Official sources
Facility rate sheets and official county, municipal, and state solid-waste publications form the basis of the directory.
Research and verification standards
How LandfillPrices collects and verifies disposal fees
Published facility rates, official sources, transparent attribution, and checked dates.
LandfillPrices is built around published landfill and transfer-station fee schedules. Our methodology explains where information comes from, what qualifies for publication, and how comparisons are calculated.
Our standards
The principles behind every listing
A facility record must be supported by published information. Missing prices and undocumented details are not filled in through assumption.
Source and date required
Every published facility record must include its source name, source URL, and checked date.
No invented fees
A facility without a published fee schedule is not listed as a verified priced facility. Missing prices remain unpublished.
Step 1 — sourcing
Where our facility information comes from
The directory uses official sources that publish disposal facility information and applicable fee schedules.
Collection focuses on official county and state solid-waste pages, municipal publications, and facility rate sheets.
Aggregator pricing, unsourced estimates, and third-party claims are not substitutes for an official published fee schedule.
Source types
- County publications Official county solid-waste information and published disposal schedules.
- State publications Official state solid-waste resources and facility information.
- Municipal publications Official city or municipal disposal information and rate documents.
- Facility publications Official facility rate sheets and published fee schedules.
Step 2 — verification
What must be verified before publication
A candidate facility is checked against its official published information. The facility identity, location, fee structure, and source must be sufficiently clear to support a record.
The published schedule must contain actual fee information. A facility that publishes no fee schedule is not included as a priced facility listing.
Where a fee schedule distinguishes between materials, vehicle categories, minimum charges, or resident and non-resident rates, those distinctions are preserved where documented.
Required record information
- Facility name The published facility identity.
- Operator and facility type County, city, private operator, landfill, transfer station, or both, as documented.
- Location City and state associated with the facility.
- Published fee fields Per-ton charges, minimums, flat fees, and material surcharges where published.
- Source documentation Source name, direct source URL, and checked date.
Step 3 — attribution
Every published fee carries its source.
Readers should be able to identify where a published amount originated and when the information was checked.
Required price attribution
Every published price or fee is accompanied by the following information:
- Price as published by [source name]
- Checked YYYY-MM-DD
- A direct link to the original source.
The source's published figure is retained without inventing, rounding, or embellishing its value.
Unpublished fees
When a facility does not publish a price, the directory does not display an estimated or substitute amount. A quote-only or unpublished charge is not presented as a published fee.
Step 4 — maintenance
How records are updated
Published facility schedules can change. The checked date identifies when the underlying source information was reviewed.
Updated official schedules and submitted corrections provide opportunities to review existing records.
LandfillPrices does not promise a fixed automatic refresh interval for every facility. The checked date should be used to understand when a source was last reviewed, not as a guarantee that its fee remains current.
How changes enter the review process
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Updated information is identified
A new official schedule or correction is received or located.
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The source is reviewed
The relevant published information is checked against the facility record.
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The record is revised if verified
Supported changes are incorporated with updated source and checked-date information.
Step 5 — calculations
How the comparison tool calculates estimates
The calculator performs client-side calculations using the published fee fields in the facility dataset. It does not obtain prices from an external pricing API.
Per-ton rates
When an applicable per-ton rate and a known estimated load weight are available, the weight-based amount is calculated from those published inputs.
Minimum charges
A published minimum is considered where its application is documented in the facility schedule.
Vehicle-flat rates
Published car, pickup, or trailer flat rates are used only for their matching vehicle categories.
Missing information is not estimated
The calculator does not assign assumed weights to cars, pickups, or trailers. It does not invent unpublished material surcharges, taxes, or additional fees.
If a published schedule does not contain enough information to calculate a reliable amount, the result is identified as unavailable rather than filled in with a guess.
When published resident and non-resident rates differ, the calculator does not assume which rate applies to an individual user.
Open Fee Comparison ToolState median calculations
Homepage state medians are calculated from collected facility records that contain published per-ton tipping fees. Facilities without a published per-ton rate are not included in that calculation.
A state median represents the collected qualifying records, not every disposal facility in that state.
Material-specific records
How material-specific fees are handled
Material pages are derived from facility records that document the corresponding published fee or surcharge.
Material-specific records are published only when the official schedule identifies an applicable charge. General tipping rates are not automatically treated as material-specific fees.Material categories
- Tires Published tire-specific disposal charges and surcharges. View tire fees →
- Mattresses Published mattress disposal charges and applicable fees. View mattress fees →
- Appliances Published appliance-specific disposal charges. View appliance fees →
- Construction and demolition debris Published construction debris rates and material-specific charges. View construction debris fees →
- Green waste Published green waste disposal rates and surcharges. View green waste fees →
Limitations and transparency
What this methodology does not claim
The directory is a collection of verified published information, not a complete census of every disposal facility or every charge.
Not every facility is included
A facility is not presented as a verified priced listing without an identifiable published fee schedule.
Not every charge is published
Quote-only fees, unpublished surcharges, and missing pricing information are not replaced with estimates.
Not a guaranteed current price
Published fees may change after a source is checked. The checked date identifies the review date, not a price guarantee.
Corrections and contributions
How to report an updated fee or source.
Readers can submit updated official schedules, report changed facility fees, or suggest facilities that should be reviewed.
Submissions are reviewed against their supporting sources. They do not automatically change published facility records.
Submit a Fee or CorrectionWhat helps us verify a correction
- Facility identification The facility name, city, and state.
- Official source A direct link to the updated county, municipal, or facility publication.
- Specific change The affected fee, material category, or facility detail.
- Published effective date The effective date stated in the updated schedule, when available.
Report an error
Report a correction
Use this form when a facility record, published fee, or source shown on this site is wrong or out of date.
Corrections are reviewed against the official source before anything changes. Nothing is published automatically.
Our commitment
Published sources. Honest comparisons.
LandfillPrices aims to make published disposal fees easier to find without disguising missing information or presenting estimates as official facility prices.
Every published fee should be traceable to its source and checked date.
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