Chattanooga Area Recycling Program

Team up with your neighbors to help keep hard-to-recycle plastics out of landfills. Place accepted items in the Hefty® ReNew® Orange Bag and take them to your Chattanooga drop-off location. With the help of local partners, we repurpose your plastics into new resources.

Drop-off available

Chattanooga Area participating communities 

  • City of Chattanooga 
  • Hamilton County

Drop-off locations 

If you live in Hamilton County or the city of Chattanooga, you can participate by dropping off full Hefty ReNew Orange Bags at one of the Chattanooga recycling convenience centers: 

  • 5955 Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421
  • 1250 E. 3rd Street, Chattanooga, TN 37404
  • 3189 Cummings Highway, Chattanooga, TN 37419
  • 8004 Batters Place Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421
  • 4504 N. Access Road, Chattanooga, TN 37415

Hefty ReNew™ Program partner

City of Chattanooga 

Start recycling with a drop-off starter kit

Residents within these participating drop-off neighborhoods may request a starter kit. The kit includes an orange bag for the Hefty ReNew™ Program and information about how to participate. Limit one per household.

Request drop-off starter kit

Where to buy Hefty® ReNew® Orange Bags

You can buy Hefty ReNew Orange Bags online or in the trash bag aisle of these stores: 

Buy at Walmart.com

Buy at Target.com

Chattanooga, Tennessee Program
RetailerAddressCityStateZip
Target 5579 Highway 153 Hixson TN 37343
Target 4570 Frontage Rd NW Cleveland TN 37312
Target 1816 Gunbarrel Rd Chattanooga TN 37421
Walmart 9334 Dayton Pike Soddy Daisy TN 37379
Walmart 4495 Keith St NW Cleveland TN 37312
Walmart 501 Signal Mountain Rd Chattanooga TN 37405
Walmart 4150 Ringgold Rd East Ridge TN 37412
Walmart 3901 Hixson Pike Chattanooga TN 37415
Walmart 2020 Gunbarrel Rd Ste 250 Chattanooga TN 37421
Walmart 5764 Highway 153 Hixson TN 37343
Walmart 2300 Treasury Dr SE Cleveland TN 37323
Walmart 5588 Little Debbie Pkwy Ooltewah TN 37363
Walmart 490 Greenway View Dr Chattanooga TN 37411
Walmart 3550 Cummings Hwy Chattanooga TN 37419
Walmart 8101 East Brainerd Rd Chattanooga TN 37421
Walmart 7636 Middle Valley Rd Hixson TN 37343
Publix 8644 East Brainerd Road Chattanooga TN 37421
Publix 5928 Hixson Pike Suite 112 Hixson TN 37346
Publix 5958 Snow Hill Road Suite 168 Ooltewah TN 37363
Publix 635 Paul Huff Parkway NW Cleveland TN 37312
Publix 400 North Market Street Chattanooga TN 37405
Publix 7326 McCutcheon Road Chattanooga TN 37421
Publix 3535 Broad Street Chattanooga TN 37409
Ace Hardware 990 25th St NW Cleveland TN 37311
Ace Hardware 8531 Hixson Pike Hixson TN 37343
Ace Hardware 9231 Lee Hwy Ooltewah TN 37363
Ace Hardware 4921 Highway 58 Chattanooga TN 37416
Ace Hardware 5906 Lee Hwy Chattanooga TN 37421
Ace Hardware 1870 Dayton Blvd Chattanooga TN 37405
Ace Hardware 8164 E Brainerd Rd Chattanooga TN 37421
Ace Hardware 3502 Ringgold Rd Chattanooga TN 37412
Ace Hardware 2700 Broad St Chattanooga TN 37408
Ace Hardware 3712 Cummings Hwy Chattanooga TN 37419

Know before you throw

Hefty renew bag with large recycle bin

Only acceptable items must be collected in your Hefty ReNew Orange Bag. Get the details on what can go in the bag and download our printable guides to post on your fridge or near your recycling bin.

Explore what goes in the bag

Still have questions?

Hefty ReNew Program participants—need more details about the program or product? We’re here to help.

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How it works

Find out how to recycle your hard-to-recycle plastics alongside your current recycling efforts.

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Making a difference

We promise to make sure the plastic we collect goes where it should and is converted into something kinder to the planet than landfilling.

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