Muskegon County Landfill (Michigan) — Transfer Station Rates, Hours & Hazardous Waste
The Muskegon County landfill and residential transfer station at 9366 Apple Ave. in Ravenna are open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., run by the county's Department of Public Works.
At the transfer station a car load costs a $30 minimum and an SUV, van, truck or trailer load a $45 minimum; bigger loads are weighed at $78.76 a ton.
Mattresses and sofas: $12 each extra; untarped loads $25
The landfill closes promptly: scale out and pay by closing time or pay $65 for each 15 minutes after.
Waste from Muskegon, Ottawa, Oceana, Newaygo and Lake counties only. No hazardous waste. A few Saturdays close each year; check the county's holiday list.
Residents with a working four-wheel-drive vehicle and a hydraulic dump trailer (not a tilt trailer) can dump in the active landfill cell, wearing the required safety gear. Everyone else uses the residential transfer station. Loads have to be tarped or tied down.
Muskegon County residents can drop off household hazardous waste free on the second and fourth Friday of each month, May through October, 9 a.m. to noon, at 1300 E. Keating Ave. in Muskegon. Questions: (231) 724-6001, option 4.
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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Getting rid of something specific in Muskegon County?
At the transfer station, a car load is a $30 minimum and an SUV, van, truck or trailer load a $45 minimum; above that it's $78.76 a ton. Mattresses and sofas add $12 each.
What are the Muskegon County landfill hours?
Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 9366 Apple Ave. in Ravenna. It closes promptly.
Can I bring trash from another county to the Muskegon landfill?
Only from Ottawa, Oceana, Newaygo or Lake counties. All other waste origins are prohibited.
Does the Muskegon County landfill take tires?
Not whole tires. Only processed scrap tires are accepted, at $70.83 a ton.
