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Yard waste disposal fee: a separate rate, often a lower one
Pick a site, a vehicle and a weight. The tool prices the load as yard waste and as trash, and shows what keeping it clean saves.
Independent site, not a waste hauler or a landfill operator.
Yard waste and brush against the trash rate
Example: Seattle, Washington. Pick your own dump.
Yard waste fee
$32.35
| Rule applied | 0.25 tons at $129.38 a ton |
| Same weight as trash | $60.85 |
| Kept by sorting it out | $28.50 |
King County Solid Waste Division (public), price list effective January 1, 2026, checked on November 7, 2026.
A yard waste disposal fee is the rate a landfill or transfer station charges for branches, brush, leaves and grass clippings kept apart from trash, because that material goes to a compost or mulch pile instead of the landfill cell. On most public schedules it is lower than the trash rate. At the King County stations it is $129.38 a ton against $243.38 for garbage, and a sedan with yard waste pays a $20.70 minimum instead of $40.25. Broome County Landfill charges $20 a ton for yard waste against $55. It is not always cheaper: at Kiefer Landfill in Sacramento County, green waste is weighed at $115.65 a ton, while a pickup of trash pays a flat $35. Schedules read on November 7, 2026. A load counts as yard waste only if it is clean: a bag of trash or a piece of lumber in it moves the whole load to the trash rate.
Fee schedules read and sums checked by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · How the fees are read and priced
Yard waste against trash, 500 lbs in a pickup
| Site | Area | Yard waste rule | As yard waste | As trash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake Valley Landfill | Salt Lake City | $17 flat for a pickup | $17 | $17 |
| Seminole Road Landfill | Atlanta | $99.80 a ton | $24.95 | $24.75 |
| Miramar Landfill | San Diego | $50 flat for a pickup | $50 | $75 |
| North and South transfer stations | Seattle | $132 a ton, $25 minimum | $33 | $43.50 |
| King County transfer stations | Seattle | $129.38 a ton, $20.70 minimum | $32.35 | $60.85 |
| Orange County Landfill, Porter and McLeod Road transfer stations | Orlando | $48.70 a ton, $10 minimum | $12.18 | $14.10 |
| Kiefer Landfill | Sacramento | $115.65 a ton, $45 minimum | $45 | $35 |
| North Area Recovery Station | Sacramento | $115.65 a ton, $50 minimum | $50 | $40 |
| I-66 Transfer Station and I-95 Landfill Complex | Fairfax (DC area) | $96 a ton | $24 | $49 |
| Badlands, Blythe, Lamb Canyon and El Sobrante landfills | Riverside–San Bernardino | $20.07 flat for a pickup | $20.07 | $15.70 |
| Los Reales Sustainability Campus | Tucson | $30.50 a ton, $18 minimum | $20 | $20 |
| Larimer County Landfill | Fort Collins | $16 flat for a pickup | $16 | $37 |
| Broome County Landfill | Binghamton | $20 a ton, $5 minimum | $5 | $13.75 |
| Trail Ridge Landfill | Jacksonville | $25 a ton | $6.25 | $1 |
Flat-rate sites often have a separate flat rate for green waste. Miramar charges a pickup $50 for clean green waste against $75 for trash, and Larimer County $16 against $37. Fairfax County splits further: brush pays $59 a ton, or $28 for a pickup, while leaves and grass pay $96.
Sorting pays at most sites
The saving is largest where trash is expensive and green waste is not: in the Seattle area, a pickup of brush can cost half as much as the same weight of garbage. Where a site charges trash at a flat vehicle rate, green waste weighed by the ton can cost more for a heavy load, as the Sacramento County line shows. The weight calculator estimates what your pile weighs before you go, and the debris page covers the other material that has its own rate.
Stumps, large logs and soil may be refused on the yard waste pile or charged as other material, and treated or painted wood is never yard waste. If the site prints a size limit for branches, cut them to it at home: a load sent back to the trash lane pays the trash rate.