Athens/Limestone County SLF MSWLF

Landfill

Athens, AL

This landfill is closed (closed 1996).

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Facility details

Address: Strain Road
Athens, AL 35611
Facility type: Landfill
County: Limestone County
EPA Region: 4
Data sources: EPA LMOP Sep 2024
Last verified: 2026-10-09

EPA record

Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110060781328

Programs on file: LMOP 27

Interest types: LANDFILL GAS (LFG) RECOVERY

EPA record updated 2015-02-03

EPA LMOP landfill data

Status: Closed
Opened / Closed: 1972 / 1996
Ownership: Public · City of Athens, AL
Waste in place: 1,195,575 tons
Landfill gas collection: No

Source: EPA LMOP, Sep 2024

About this facility

A municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is an engineered disposal site where household, commercial and some construction waste is weighed in at a scale house, tipped, compacted and covered with soil or an approved alternative at the end of each operating day. Modern landfills are lined and monitored, and many capture landfill gas. Some landfills accept self-haul loads from residents and small businesses; others take only contracted hauler or commercial loads. Fees are usually charged by the ton or by the load. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead.

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SA Recycling Recycling 4.9 mi · Athens, AL
SA Recycling-Athens Metals 4.9 mi · Athens, AL
Athens Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.5 mi · Athens, AL
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Landfill Landfill 9.4 mi · Athens, AL
Tennessee Valley Recycling Recycling 10.6 mi · Decatur, AL
SA Recycling Recycling 10.7 mi · Decatur, AL
Cronimet Corp Metals 10.9 mi · Decatur, AL
Plastic Recyclers Southeast, Inc. Recycling 11.1 mi · Decatur, AL

Nearest other landfill: Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Landfill, Athens — 9.4 mi

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Area served

Serves Athens, Tanner, Belle Mina, Mooresville, Madison, Harvest, Decatur, Elkmont, Huntsville.

County context

One of 2 landfills in Limestone County, AL.

ZIP 35611 population 29,077.

Alabama solid-waste agency: Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM)