own price for the box and the disposal, so confirm the rate and the accepted material before ordering.
Arrange it
Contact a licensed container company to place the box, then have the same company collect it when the work is finished.
The city does not run a routine route for renovation debris and refuses concrete, dirt, rocks, iron and paint at the curb, so a private box is the local alternative, and hazardous material still needs its own disposal route.
City drop-off for appliances, tires, paint cans, cooking oil, recycling and yard waste
Jeter Avenue Recycling Center
675 Jeter Avenue, Opelika, AL
Appliances including washers, dryers, hot water heaters, stoves, refrigerators and freezers, residential tires, cooking oil in plastic jugs, household paint cans of one gallon or less, yard waste, and the city's recycling: plastics 1 through 7, paper, magazines, books without spiral binding, newspapers, envelopes, paper sacks, packing paper, aluminum cans, metal cans and all types of cardboard. The trash and yard waste page also sends trash and yard waste to this site.
Opelika residents, with items loose rather than bagged and food containers washed. No glass, no batteries and no electronics. Paint from households only and no 5-gallon buckets. Tires only from residents, with a limit of eight and no businesses. Yard waste is taken here rather than at the 8th Avenue site.
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
No charge. Appliance drop-off is listed at no charge for residents, tires are limited to eight per resident, and the city publishes no fee for household paint cans, cooking oil, yard waste or recycling at this site. Confirm any exception with Opelika Environmental Services at 334-705-5480.
Weekend city drop-off for appliances, tires, paint cans, cooking oil and recycling
8th Avenue Recycling Center
600 8th Avenue, Opelika, AL
Appliances including washers, dryers, hot water heaters, stoves, refrigerators and freezers, residential tires, cooking oil in plastic jugs, household paint cans of one gallon or less, and the same recycling as the Jeter Avenue site: plastics 1 through 7, paper, magazines, books without spiral binding, newspapers, envelopes, paper sacks, packing paper, aluminum cans, metal cans and all types of cardboard.
The gate runs from Friday morning into Tuesday morning, so this is the weekend site rather than a weekday one. Opelika residents, items loose rather than bagged, food containers washed, no glass, no batteries, no electronics, no yard waste, no 5-gallon paint buckets, and tires only from residents with a limit of eight.
The gate opens at 8 a.m. Friday and closes at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
No charge. Appliance drop-off is listed at no charge for residents, tires are limited to eight per resident, and the city publishes no fee for household paint cans, cooking oil or recycling at this site. Confirm any exception with Opelika Environmental Services at 334-705-5480.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
Will the city take a couch or a sofa from the curb?+
Yes. Furniture is named in the city's own definition of trash, and trash is collected on the same day as the garbage cart with the yard waste. Keep the piece five feet clear of mailboxes, poles, tree lines and vehicles and out from under power and communications lines, and keep it inside the five cubic yard weekly limit.Official guidance
Can a mattress go out with the trash in Opelika?+
The city does not name mattresses in its trash definition or in the material list at the Jeter Avenue and 8th Avenue centers, so acceptance has to be confirmed first. Call Opelika Environmental Services at 334-705-5480, describe the size and whether a box spring is going too, and put the unit out on the normal collection day only if the city confirms it.Official guidance
Do I need a sticker for an appliance pickup in Opelika?+
Yes. The city will not collect an appliance unless a permit sticker is showing on it. Stickers come from the Revenue Department on the first floor of City Hall at 204 South 7th Street, and a unit that holds refrigerant is priced higher than a unit that does not. Appliances can also be dropped at the Jeter Avenue or 8th Avenue center at no charge.Official guidance
Where do televisions and computers go in Opelika?+
The city has no recycling route for them. Both the Jeter Avenue and 8th Avenue center pages refuse electronics along with batteries and glass, and the recycling page tells residents to dispose of electronics in the yard waste, so call Environmental Services at 334-705-5480 to confirm how a television or computer should be set out.Official guidance
What can go out as trash in Opelika?+
Garbage is the bagged household waste in the 95-gallon cart, and trash is limbs, grass clippings, furniture, appliances, metal objects and other non-hazardous material. Trash goes out on the same day as the garbage cart, and the city collects five cubic yards of trash and yard waste per address each week. Paint, iron, rocks, concrete, dirt, tires, auto parts and batteries are not collected.Official guidance
Who collects garbage and trash in Opelika?+
Opelika Environmental Services runs the city program and can be reached on 334-705-5480 for garbage and trash questions. Garbage is collected weekly from a 95-gallon cart, and trash such as furniture, appliances, limbs and metal objects is collected on the same day by the knuckle-boom trucks. New or changed service is arranged through Opelika Power Services on 334-705-5170, whose customer service center is at 600 Fox Run Parkway.Official guidance
How much trash will the city take in one week?+
Five cubic yards of trash and yard waste per address each week, on top of the bagged garbage in the cart. A pile larger than that may take several weeks to clear, limb pieces have to be under six inches in diameter and five feet long, and bigger wood or a heavy load has to be quoted by calling Environmental Services at 334-705-5480.Official guidance
What does the appliance permit sticker cost, and where do I buy it?+
The Revenue Department on the first floor of City Hall at 204 South 7th Street sells the stickers, with a higher price for a hazardous appliance such as a unit that holds refrigerant. Without a sticker showing, city crews will not collect the appliance. Appliances can also be dropped at the Jeter Avenue or 8th Avenue recycling center at no charge.Official guidance
Can I take a television or a computer to a city recycling center?+
No. Both the Jeter Avenue and the 8th Avenue page refuse electronics along with batteries and glass, and the city's recycling page tells residents to dispose of electronics in the yard waste instead. Call Environmental Services at 334-705-5480 to confirm how a television, monitor or computer should be set out.Official guidance
What will Opelika never pick up?+
Paint, iron, rocks, building remodeling material, concrete and dirt, plus tires, automobile motors and other auto parts. Empty paint cans filled with sand or kitty litter are collected. Residents may bring up to eight tires to a recycling center, and one-gallon paint cans from households are accepted there too, with no 5-gallon cans.Official guidance
How does Opelika handle paint?+
Paint and other liquids are not allowed in the cart or the trash unless they have been solidified by mixing with oil dry, kitty litter or sand, and there is a service fee if paint is found in a cart. Households may bring one-gallon paint cans to the Jeter Avenue or 8th Avenue recycling center, and the centers do not take 5-gallon buckets or paint from businesses.Official guidance
