Knox County Tennesee

• Household Garbage (limit 20 bags)
• Carpet Scraps, furniture, and other bulky material (limit one pickup truck per day)
• Appliances (call office for more information)
• Waste Oil, antifreeze, oil filters, car/truck batteries
• Tires (call office)
• Scrap metal and other household recyclables

• Brush, leaves, logs, grass or any yard waste*
• Commercial Waste, including building contractors' debris
• Dead Animals
• Hazardous Waste, including paint
• Roofing Shingles
  *containers at Halls and Forks of the River will accept yard waste for a fee.

Monday through Friday 8AM-6PM
Saturday 7AM-3PM*

*Saturday hours are limited by the hours in which the landfills are open. The landfills close at noon. On some Saturday afternoons, the Centers might fill to capacity before 3 PM and have to shut the gates (by State Permit). We advise you to get there early on Saturdays or, better, use the centers on weekdays.

Garbage not accepted at Convenience Centers must be taken to an appropriate landfill, composting facility or the Household Hazardous Waste Facility. Building materials can be taken to (East Knox) the Poplar View Landfill, 7826 Old Rutledge Pike, phone 525-7720 or (West Knox) the Yarnell Road Landfill, 1550 Lamons Quarry Lane, phone 470-0023. Other garbage, except hazardous waste, can be taken to the Chestnut Ridge Landfill, Fleenor Mill Road, phone 457-7810.