Example shown: Salt Lake Valley Landfill, Salt Lake City, UT. Pick your state and your dump to see your own price.

13 states on our list

Landfill, or transfer station: a drop-off site that trucks the waste on to a landfill

A guess is fine; the scale decides

Not sure of the weight? A standard pickup bed (6½ × 5 ft) piled 2 ft high with household junk is about 660 lbs on the federal EPA factors; a fridge alone is about 250 lbs.

Box springs too

Freezers too

You live in the area it serves

Example: Salt Lake Valley Landfill, Salt Lake City, UT

$17

11th cheapest of the 24 public sites we priced for this load.

Load: Flat fee for this vehicle, whatever the weight$17
Total$17

Salt Lake County (public), price list current schedule, no effective date printed, checked on November 7, 2026 on the official page. Mixed trash may include green waste, concrete, asphalt, soil and sod at the flat rate.

Same load at other public sites in Utah

  • Washington County landfill (St. George)$0 for residentsFree only for: Washington County residents: one load under a ton a month.
For comparison only: the cheapest sites in other states
  • 27th Avenue and North Gateway transfer stations (Phoenix, AZ)$0 for residentsFree only for: Phoenix residents who pay for full city trash service: one load up to a ton, once a month.
  • Trail Ridge Landfill (Jacksonville, FL)$9.09
  • South Wake Landfill (Raleigh, NC)$11.10
  • Franklin County Sanitary Landfill (Columbus, OH)$11.93
  • McCommas Bluff Landfill (Dallas, TX)$14.93
  • Badlands, Blythe, Lamb Canyon and El Sobrante landfills (Riverside–San Bernardino, CA)$15.70
How this is calculatedFees from official price lists. No quote form, no ZIP code.

Dump Fees by State · Independent tool by Radif Partners, not a waste hauler or a landfill operator · worked out in your browser

Landfill list: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Landfill and Project Database, a U.S. government work in the public domain; the EPA does not endorse this site. Weight factors: EPA volume-to-weight conversion factors (2016). Fees: read on each county, city or authority page linked beside them.