Landfill and transfer station fees
Landfills by state: the open sites on the EPA list, and who owns them
Pick your state. The list shows every landfill the federal EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) marks as open there, public or private, with a link to the price list when we have checked one.
Independent site, not a waste hauler or a landfill operator.
Example: Utah. Pick your state.
Open landfills in Utah on the EPA list
28
22 owned by a county, city, district or other public body.
Fee schedule read in this state: Salt Lake Valley Landfill, Washington County landfill.
Showing 20 of 28: sites with a price list we checked first, then public ones.
| Landfill | City, county | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| Washington County Landfill | Washington, Washington County | Public: Washington County Solid Waste, UT |
| Bayview Landfill | Elberta, Utah County | Public: Northern Utah Environmental Resource Agency (NUERA) |
| Beaver County Landfill | Beaver, Beaver County | Public: Beaver County SSD #5 |
| Bountiful Sanitary Landfill | Woods Cross, Davis County | Public: Bountiful City Corporation |
| Duchesne County Landfill | Duchesne, Duchesne County | Public: Duchesne County; Wasatch County, UT |
| Emery County Landfill | Castle Dale, Emery County | Public: Emery County, UT |
| Garfield County/John's Valley Landfill | Garfield County | Public: Garfield County, UT |
| Iron County/ Armstrong Pit Landfill | Cedar City, Iron County | Public: Iron County, UT |
| Juab Rural Development Agency Landfill | Nephi, Juab County | Public: Juab Rural Development Agency, UT |
| Kane County/Kanab Landfill | Kanab, Kane County | Public: Western Kane County SSD# 1 |
| Long Valley Sanitary Landfill | Glendale, Kane County | Public: Western Kane County SSD# 1 |
| Manila City Landfill | Manila, Daggett County | Public: Daggett County; Manila City |
| Millard County Landfill | Delta, Millard County | Public: Millard County, UT |
| North Valley Landfill (NVL) | Clarkston, Cache County | Public: City of Logan, UT |
| Rich County Landfill | Laketown, Rich County | Public: Rich County, UT |
| Salt Lake Valley Landfill | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County | Public: Salt Lake City, UT; Salt Lake County, UT |
| Sevier County/Sage Flat Landfill | Sigurd, Sevier County | Public: Sevier County, UT |
| Summit County/Three Mile Canyon Landfill | Coalville, Summit County | Public: Summit County, UT |
| Tekoi Landfill | Dugway, Tooele County | Public: Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indian Community, UT |
| Trans-Jordan Landfill | South Jordan, Salt Lake County | Public: Trans-Jordan Cities, UT |
Source: U.S. EPA, Landfill Methane Outreach Program database, landfills marked open (public domain; no EPA endorsement). The list covers municipal solid waste landfills, not every transfer station or drop-off site, and some do not take loads from residents.
The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Landfill Methane Outreach Program, keeps the most complete public list of municipal solid waste landfills in the United States. Its database, on the page updated July 31, 2026, counts 2,641 landfills, of which 1,266 are marked open, across 53 states and territories. 776 of the open ones belong to a county, a city, a regional authority or another public body; most of the rest belong to waste companies. That split matters for anyone hauling their own load. A public landfill normally prints its fees on the county or city website and takes residents with a car or a pickup, while a private site may quote only on request or serve only commercial haulers. The finder above lists the open landfills of each state and marks who owns them.
Fee schedules read and sums checked by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · How the fees are read and priced
States with the most open landfills
| State | Open landfills | Publicly owned | Public share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 114 | 83 | 73% |
| Texas | 88 | 46 | 52% |
| Kansas | 48 | 41 | 85% |
| Michigan | 46 | 9 | 20% |
| Georgia | 43 | 30 | 70% |
| Pennsylvania | 41 | 8 | 20% |
| Virginia | 41 | 33 | 80% |
| Iowa | 40 | 36 | 90% |
| North Carolina | 40 | 32 | 80% |
| Florida | 38 | 29 | 76% |
| Ohio | 37 | 11 | 30% |
| Illinois | 36 | 4 | 11% |
| Oklahoma | 31 | 13 | 42% |
| Tennessee | 31 | 17 | 55% |
| Indiana | 28 | 6 | 21% |
The public share varies far more than the count. Among states with at least fifteen open landfills, the lowest public shares are in Illinois (4 of 36), Pennsylvania (8 of 41), Michigan (9 of 46), Indiana (6 of 28), Missouri (4 of 17). In those states a resident is more likely to deal with a private landfill, a private transfer station or a hauler, and fewer gate rates are published. In states where most landfills are public, the county fee page is usually the place to look.
When there is no published fee
We print a fee only when we have read it on the site’s own page, with its date. For the states where we have not, the method is the same everywhere: find the public landfill or transfer station that serves your county in the list above, open the solid waste page of that county or city, and look for the words “gate rate”, “tipping fee” or “disposal fees” (the price per ton). Note four lines: the minimum charge, the per-ton rate, any flat rate for cars and pickups, and the item fees for mattresses, tires and appliances. The calculator shows how those rules combine on the schedules we have read.
What the list covers
The EPA collects these records to track the gas landfills give off, so the database includes municipal solid waste landfills of every size, with their owner and operator, and leaves out sites that do not take household waste. It is a U.S. government work and in the public domain; the EPA says so in its disclaimers and does not endorse this or any other site. The method page explains how we filtered it.