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Phoenix dump fees: the free monthly load and what comes after
The calculator opens on a 1,500 lb load at a Phoenix transfer station by a resident. Answer No to “You live in the area it serves” to see the rate for everyone else.
Independent site, not a waste hauler or a landfill operator.
At 27th Avenue and North Gateway transfer stations, Phoenix, AZ
$0
The cheapest of the 24 public sites we priced for this load.
| Load: Resident allowance: Phoenix residents who pay for full city trash service: one load up to a ton, once a month, free | $0 |
| Total | $0 |
City of Phoenix Public Works (public), price list current page, no effective date printed, checked on November 7, 2026 on the official page. Residents' loads over one ton leave a cash deposit and pay $55 a ton for the excess.
Same load at other public sites in Arizona
- Los Reales Sustainability Campus (Tucson)$20
For comparison only: the cheapest sites in other states
- Washington County landfill (St. George, UT)$0 for residentsFree only for: Washington County residents: one load under a ton a month.
- Badlands, Blythe, Lamb Canyon and El Sobrante landfills (Riverside–San Bernardino, CA)$15.70
- Greater El Paso Landfill (El Paso, TX)from $16
- Salt Lake Valley Landfill (Salt Lake City, UT)$17
- Trail Ridge Landfill (Jacksonville, FL)$22.73
- South Wake Landfill (Raleigh, NC)$27.75
Phoenix lets its residents dump for free once a month. A household that pays for full city trash service may bring one load of up to one ton, once per calendar month, to the 27th Avenue or North Gateway transfer station at no charge. Anything above one ton is charged at $55 a ton, and other customers pay $55 a ton with a $40 minimum. The city also takes up to five automobile tires a year from a resident, rims removed. Phoenix’s page prints no effective date for these rates; we read it on November 7, 2026. In Tucson, the city’s Los Reales Sustainability Campus charges residents who bring their own load $18 a load up to 2,000 lbs plus a $2 environmental fee, under a schedule effective July 1, 2026.
Fee schedules read and sums checked by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · How the fees are read and priced
City of Phoenix transfer stations
| Line of the price list | Fee |
|---|---|
| Resident allowance | Phoenix residents who pay for full city trash service: one load up to a ton, once a month, free |
| Trash, per ton | $55 |
| Minimum charge (the least any load pays) | $40 |
For a Phoenix household with city service, the arithmetic is simple: plan your clean-outs so that each month’s load stays under a ton. A garage of boxes and furniture rarely reaches that weight; a pickup of concrete or dirt can pass it. Above the ton, the city collects a cash deposit and charges the excess by weight, which at $55 a ton is still among the lower rates we read.
The free load changes how to compare a dumpster quote. Ten pickup loads spread over ten months cost nothing at the gate, so the only real cost is your time and driving. A dumpster makes sense when the job cannot wait. The comparison tool lets you type the quote and the number of trips.
Tucson, Los Reales
| Line of the price list | Fee |
|---|---|
| Load up to 2,000 lbs | $18 |
| Trash, per ton | $38 |
| Minimum charge (the least any load pays) | $18 |
| environmental fee | $2 |
| Yard waste | $30.50 a ton, $18 minimum |
| Passenger tire | $5 each |
| Appliance with refrigerant | $20 each |
Tucson does not offer a free load but keeps the residential rate flat up to a ton, so a heavy pickup and a light one pay the same. Above a ton, the commercial per-ton rate applies with an $18 minimum. Tires from residents and refrigerant appliances have their own prices.