What is Jasper’s garbage rate?

Effective October 1, 2025, by Ordinance 2025-14 (PDF, 197.04 KB)(opens in a new tab), the city has a twenty-two dollar ($22.00) monthly garbage rate for residents per dwelling, with each additional can being eleven dollars ($11.00) per month. It is billed quarterly on the first of the month in January, April, July, and October. Please contact the garbage office for business rates at 205-221-8533.

In addition to weekly garbage pickup, below is a list of services and information related to the services that are provided for your garbage payment.   

Residential Services

Items picked up for the homeowner are generally picked up the same day as garbage:

• Vegetation, tree refuse, limbs, and branches. Tree material to be picked up cannot exceed 10’ to 12’ long
• Furniture, mattresses, boxes, clothing, toys, construction materials, etc.
• Grass clippings and leaves.  Leaves will automatically be picked up at the end of September.
• If residential refuse exceeds one truckload, customers will be charged an additional fee of $200, which needs to be paid prior to being picked up at the Public Works Dept.  Any city resident can bring residential trash and debris in a pickup truck or smaller vehicle at no charge to the City Landfill.  Or you can rent roll-offs at Farley Recycling or Walker County Solid Waste.

Businesses & Contractors

• No refuse, other than vegetation refuse, will be picked up by the city at any business location.
• No contractor-generated materials will be picked up by the city at any residential or business location. Such materials shall be required to be disposed of by the contractor or property owner. Lawn maintenance and landscapers must haul off all debris, including grass clippings and trimmings.

Items that cannot be picked up:

• Appliances, TVs, computers, paints & chemicals, etc.  You can take these items to 101 29th Street East.  Place appliances and electronics at the red Electronic Disposal sign on the left before you go through the gate to Street Dept.  Refrigerators, freezers, or other large containers must have doors removed. Chemicals can be dropped in the dumpsters outside the gate. 

Rental Houses

• Do not empty the contents of a house on city right of way.
• Landlords owning only 1 rental house can put out refuse to be picked up if the address is set up for residential garbage service. If two or more are owned the refuse must be taken to the landfill.

When placing items out for pickup, please remember:

• Do not obstruct traffic or the line of sight.
• Leave space from low-lying lines, structures, and cars.
• Separate leaves and grass from debris.

Should you have any questions or have unusual or large items for pickup, please call 205-221-8529 or email publicworks@jaspercity.com. 

For all Sanitation billing questions, please call 205-221-8533 or email pwbilling@jaspercity.com.