Powell Convenience Center
Knox County’s drop-off in Powell, off West Beaver Creek Road, with a carpet recycling container.
Powell Convenience Center hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.; it is closed Wednesday, Sunday and county holidays. It is at 7311 Morton View Lane, just east of the railroad tracks off West Beaver Creek Road, and county documents address it as Powell, TN 37849. Powell is one of five county centers that recycle carpet.
Serves: Knoxville trash pickup and recycling rules.
What this center takes and what it does not
Carpet goes into a separate recycling container at Powell, as at Halls, Karns, John Sevier and Tazewell Pike; Carter and Dutchtown take it only as bulky waste.
Powell also takes bagged household trash, bulky items and do-it-yourself demolition materials, plastics 1 and 2, mixed paper, cardboard, cans, scrap metal, tires, car and motorcycle batteries, used oil and other auto fluids, cooking oil, fluorescent bulbs and one propane tank a year.
Clothing donations and electronics recycling are not listed at Powell; the county lists them at Halls, Karns and John Sevier. Glass bottles and jars, green waste, liquid paint, appliances containing refrigerant, shingles, brick, block, concrete and commercial waste are refused.
About this site
The county’s annual progress report to the state lists Powell at ZIP code 37849 under state permit 47-0532, and county bid documents give its address as 7311 Morton View Ln, Powell, TN 37849.
Rules at every Knox County convenience center
Any Knox County resident, in the City of Knoxville or outside it, may bring their own household waste to the seven centers at no charge; business, rental-property and contractor waste is not taken. Limits, holiday closures and the full rules are on the Knox County Solid Waste page.
- Type
- Convenience center
- State
- Tennessee
- City
- Knoxville
- Address
- 7311 Morton View Lane, Powell, Knox County, Tennessee
- Hours
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed Wednesday, Sunday and county holidays; gates close at closing time
- Who can use it
- Knox County residents bringing their own residential waste and recycling. No business or nonprofit waste, no waste from rental properties, no contractors with waste from paid jobs. One load of non-recyclable trash per household per day, up to a standard 5-by-8 pickup bed; heaping loads and very large trailers are turned away.
- Fees
- Free
- Takes
- Bagged household trash; bulky items and do-it-yourself demolition materials; carpet; plastics 1 and 2; mixed paper; cardboard; aluminum and steel cans; scrap metal; car and motorcycle batteries; used oil and filters and other auto fluids (20 gallons a month); antifreeze; cooking oil (10 gallons a month); fluorescent tubes and CFLs (20 a year); tires (8 a year); propane tanks (1 a year)
- Does not take
- Glass bottles and jars; commercial waste; appliances containing refrigerant; asphalt and roofing shingles; block, brick and concrete; green waste; liquid latex paint and oil-based paint; plastic bags, Styrofoam and bagged recyclables in the recycling bins
- Run by
- Knox County Solid Waste
- Phone
- 865-215-5865
- Official website
- knoxcounty.org
- Primary source
- knoxcounty.org
- Last verified
Questions
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