Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 22-27-1 (2026)
Short Title.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This article shall be known as the “Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act.”
(Acts 1969, No. 771, p. 1373, §1; Act 2008-151, p. 244, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1983–2025 · leading case: Beard v. State, 627 So. 2d 1122 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993).
Beard v. State, 627 So. 2d 1122 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993). “Michael Beard was convicted of the misdemeanor violation of the provisions of the Solid Wastes Disposal Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 22-27-1 et seq., and was fined $200.”
Keith v. Lefleur, 256 So. 3d 1206 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “In count VI, the plaintiffs argued that ADEM is not authorized to grant variances, exceptions, or exemptions from the Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act, Ala. Code 1975, § 22-27-1 et seq., or to approve the use of "alternative cover material" at landfills and,…”
Town of Eclectic v. Mays, 547 So. 2d 96 (Ala. 1989). “Code 1975, § 11-47-135, and § 22-27-1 et seq., Alabama's Solid Waste Disposal Act.”
Brunson Const. & Environ. Serv., Inc. v. City of Prichard, 664 So. 2d 885 (Ala. 1995). “[2] The "review process" was still impending on November 10, 1992, when ADEM issued the following "Public Notice": "The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) pursuant to Code of Alabama 1975, Section 22-27-1 et seq., as amended, and regulations promulgated…”
Maint., Inc. v. HOUSTON CTY. ALA., 438 So. 2d 741 (Ala. 1983). “" Maintenance argues, however, that under the authority of Code 1975, § 22-27-27, the provisions of the Solid Wastes Disposal Act, Code 1975, § 22-27-1 et seq., are repugnant to and thereby supersede the competitive bid law.”
City of Brundidge v. Alabama Dep't of Env't Mgmt., 218 So. 3d 798 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “Code 1975, a part of the Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act, codified at § 22-27-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, Brundidge approved the landfill site.”
Little v. City of Valley, Alabama (M.D. Ala. 2023). “On August 1 Alabama Code § 22-27-1 et seq. (The Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act) sets forth the state law concerning solid waste (or garbage) collection and services in Alabama.”
Chapman v. Skipper (N.D. Ala. 2024). “Procedural Due Process Claim The so-called “Alabama Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act,” Ala. Code § 22-27-1 et seq., authorizes any county commission or municipal authority to provide solid waste collection services, and to require public participation in, and…”
David F. Del Vecchio, Peggy R. Del Vecchio, Michael Del Vecchio, William P. Novack, Tara Novack, & Anthony Keith v. Bd. of Commissioners of the City of Dothan & City of Dothan (Ala. Civ. App. 2025). “At the public hearing, the City informed the audience that it would receive public comments regarding the proposed expansion and would consider those comments "in the context of the criteria described in [Ala. Code 1975, § 22-27-48(c)]," a part of the Solid Wastes and Recyclable…”
Swenson v. Jennings, 804 So. 2d 1098 (Ala. Civ. App. 2001). “Jennings, Paul Glenn, and Alvin Minyard, alleging that they were the owners and/or operators of the landfill and asserting claims based upon nuisance, negligence, wantonness, and a violation of the Solid Wastes Disposal Act, § 22-27-1, Ala. Code 1975. The trial court entered a…”
Craig Ashley Jenkins & Amber Joy Jenkins (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2019). “CODE (1975), § 22-27-1 et seq. The issue of dischargeability under § 523(a)(7) may be raised at any time because the requirement under Rule 4007(c) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that a complaint to determine the dischargeability of a debt under 11 U.”
Waste Contractors v. Lauderdale Cnty., 565 So. 2d 618 (Ala. Civ. App. 1988). “WCI challenges a portion of Alabama’s Solid Waste Disposal Act, § 22-27-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (1984 Repl.”
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