Butte-Silver Bow Landfill (Montana) — Hours, Fees & Rules

Butte's dump is the Butte-Silver Bow Landfill at 121074 North Browns Gulch Road, about 5 miles west of town off I-90 near Rocker. It's open every day, 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. for large loads, and small bags of household trash go in the containers behind the scale house until 5:30.

Residential loads are charged only over 1,000 pounds, at $1.35 per 100 pounds ($27 a ton), and commercial and demolition waste is $27 a ton. Tarp your load or pay a $20 fee, and leave the refrigerator at home: the landfill doesn't take anything with Freon.

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Butte-Silver Bow Landfill

Landfill

Butte-Silver Bow Solid Waste Division

121074 N. Browns Gulch Rd., Butte, MT 59701 Directions

📞 (406) 782-1463

Hours (large loads; bagged household trash until 5:30 p.m.)
Every day	8:00 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Fees

Residential waste over 1,000 pounds: $1.35 per 100 pounds ($27 a ton)
Commercial and demolition waste: $27 a ton
Yard waste: $10 a ton
Tires: $5 car or light truck, $10 semi, $25 heavy equipment
Untarped or unsecured load: $20

Accepts: Household garbage, washers and dryers, tires; recycling for car batteries, cardboard, metal, used oil (in sealed containers of 5 gallons or less), antifreeze and yard waste

Won't take: Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and anything else with Freon; liquid waste (except used oil), infectious, hazardous or radioactive waste; liquid paint (dry it out with sand or kitty litter first)

About 5 miles west of Butte off I-90, just north of Rocker and about a mile from the Rocker interchange. Large loads must be unloaded by 5:30 p.m.; small bagged household garbage goes in the containers behind the scale house until 5:30.

Closed on government holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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What it costs

Item	Price
Residential waste, over 1,000 pounds	$1.35 per 100 pounds ($27 a ton)
Mixed commercial and commercial demolition waste	$27 a ton
Yard waste	$10 a ton
Car or light-truck tire / semi tire / heavy equipment tire	$5 / $10 / $25 each
Untarped or unsecured load	$20 access fee

From Butte-Silver Bow's solid waste ordinance. For anything else, the county points to its Schedule II tipping fees; call the landfill at (406) 782-1463 or (406) 723-5295. Asbestos, large dead animals, contaminated soil and big demolition jobs are taken only by arrangement.

Every Montana rate we've verified is side by side in our guide to what it costs to dump in Montana.

Pickup and recycling

Trash pickup in Butte-Silver Bow is handled by the county's contractor, McGree Trucking (503 Centennial Ave., (406) 723-3728), which also runs curbside recycling for an extra monthly fee: #1 and #2 plastics, cans, newspaper, paper and cardboard.

Elsewhere in town, Walmart (3901 Harrison Ave.) has drop-off containers for newspaper, magazines, plastic and plastic bags; Pacific Steel (905 Gaylord St., (406) 782-0402) takes metal, electronics and cardboard for a small fee; H & H Trading takes metal; and Staples (3636 Harrison Ave.) recycles electronics. NCAT holds an electronics recycling event every June.

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Common questions

What are the Butte landfill hours?

Every day, 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. for large loads, which must be unloaded by 5:30. Bagged household trash goes in the containers behind the scale house until 5:30. Closed on government holidays.

How much does the Butte dump cost?

Residential loads are charged only for weight over 1,000 pounds, at $1.35 per 100 pounds ($27 a ton). Commercial and demolition waste is $27 a ton, yard waste $10 a ton.

Does the Butte landfill take refrigerators?

No. Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and other Freon appliances aren't accepted. Washers and dryers are.

Where is the Butte landfill?

At 121074 North Browns Gulch Road, about 5 miles west of Butte off I-90, just north of Rocker and about a mile from the Rocker interchange.

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