Recycling Alliance of North Alabama

Friday, February 13, 2026

RANA has made arrangements with the City of Huntsville and Madison County to help collect recyclables this Friday, February 13.

All 2^nd week RANA recycling customers (those with 2^nd Monday through 2nd Friday pickup days) should leave their carts out and ensure they are on the curb Friday, February 13^th, before 7 a.m., and make sure to leave at least 5 feet of space between each cart and any other objects. All materials collected by the city and county sanitation vehicles will be handled and transported by SWDA to its recycling processor in Chattanooga, as is customary.

A lengthy list of reported misses are also being worked on daily, and our contractor will have all of their drivers working on reported missed collections from January and 1st week of February.

All recycling collection routes are expected to be back on schedule with our contractor starting 3^rd week collections on Monday, February 16^th .

ACCEPTABLE ITEMS: LOOSE IN CART – NO GARBAGE BAGS PLEASE!

#1 and #2 Narrow Neck Plastic Bottles (No other plastics or bags)
Aluminum & Steel Cans (no miscellaneous metals)
Paper
Flattened Cardboard

ANY OTHER Household garbage should go in green garbage carts or to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility @ 1055 A Cleaner Way, Huntsville, AL 35805.

Please report misses via email to support@recycling-alliance.com. If email is not an option, we can also be reached at 256-801-2278(CART).

RECYCLING ALLIANCE OF NORTH ALABAMA

A curbside recycling program designed and managed by the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of the City of Huntsville (SWDA).

To report a miss, please do so within 3 business days at either Support@recycling-alliance.com or 256-801-2278.

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What is RANA?

The Recycling Alliance of North Alabama (RANA) is a division of the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of the City of Huntsville (SWDA). The RANA division will oversee and manage recycling projects for SWDA. RANA’s first mission was a new Curbside Recycling Program for all Madison County residents, including the cities and towns therein. This opt-in program will start August 1, 2019, with monthly curbside pickup. Residents must REGISTER/SIGN UP for this service.

The Recycling Collection Service Area will be extended to an additional 20,000 single family households located within Madison County that have historically been outside of the service area. Single Family Residents within the Madison County boundary, as well as City of Huntsville and City of Madison residents located in Limestone County, are all eligible to participate. This does not include residents located in rural Limestone County, outside of the annexed areas of City of Huntsville and/or City of Madison. Additionally, the RANA program does not provide curbside recycling service to commercial or multi-family properties.

The most noticeable improvement will be the replacement of the 18-gallon bins with a much larger 95-gallon rolling carts. Moving to larger rolling carts will allow for automated collection by custom designed trucks which is much less labor intensive than the manual collection of the smaller bins.

Recycling continues to remain an integral part of our area’s solid waste management system. Revitalizing this program is another significant step in making the City of Huntsville, City of Madison and Madison County more sustainable places to live.

The Recycling Alliance of North Alabama (RANA) is an opt-in service funded by the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of the City of Huntsville.

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Recycling has grown consistently throughout the years and establishing this program is another significant step in making the City of Huntsville, City of Madison and Madison County more sustainable places to live.

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