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Recycling in Murray, KY

Murray utility customers can sign up for city curbside recycling, which takes flattened cardboard. The city transfer station off Hwy. 80 West does not take tires, batteries, paint or refrigerators.

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Checked October 26, 2026

  • Recycling (opens in new tab) · City of Murray
    • Murray residents sign up for curbside recycling by calling (270) 762-0380 or emailing the city, with their Murray Municipal Utilities account number. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Cardboard is accepted: dry and flatten boxes and remove packaging materials. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Only aluminum and steel food and beverage cans; no scrap metals. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Sanitation Department Functions (opens in new tab) · City of Murray
    • Murray Sanitation provides special pick-ups for residential and commercial customers for items that do not fit in their trash containers, including mattresses and furniture. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Sanitation Collection Services (opens in new tab) · City of Murray
    • Special pickups are done on Fridays and must be scheduled in advance with GFL Environmental at 270-762-0380. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • KRS 224.50-868: New tire fee; disposal of replaced tire; retailer requirements (opens in new tab) · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission)
    • When a new tire replaces an old one, the retailer must encourage the buyer to leave the old tire with the retailer, or else dispose of it legally, give it to a registered waste tire handler, or reuse it. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Retailers selling new motor vehicle tires must accept, if offered, a waste tire of similar size and type for each new tire sold. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Retailers must post a notice that state law requires them to accept a waste tire for each new tire sold. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • KRS 224.50-856: Disposal of waste tires (opens in new tab) · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission)
    • Waste tires may be disposed of in Kentucky only by transfer to a permitted solid waste disposal facility, under processing conditions set in law. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Kentucky DWM: Waste Tires (opens in new tab) · Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Division of Waste Management
    • DWM offers free waste tire collection events to Kentucky residents. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • The events rotate so that each county gets one every three years, in the spring or fall; schedules are posted every August and February. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • KRS 224.50-410: Disposal of lead acid batteries (opens in new tab) · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission)
    • Lead-acid batteries may not be put in mixed solid waste or accepted for landfill or incinerator disposal in Kentucky. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • KRS 224.50-413: Duties of retail sellers of new lead acid batteries (opens in new tab) · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission)
    • Retail sellers of new lead-acid batteries must accept, if offered, one used lead-acid battery for each new one sold, and post a notice saying so. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Kentucky DEP fact sheet: Household Batteries (2017) (opens in new tab) · Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Division of Waste Management
    • DEP tells households to dispose of car (lead-acid) batteries by taking them to the wholesaler or retailer when buying a new battery. Checked October 26, 2026.

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