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Solid Waste Disposal Fee

  • Solid Waste Disposal Fee

Authority

Sections 22-27-1 through 22-27-18, Code of Alabama 1975.

Fees levied upon generators of solid waste disposing of the waste at permitted solid waste management facilities.

$1 per ton for all waste disposed of in a municipal solid waste landfill, regulated solid waste that may be approved by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) as alternate cover materials in landfills and regulated solid waste received from out-of-state for disposal at permitted public solid waste facilities.

$1 per ton or $0.25 per cubic yard for all waste disposed of in public industrial landfills, construction and demolition landfills, non-municipal solid waste incinerators, or composting facilities, which receive waste not generated by the permittee; regulated solid waste that may be approved by ADEM as alternate cover materials in landfills; and regulated solid waste received from out-of-state for disposal at permitted public solid waste facilities.

$0.25 per cubic yard for all waste disposed of in a private solid waste management facility, not to exceed $1,000 per calendar year.

25% – Alabama Recycling Fund.

25% – Solid Waste Fund.

45% – Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

4% – Retained by Owners/Operators collecting the solid waste fee.

1% – ALDOR.