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Inland Empire dump fees: Riverside County and San Bernardino County

The calculator is set on the Riverside County landfills with a mattress in a pickup. Switch to San Bernardino County to compare.

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At Badlands, Blythe, Lamb Canyon and El Sobrante landfills, Riverside–San Bernardino, CA

$21.10

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

Load: Flat higher fee for a load with a mattress or other bulky item$21.10
Total$21.10

Riverside County Department of Waste Resources (public), price list effective July 1, 2026, checked on November 7, 2026 on the official page. Routine refuse $52.68 a ton for direct-haul customers; minimum load fee $43.20 for vehicles not on the flat-rate list.

Same load at other public sites in California

  • County landfills and transfer stations (Riverside–San Bernardino)$15.37 *
  • Kiefer Landfill (Sacramento)$35
  • North Area Recovery Station (Sacramento)$40
  • Olinda Alpha and Prima Deshecha landfills (Orange County, south of LA)$45
For comparison only: the cheapest sites in other states
  • 27th Avenue and North Gateway transfer stations (Phoenix, AZ)$0 for residents *Free only for: Phoenix residents who pay for full city trash service: one load up to a ton, once a month.
  • Washington County landfill (St. George, UT)$0 for residents *Free only for: Washington County residents: one load under a ton a month.
  • Trail Ridge Landfill (Jacksonville, FL)$1 *
  • Franklin County Sanitary Landfill (Columbus, OH)$9.94 *
  • McCommas Bluff Landfill (Dallas, TX)$12.45 *
  • Broome County Landfill (Binghamton, NY)$13.75 *

* That site’s price list has no price for an item in your load (a mattress, for example). The item is not counted: ask at the gate.

How this is calculatedFees from official price lists. No quote form, no ZIP code.

The two counties of the Inland Empire both run their own landfills and both publish low rates for household loads, built in different ways. Riverside County’s Department of Waste Resources charges, under Ordinance 779.26 effective July 1, 2026, a flat $15.70 for a car, van, SUV or pickup with a bed up to eight feet, and $43.20 for a pickup with a trailer. A load with hard-to-handle items such as a mattress or a sofa moves to a higher flat rate of $21.10. San Bernardino County charges $13.71 for up to 300 lbs of ordinary household waste and $61.49 a ton, prorated, above that, under pricing effective July 1, 2023 that was still the posted schedule on November 7, 2026. Both are well below the Miramar and Orange County rates nearer the coast.

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Riverside County, Ordinance 779.26

Riverside County Department of Waste Resources (public): Badlands, Blythe, Lamb Canyon and El Sobrante landfills fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026, read on November 7, 2026.
Line of the price listFee
Car, SUV or minivan, flat$15.70
Pickup or cargo van, flat$15.70
Pickup towing a trailer, flat$43.20
Hard-to-handle flat rate, car or pickup$21.10
Trash, per ton$52.68
Minimum charge (the least any load pays)$43.20
Yard waste$20.07 pickup flat, $52.68 a ton
Passenger tire$6 each, 5 at most

Riverside County runs the Badlands, Blythe, Lamb Canyon and El Sobrante landfills under one schedule. A pickup of routine trash pays the flat rate whatever it weighs, so a heavy load is cheap here. Vehicles that are not on the flat-rate list pay $52.68 a ton with a $43.20 minimum. Green waste has its own flat rates, a few dollars above the routine ones. An uncovered load pays a surcharge.

San Bernardino County

San Bernardino County Solid Waste Management (public): County landfills and transfer stations fee schedule, effective July 1, 2023, read on November 7, 2026.
Line of the price listFee
Load up to 300 lbs$13.71
Trash, per ton$61.49
Passenger tire$5.31 each, 9 at most

The county’s schedule has not changed since July 2023, according to its own page. Hard-to-handle and special handling items cost an extra $53.14 a ton, with a $26.57 minimum below one ton, and an uncovered load pays double. For a small load, San Bernardino is the cheaper county; for a heavy load in a pickup, Riverside’s flat rate wins.

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What counts as hard-to-handle in Riverside County?

Riverside County’s ordinance sets a separate hard-to-handle flat rate for loads carrying items that are awkward to handle at the landfill, and defines which items count. The calculator applies that rate when a mattress is in the load. One such item or several pays the same flat rate, so ask at the gate whether yours qualify.

Is San Bernardino County’s 300 lb fee per vehicle?

Yes. A load of ordinary residential waste up to 300 lbs pays $13.71. From 301 lbs the load is weighed and prorated at $61.49 a ton, so 600 lbs costs about $18.45. Hard-to-handle items carry a further charge per ton with its own minimum.

How many tires can I bring to a Riverside County landfill?

Residents may bring passenger tires at $6 each, five a day at most. San Bernardino County takes tires off the rim, up to nine a load, at $5.31 each. Larger numbers are treated as commercial loads and priced differently, so split them over several days or take them to a tire shop.

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