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Salt Lake City dump fees: one flat rate for most household loads
The calculator opens on a 900 lb pickup load with a mattress and two tires at the Salt Lake Valley Landfill.
Independent site, not a waste hauler or a landfill operator.
At Salt Lake Valley Landfill, Salt Lake City, UT
$43
10th most expensive of the 24 public sites we priced for this load.
| Load: Flat fee for this vehicle, whatever the weight | $17 |
| 1 mattress or box spring | $18 |
| 2 tires | $8 |
| Total | $43 |
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)$7 *
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.
- Greater El Paso Landfill (El Paso, TX)from $16 *
- Trail Ridge Landfill (Jacksonville, FL)$16.64 *
- Franklin County Sanitary Landfill (Columbus, OH)$17.89 *
- McCommas Bluff Landfill (Dallas, TX)$22.40 *
- Los Reales Sustainability Campus (Tucson, AZ)$30 *
* 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.
The Salt Lake Valley Landfill, owned by Salt Lake County, has one of the simplest schedules we read: $17 for a car, an SUV, a pickup up to a one-ton truck, or a trailer unloaded by hand, whatever the weight. Heavier trailers towed by trucks of one ton or more are weighed at $36 a ton with a $17 minimum. Mixed household trash may include green waste, concrete, asphalt, soil and sod at the flat rate, and clean loads of concrete, asphalt, soil or sod alone have a lower weighed rate of $12 a ton. Items are added on top: $18 per mattress or box spring for residents, $20 per refrigerant appliance and $4 per tire, 12 a load at most. The county’s page prints no effective date for this schedule; we read it on November 7, 2026.
Fee schedules read and sums checked by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · How the fees are read and priced
Salt Lake Valley Landfill
| Line of the price list | Fee |
|---|---|
| Car, SUV or minivan, flat | $17 |
| Pickup or cargo van, flat | $17 |
| Pickup towing a trailer, flat | $17 |
| Trash, per ton | $36 |
| Minimum charge (the least any load pays) | $17 |
| Yard waste | $17 pickup flat, $36 a ton |
| Construction debris (clean concrete, asphalt, soil or sod) | $12 a ton |
| Mattress or box spring | $18 each |
| Passenger tire | $4 each, 12 at most |
| Appliance with refrigerant | $20 each |
The flat rate rewards heavy loads. A pickup of broken concrete from a patio, weighed at many other sites, pays the same $17 as a load of cardboard here. Where it costs more is items: a load with two mattresses and four tires adds $52 to the vehicle rate, more than the load itself. If you can, take tires back to a tire shop and check whether your city offers a bulky waste pickup for mattresses.
Because flat-rate vehicles are not weighed, there is no minimum charge to plan around here. Items are counted at the window instead, so tell the attendant how many mattresses, tires and appliances are in the load; they are added to the vehicle rate one by one.
Washington County, St. George
| Line of the price list | Fee |
|---|---|
| Resident allowance | Washington County residents: one load under a ton a month, free |
| Trash, per ton | $37.15 |
| Construction debris (construction and demolition) | $32 a ton |
| Passenger tire | $3.50 each, 12 at most |
| Appliance with refrigerant | $38.64 each |
Washington County’s free allowance is generous for a household: a monthly load under a ton covers almost any clean-out. The 2026 column of the district’s approved master fee schedule sets the per-ton rate, and the construction debris rate is slightly lower. Uncovered loads pay double the municipal solid waste rate.