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McMinn County Temporary Household Hazardous Waste Container at Athens City Recycle Center

118 Rocky Mount Road, Athens, TN

Call ahead. Hours, fees, residency rules, appointments and accepted materials change. Check the official page or call before you go. Never mix chemicals, and keep products in their original containers. Open the official source page.

Type
Permanent drop-off
Address
118 Rocky Mount Road, Athens, TN (map pin at street level)
County
McMinn County
Hours
Monday and Friday, 7:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.; Saturday, 8:00 a.m.–noon.
Accepted
Antifreeze; Pesticides & garden chemicals; Pool chemicals; Fluorescent bulbs / CFLs; Household chemicals & cleaners; Other household hazardous waste
TDEC lists this site as a temporary household-hazardous-waste container providing a year-round disposal opportunity for all Tennessee residents. The same program page’s acceptable-item lists include automotive and marine products such as antifreeze, gasoline and solvents; home-maintenance products such as adhesives and driveway sealant; lawn and garden pesticides, fertilizers and wood preservatives; pool chemicals; photo-processing chemicals; mercury thermostats and thermometers; and fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent bulbs. Paint and electronics are no longer accepted at mobile collections; the container listing does not print a separate materials list.
Not accepted
Commercial, institutional or agri-business waste; Ammunition, explosives and military ordnance; Radioactive materials including smoke detectors; Medical or infectious waste from a doctor’s office, clinic or veterinarian
Appointment
Not required, per the official page
Who can use it
Open to all Tennessee residents, according to TDEC’s household-hazardous-waste program page.
Fees
Not stated in our source — check before you go.
Businesses
The official page says business waste is not accepted.
Phone
423-744-2749
Notes
Listed by TDEC as one of seven temporary household-hazardous-waste containers. A dedicated temporary-container URL returned HTTP 404; the current official listing is on the program page.

Source: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

Last checked: — Summarized on 2026-11-09 from a web search restricted to the official government domain of the source page; the page itself could not be opened from the build environment (host not on the network allowlist), so it was not read directly or field-checked.

Source and reuse terms: Public government information (facts); linked to the official source page

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