Sandtown Landfill (DSWA) — hours, fees and directions
Sandtown Landfill (DSWA) is a landfill in Felton, run by Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA) — often searched as the “Sandtown Landfill”. Below are its posted hours, fees, address and phone, and the other sites on our Kent County page. Hours and fees change, so call before a big load.
Hours, address and fees
Sandtown Landfill (DSWA)
Landfill
Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA)
1107 Willow Grove Rd. (Rt. 10), Felton, DE 19943 Directions ↗
Trash or construction debris (landfills and transfer stations)
$80 a ton
Minimum charge
$7.50 a vehicle
Tires, more than 4 passenger tires
$280 a ton
Collection station: bag of household trash
$1
Collection station: bag of yard waste
$1
Collection station: loose yard waste, pickup bed or trailer / both
$7.50 / $15
Recycling drop-off (cans, bottles, paper, motor oil, household batteries)
Free
From DSWA's fiscal 2027 user fee schedule. Landfills and transfer stations weigh you in and out and take cash, checks and major cards; collection stations charge by the bag and take credit cards only. DSWA takes waste generated in Delaware only.
Bagged household trash and yard waste go to Cheswold (credit cards only; no loose trash, bulky items or construction debris). Bigger loads, construction debris, appliances and tires go to Sandtown, which takes limited amounts of non-friable asbestos too. In the southern part of the county, DSWA's Milford Transfer Station is closer.
Cover or tarp your load and keep yard waste separate from trash. At a landfill or transfer station, drive onto the scale and the weighmaster directs you; residents use the small-load area; then weigh out and pay at the scale house. Questions about a specific item go to DSWA's Citizens' Response Line, 1-800-404-7080.
Delaware has banned yard waste from its landfills since 2007, so grass, leaves, brush and limbs have to be kept separate; DSWA recycles them. State law doesn't single out car batteries, tires, appliances or TVs, but DSWA removes refrigerants from appliances, limits tires at its transfer stations and runs separate electronics and household hazardous waste collections.