Michigan Landfills, Transfer Stations & Dumps
Where to dump in Michigan, city by city and county by county, with the real hours, fees and permit rules from each operator's own pages. The finder shows 207 landfills, transfer stations and collection centers from the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)'s list; the places below are checked by hand.
Michigan counties and cities
How disposal works in Michigan
In Michigan, counties and cities run many of the public landfills and transfer stations and post their prices, often by the load: $15 for a car at St. Clair County's Smiths Creek Landfill, $30 at Kent County's South Kent landfill and at Muskegon County, and a free 3-cubic-yard load each month for Midland County homes. Many sites take waste only from their own or neighboring counties.
State law keeps car batteries, whole tires, yard clippings and used oil out of landfills. Most county sites take tires and appliances separately for a fee, and yard waste goes to compost sites.
We're writing Michigan up place by place: 6 places are live, and our guide to what it costs to dump in Michigan puts their rates side by side. The finder covers every open landfill, transfer station and collection center on the state's list.