City of Guntersville Recycling & Public Works

08/20/2026

Labor Day Recycling Pickup Schedule!

08/20/2026

🗑️ Friendly Trash Pickup Reminder!
During the summer months, our crews begin their routes earlier to help beat the heat. Please have your trash cans out by 5:00 AM on your scheduled pickup day.
🌙 Even better—put your cans out the night before so you don’t miss your pickup!
Thank you for helping our crews stay on schedule and for helping Keep Guntersville Beautiful! 💚

07/31/2026

For Guntersville Recycling
NO DROP OFFS AFTER 1:30pm
Summer Hours | THANK YOU!

07/29/2026

Congratulations!!!

Keep the TN River Beautiful the nation’s first Keep America Beautiful affiliate dedicated solely to a river system celebrates a record‑breaking year of habitat restoration, conservation education, and regional stewardship across the seven‑state watershed.

In 2025, KTnRB surpassed the milestone of one million pounds of trash removed since launching boat-based cleanups in 2019, engaging more than 5,000 volunteers to restore shorelines throughout the Tennessee River watershed. Cleanups in 2025 alone removed over 200,000 pounds of debris for the third year in a row, including 34,660 lbs from Douglas Lake, 8,071 lbs from Norris Lake, 20,695 lbs from Fort Loudoun Lake, and 4,638 lbs from the Nolichucky River as part of disaster-recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene.

KTnRB also achieved transformational growth through its Adopt a River Mile Program, which reached 312 total adopted miles by early 2026 with support from 202 adoptees its largest steward network to date. In 2025, adoptees removed 61,535 pounds of trash, contributing to a lifetime total of 337,053 pounds removed since reporting began in 2021. The program’s volunteer impact has generated an estimated $74,809 in community value, demonstrating the long‑term economic and environmental return of local stewardship. Groups like the “Whispering River Trash Panda Task Force” alone removed 2,138 pounds across two cleanups in 2025, exemplifying the community-driven momentum of the program.

KTnRB further expanded its conservation leadership through the innovative Tennessee River Mussel Movement Initiative, designed around five action goals: conserve, inspire, educate, document, and value. The nonprofit hosted the first annual Tennessee River Watershed Mussel Fest, drawing over 200 attendees to Seven Islands State Birding Park. More than 200 wavy‑rayed lamp mussels were released into the French Broad River, and an additional 60 juvenile mussels were placed into protective silos, achieving a 100% survival rate by year’s end.

Freshwater mussels play a critical ecological and economic role, each filtering thousands of gallons of water annually. Research led by Dr. Michael McKinney of the University of Tennessee estimates mussels collectively provide $2.92 billion in natural water filtration worldwide each year, underscoring their enormous value to water quality and biodiversity in the Tennessee River, the most biodiverse river system in North America. KTnRB has helped breathe new life into the energy around freshwater mussels in our region.

The organization also achieved a major milestone in its Cigarette Litter Prevention & Recycling Program: one million cigarette butts recycled since 2019. More than 1,400 receptacles have been installed across Tennessee State Parks, Dollywood, industrial facilities, and marinas. Dollywood alone has recycled over 800,000 cigarette butts, preventing toxins and microplastics from entering nearby waterways and reinforcing private‑sector leadership in watershed protection.

07/21/2026

Here is an excellent map of the Guntersville Recycling Center. You are welcome to drop off Recyclable material M - F 6:30am - 2:30pm.

Please NO AFTER HOURS DROP OFFS! Thank you! 😊

07/20/2026

PLEASE NOTE: Details for Pickups, Repairs, Etc.
PUBLIC WORKS HOURS are M-Th 6:30am - 4:30pm

We have had many phone calls recently asking questions regarding pickup of materials on the curb. Details are listed on our Public Works page. We hope this helps!

If you have any further questions, please give us a shout and we will help where we can. Thank you Guntersville for keeping our city so beautiful! Guntersville Beautiful

The City of Guntersville Public Works Department consists of the Sanitation, Street and Grounds Maintenance departments.

07/20/2026

07/17/2026

Info on Bulk Items. Please share and thank you!

07/10/2026

THANK YOU to Guntersville Elementary School for coming to tour our Recycling Department! We had such a great time getting to meet all of you and we hope you learned a lot about how YOU can help to recycle! Everyone counts and everyone can make a difference! Please come back again. We LOVED your visit and your excitement! THANK YOU TEACHERS and LEADERS for bringing such a wonderful group!

06/23/2026

Encouraging news from Keep America Beautiful!
The momentum is going in the right direction and as more people recycle, fewer reusable materials are ending up as litter....
https://kab.org
https://keepalabamabeautiful.org
For those who would like to see details please click here: https://storage.pardot.com/969243/1778631534E3SJOAuP/KAB_2026_National_Litter_Study