Recycling Centers in Tennessee
384 recycling locations in 131 cities. Choose a city to see hours, what each center accepts, and who pays cash.
Tennessee at a glance: 270 recycling centers, 69 scrap yards, 21 electronics recyclers, 18 transfer stations, 5 household hazardous waste facilities. Tennessee has no statewide bottle deposit, so scrap yards are the main way to get paid for cans and metal.
Top cities for recycling in Tennessee
- Nashville42 locations
- Memphis33 locations
- Knoxville32 locations
- Chattanooga22 locations
- Jackson13 locations
- Franklin8 locations
- Clarksville6 locations
- Murfreesboro6 locations
- Johnson City6 locations
- La Vergne6 locations
- Cleveland5 locations
- Gallatin4 locations
- Lebanon4 locations
- Columbia4 locations
- Morristown4 locations
- Maryville4 locations
- Bristol4 locations
- Athens4 locations
- Crossville4 locations
- Clinton4 locations
- Pulaski4 locations
- Sweetwater4 locations
- Harriman4 locations
- Tazewell4 locations
All Tennessee cities
- Afton 1
- Alcoa 2
- Antioch 1
- Arrigton 1
- Ashland City 1
- Athens 4
- Atwood 1
- Bartlett 2
- Bath Springs 1
- Bells 1
- Benton 1
- Blountville 2
- Bristol 4
- Bulls Gap 1
- Chapmansboro 1
- Chattanooga 22
- Christiana 1
- Clarksville 6
- Cleveland 5
- Clinton 4
- Columbia 4
- Cookeville 3
- Cornersville 1
- Covington 1
- Crossville 4
- Dandridge 1
- Dayton 1
- Denmark 1
- Dickson 3
- Dunlap 3
- Dyer 2
- Dyersburg 2
- Eads 1
- Elizabethton 2
- Elora 1
- Fayetteville 1
- Finger 1
- Franklin 8
- Friendsville 1
- Gainesboro 1
- Gallatin 4
- Gates 1
- Germantown 1
- Gleason 1
- Goodlettsville 1
- Granville 1
- Greeneville 3
- Harriman 4
- Hartsville 1
- Heiskell 1
- Henderson 1
- Hendersonville 2
- Hermitage 1
- Hixson 1
- Hohenwald 2
- Humboldt 1
- Huntingdon 2
- Huntsville 1
- Jacksboro 2
- Jackson 13
- Jamestown 1
- Jefferson City 2
- Johnson City 6
- Jonesborough 2
- Kingsport 3
- Knoxville 32
- La Follette 1
- Lavergne 3
- La Vergne 6
- Lebanon 4
- Lenoir City 1
- Lewisburg 2
- Lexington 2
- Linden 1
- Livingston 2
- Loudon 1
- Luttrell 1
- Madison 1
- Manchester 1
- Maryville 4
- Maynardville 1
- Mc Kenzie 2
- McMinnville 2
- Memphis 33
- Michie 1
- Milan 2
- Monroe 1
- Morristown 4
- Mountain City 1
- Mount Pleasant 2
- Mt Pleasant 4
- Murfreesboro 6
- Nashville 42
- New Market 1
- Newport 2
- Nunnelly 1
- Oak Ridge 1
- Old Hickory 1
- Ooltewah 1
- Paris 2
- Pelham 1
- Portland 1
- Powell 1
- Pulaski 4
- Puryear 1
- Red Boiling Springs 1
- Rockwood 3
- Rogersville 2
- Selmer 1
- Sevierville 1
- Seymour 1
- Shelbyville 3
- Signal Mountain 1
- Smyrna 1
- Soddy Daisy 3
- South Pittsburg 2
- Springfield 3
- Strawberry Plains 1
- Sunbright 1
- Sweetwater 4
- Tazewell 4
- Thompsons Station 1
- Thompson'S Station 1
- Tiptonville 1
- Tullahoma 1
- Union City 1
- Vonore 1
- Wartburg 1
- White Bluff 1
- Whiteville 1
- Whitwell 1
Tennessee recycling questions
How many recycling centers are there in Tennessee?
We list 384 recycling locations across 131 cities in Tennessee, including drop-off centers, scrap yards and specialty recyclers. Nashville has the most, with 42.
Does Tennessee pay for cans and bottles?
Tennessee does not have a statewide bottle deposit law, so there is no standard deposit refund. Scrap yards often pay by the pound for loose aluminum cans, and the price changes with the metals market. Call ahead to confirm the current rate.