Large items must reach an approved disposal site, not a ditch or vacant lot. Illegal dumping in unincorporated Mobile County violates Alabama Code §22-27-7 and the county Junk Control Ordinance, enforced by Environmental Enforcement officers.
There is no county bulk-pickup route, so oversized items — furniture, mattresses, appliances, tires — go through your hauler's bulk service or straight to an approved landfill or transfer station. What the county actively polices is the alternative: dumping. Section 22-27-7 of the Solid Wastes Disposal Act prohibits unauthorized disposal and makes a violation a misdemeanor. Mobile County's Environmental Enforcement Department investigates illegal dumping of junk and garbage on residential and commercial property and issues state and civil citations. Tires and appliances left on a lot are treated as junk, not bulk trash.
Dumping bulky waste anywhere but an approved site is a misdemeanor under Section 22-27-7, fined $50 to $200 with each day a separate offense, plus civil citations under the county Junk Control Ordinance.
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