RECYCLING INFORMATION
City residents are encouraged to help the City reduce the amount of solid waste entering the landfill by participating in our recycling program. Please remember to never, ever, put sharp objects (needles, broken glass, etc.) in with your recycling. The following guidelines are essential to remember when recycling.
How do I recycle?
Where do I bring recyclables?
- Former Air National Guard Armory- 597 Westgate Parkway
- Dothan Utilities Complex - 200 Kilgore Drive
- Eastside Fire Station #5 - 668 Ross Clark Circle
- Redmond Road - Flynn Road intersection
- North Cherry Street - Monument Street entrance
- Houston County Farm Center - Cottonwood Highway entrance
What do I recycle?
- Aluminum and steel food and beverage cans (includes pet food cans) - crushed, if possible
- Plastic milk jugs, water jugs, soft drink bottles, shampoo bottles, laundry bottles, detergent bottles, liquor bottles - crushed, if possible
- Christmas trees
- Newspapers and inserts
- Magazines and catalogs
- Telephone books
- Broken down corrugated cardboard boxes
- Computer printout paper
- White office paper
- Empty aerosol cans
Materials prohibited are:
Glass, Styrofoam®, insulation, ammunition, carpet, furniture, electronics, hazardous materials such as oils, paints and lacquers and household chemicals, garbage, trash, leaves or limbs, tree stumps, shrubbery, compost or other yard OR garden wastes.
These prohibited items may be brought to the City of Dothan Municipal Landfill located at 1290 Burkett Road for special handling and disposal.
NOTE: Please do not put motor oil, cooking oil, pesticide, or sharp objects such as needles and glass in bins.
For more information about your garbage, trash, or mosquito spraying please call (334) 615-3820.
PUBLIC WORKS MISSION STATEMENT:
To plan for and provide safe and adequate services and infrastructure for the City to include street right of way maintenance, traffic control, collection and disposal of solid waste, and engineering services.
