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Hazardous Waste Disposal Fee

  • Hazardous Waste Disposal Fee

If you dispose of hazardous waste in Alabama, then you can conveniently pay the required state fees to ALDOR through My Alabama Taxes. The fees, which are based on the toxicity of the waste disposed of, is due by the 30th of the month for the previous month’s activity.

For information on the tax law, read Hazardous Waste or Substances Disposal: Title 22, Subtitle 1, Chapter 30B and the Alabama Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and Uniform Procedures: Title 40, Chapter 2A.

Hazardous Waste Products Schedule of Fees

Additional fee $1/ton (Section 22-30B-20, Code of Alabama 1975)

Tax TypeTax RateCode of Alabama Section
Hazardous waste listed under Section 3001 of the RCRA of 1976 as amended and “PCB” waste$5.50/ton22-30B-2
All other waste$5.50/ton22-30B-2

Note: Sumter County also levies $2 per drum or $5 per ton on waste disposed of at the Emelle disposal facility. Contact the Alabama Department of Environmental Management concerning any additional fees which they might collect regarding the disposition of hazardous waste.