Arizona Landfills, Dumps & Transfer Stations

Where to dump across Arizona — with the real hours, fees and resident rules that are hard to dig out of city websites. 177 sites from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality's records: 42 landfills for household trash, 120 transfer stations, 8 construction-debris landfills, and household hazardous waste and tire sites.

Arizona cities

How disposal works in Arizona

In Phoenix, Glendale and Tucson, the city runs disposal: each runs its own landfill or transfer stations, give their own residents a free allowance or a flat small-load price, and charge everyone else by the ton. Many take cards only, and most charge extra for an uncovered load, so cover it and bring plastic.

Outside the cities, counties run rural transfer stations, and private haulers run many of the rest, each with its own prices. These are the counties with the most sites in our data:

We're writing Arizona up city by city — ten cities are live, with more on the way. Statewide, our guide to what it costs to dump in Arizona compares six cities' rates and covers what state law keeps out of Arizona landfills.