How to get rid of old tires

Blockhouse Valley Center. Fee not posted.

Lee Station Convenience Center. Fee not posted.

Alcoa/Maryville/Blount County Sanitary Landfill. $2.50 per tire for 8 or fewer passenger or light truck tires.

Bradley County Landfill. Fee not posted.

Towe String Transfer Station. $1 per tire off the rim, $5 on the rim (under 19.5 inches).

Carter County Landfill. $6 per car or light truck tire, $8 on the wheel.

Claiborne County Landfill. $135 per ton.

Cocke County Landfill. $165 per ton.

Cumberland County Recycling Center. Fee not posted.

Grainger County Recycling Center. Fee not posted.

Any of the 17 convenience centers. Fee not posted. Limit: 4 used tires a year.

The county’s Tire Recovery Center takes clean tires off the rim, $1 for a car tire and $4 for a truck tire; call 423-602-8473 for an appointment first. City of Chattanooga residents can also take up to 4 car tires to a refuse collection center.

Hawkins County Recycling Center. Free for 8 passenger tires per household per year. Extra passenger tires are $1 each, or $3 on the rim.

Hawkins County’s page says rims must be removed before the Recycling Center accepts tires, but its fee list prices passenger tires on the rim at $3.

Landfill Convenience Center. $2 each for up to 10 residential car tires. Other tires are $160 per ton.

Jefferson County’s sanitation page says tires cost $1 each. Its newer tire fee notice, effective Dec. 1, 2025, says residential car tires are $2 each, up to 10.

Johnson County Transfer Station. Fee not posted.

Any of the seven convenience centers. Free. Limit: 8 passenger or light truck tires per year.

Knox County’s tire page allows 8 passenger or light truck tires per year. Its FAQ page says 4 per household per year.

Loudon County Landfill (Matlock Bend). Fee not posted.

McMinn County Landfill. $135 per ton.

Decatur Collection Center. Fee not posted.

Little Notchey Creek Convenience Center. Fee not posted.

Morgan County Landfill. Fee not posted.

Benton Convenience Center or Grassy Creek Convenience Center. Fee not posted.

Roane County Recycling Hub. $1 per tire for up to 4, or $2 per tire on rims. More than 4 cost $100 per ton.

Scott County Recycling Center. $1 per tire after 4 a year per driver’s license holder. Limit: off the rim.

Not posted. Call 865-428-0042

The state’s list of county tire sites gives Sevier County’s as “Sevier Farmers Co-Op, 1425 Parkway Five Oaks Tire Service, Sevierville,” with phone 865-428-0042, which is the county solid waste office. The county’s own pages don’t mention tires.

Kingsport Transfer Station or Bristol Transfer Station. Fee not posted.

Any of the five convenience centers. Fee not posted.

Union County’s convenience center sheet lists tires among what every center takes. The state’s list of county tire sites names only the Wolfe Road Center.

Waste Tire Recycling Center. $4 per passenger or small farm tire, $6 on the rim.

Washington County’s tire center page says tires are accepted by appointment. Its convenience centers page says only loads of more than 20 tires need one.

The county’s tire price list charges $6 for a passenger tire on its rim in one table, and $12 in another, under “Tires on Rims (Put In Trailer).”

Bedford County Tire Collection Center. $2 a tire. Limit: off the rim only. No heavy equipment tires.

Coffee County Tire Collection Site. Free for up to 8 a year per household; then $2 per passenger tire, $4 per large truck or tractor tire. Limit: off the rim only.

East Convenience Center or Ezell Pike Convenience Center. Free off the rim, $5 per tire on the rim. Limit: 4 tires per month.

Dickson County Landfill. Fee not posted.

Maury County Transfer Station. From $5 for small tires, more for bigger ones.

Bi-County Landfill. Fee not posted. Limit: off the rim only.

Putnam County Landfill. Fee not posted. Limit: off the rim only.

Robertson County Transfer Station and Recycling Center. $2 a tire in a mixed load, $3 on the rim, or $150 a ton; semi and tractor tires $5 each in a mixed load.

Rutherford County Landfill. $2 per tire. Limit: off the rim only.

Resource Authority Transfer Station. $5 each in a mixed load of up to 5; $135 a ton unmanifested, $60 a ton manifested. Limit: off the rim. No tractor tires. No tire loads from outside the county.

Landfill Convenience Center. Free. Limit: 6 per household per day.

Wilson County Landfill. Fee not posted.

Any of five drop-off sites. Fee not posted.

Shelby County Waste Tire Collection Site. Fee not posted.

Tipton County Landfill. $1 a passenger tire, $2 a truck or semi tire, $5 a farm tire, 50 cents an ATV tire.