Tazewell Pike Convenience Center
Knox County’s Gibbs-area drop-off on Tazewell Pike, just south of Emory Road, with a carpet recycling container.
Tazewell Pike 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. The county lists it as Tazewell Pike / Gibbs, at 7201 Tazewell Pike just south of Emory Road, and its bid documents give a Corryton mailing address. Carpet goes into a recycling container here.
Serves: Knoxville trash pickup and recycling rules.
What this center takes and what it does not
The center 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.
Carpet is recycled in a separate container, which Tazewell Pike shares with Halls, Karns, John Sevier and Powell. Clothing and electronics drop-offs are not listed here; the county lists them at Halls, Karns and John Sevier.
Refused: glass bottles and jars, green waste such as brush and leaves, liquid paint, appliances containing refrigerant, shingles, brick, block, concrete and commercial waste.
About this site
The county’s annual progress report to the state lists the Tazewell/Gibbs center at ZIP code 37721 under state permit 47-0526. County bid documents address it as 7201 Tazewell Pike, Corryton, TN 37721.
Rules at every Knox County convenience center
The seven centers take household waste free from Knox County residents, City of Knoxville residents included; businesses, landlords of rental property and contractors on paid jobs may not use them. The Knox County Solid Waste page has the limits, holiday closures and full rules.
- Type
- Convenience center
- State
- Tennessee
- City
- Knoxville
- Address
- 7201 Tazewell Pike, 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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Sources
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