The City of Midland Landfill at 4311 E. Ashman St. is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., plus a few listed Saturdays. It takes waste generated in Midland County only.
Once a month, each Midland County household can drop off up to 3 cubic yards free from its own home. After that, household refuse is $12 a cubic yard and yard waste $5.
Disposal sites in Midland
Midland Landfill
Landfill
City of Midland
4311 E. Ashman St., Midland, MI 48642 Directions ↗
Once a month, each Midland County household can bring up to 3 cubic yards of general household or yard waste from its own home free, through an arrangement between the city and the townships. You unload at the elevated residential drop-off pad beside the gatehouse instead of driving into the landfill. Extra yards, extra trips and waste that isn't from your own home are charged by volume, as estimated by the attendant. Businesses can't use the free program.
What it costs
Material
Fee (from July 1, 2025)
Household refuse
$12 a cubic yard
Yard waste
$5 a cubic yard
Demolition material
$16 a cubic yard
Appliances
$15 each
Passenger car and truck tires
$10 each
Heavy equipment tires
$30 each
From the city's disposal fee page; the full list is in Ordinance No. 1913. Tires, appliances with refrigerant and sharps containers cost extra even within the free monthly load.
Midland County holds four free household hazardous waste collections a year at the landfill, by appointment through the Midland County Health Department, (989) 832-6681. The 2026 collections are April 22, June 24, August 19 and October 28. They take chemicals, oil-based paint and stains (not latex), pesticides, cleaners, some car products and mercury.
Electronics go to Goodwill, the Salvation Army or Midland Recyclers, (989) 631-1668.
Michigan law keeps car batteries, whole tires (landfills take them only cut or shredded), yard clippings and used oil out of landfills. Stores and auto shops that sell car batteries generally take the old ones back.
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For Midland County households, once a month: up to 3 cubic yards of household or yard waste from your own home is free. Beyond that, household refuse is $12 a cubic yard.
What are the Midland landfill hours?
Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., plus listed Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (November 28 and December 26, 2026, and January 2, 2027).
Does the Midland landfill take waste from other counties?
No. Only waste generated in Midland County is accepted.
Where do I take paint in Midland?
Oil-based paint goes to a household hazardous waste collection at the landfill, by appointment through the Midland County Health Department. Latex paint isn't accepted there.
