Facility details
- Address
- 1601 1st Ave N
Bessemer, AL 35020 - Phone
- (205) 424-4084
- Website
- bessemerutilities.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Jefferson County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Raimund-Muscoda Inert LF Landfill 0.2 mi · Bessemer, AL
- US Pipe and Foundry Company Mine No 3 Landfill Landfill 1.5 mi · Bessemer, AL
- Johns Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.8 mi · Bessemer, AL
- Johns Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.3 mi · Hueytown, AL
- Shannon SLF Landfill 6.0 mi · Birmingham, AL
- TMS International Corporation-Fairfield Metals 6.7 mi · Fairfield, AL
- New Georgia Landfill Birmingham Landfill 7.9 mi · Birmingham, AL
- Activa Recycling 8.7 mi · Birmingham, AL
- ecoATM Recycling 8.8 mi · Hoover, AL
- Watkins Metals Recycling 10.5 mi · Birmingham, AL
Nearest landfill: Raimund-Muscoda Inert LF, Bessemer — 0.2 mi
Area served
Serves Bessemer, Birmingham, Dolomite, Fairfield, Pleasant Grove, Helena, Docena, McCalla, Mulga, Pelham, Alabaster, Adamsville.
County context
One of 23 recycling centers in Jefferson County, AL.
ZIP 35020 population 25,308.
Alabama solid-waste agency: Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM)