Birmingham Recycling and Recovery

04/12/2024

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09/18/2023

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08/28/2023

06/30/2023

♻️Recycling Schedule Change for July 2023!
♻️RECYCLING PICK UP WILL BE JULY 12th and 19th
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The City of Birmingham will be closed Tuesday, July 4 for Independence Day. There will be no household garbage that day.
Important: due to the Uniform Garbage Cart service makeup day on Wednesday, July 5, curbside recycling will be delayed one week. The curbside recycling service schedule for July 2023 will be Wednesday, July 12 and Wednesday, July 19. The city will resume the regular curbside recycling schedule of the first and third Wednesday in August.

05/26/2023

Beginning Tuesday, 5/30/23, Birmingham Recycling & Recovery will reopen to accept residential recycling deliveries from municipalities, commercial haulers, and individual residents who drop off their recyclable materials in the community bins. Residents delivering materials in private vehicles are urged to exercise caution when maneuvering around the larger commercial trucks delivering and picking up loads.

Recyclable items accepted at Birmingham Recycling and Recovery include paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, jugs, and jars with a #1 or #2 recycling symbol, aluminum cans, and steel/tin cans. Items should be empty, clean, and dry. Place items loose in the drop off bins. No plastic bags and no other plastics than #1 & #2 containers are accepted. We are open Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM. We are closed on Memorial Day, Monday 5/29/23.

We appreciate the community’s support during this time. Thank you for recycling!

04/05/2021