Alabama has no recycling mandate and Lee County requires nothing separated. Recycling is voluntary. Auburn runs a strong curbside program for its residents, while unincorporated areas rely on drop-off sites.
No Alabama statute forces households to recycle, and Lee County imposes no separation requirement, so diversion is entirely voluntary. The City of Auburn operates one of the state's stronger curbside recycling programs for its own residents, and Opelika offers city recycling as well. In the unincorporated county there is no curbside recycling route; residents who want to recycle use drop-off points and the county's disposal sites. Nothing bars a resident from putting recyclables in the regular Meridian Waste cart. The only enforceable solid-waste duty is having approved disposal under §22-27-3; how you sort what you throw away is left to you.
There is no penalty for not recycling anywhere in Lee County. No county or state rule requires diversion, so placing recyclables in the trash cart breaks no law.
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