Alamogordo Collection Center & Otero-Greentree Landfill (New Mexico) — Hours & Rates
Alamogordo's dump is the city Collection Center at 224 La Velle Road, open every day 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last entry 4:45). It takes household garbage, furniture, appliances, yard waste, scrap metal, oil and batteries, and gives away free mulch.
Big loads go to the Otero-Greentree Regional Landfill, about 24 miles south on Highway 54, at $27.98 a ton for member communities and $38.47 for everyone else.
Disposal sites in Alamogordo
Alamogordo Collection Center (La Velle)
Collection center
City of Alamogordo
224 La Velle Rd., Alamogordo, NM 88310 Directions ↗
Closed on City of Alamogordo holidays and in high winds. Free mulch while it lasts. Fees follow the city's collection center fee schedule; ask at the gate.
The center is a self-haul site for residents, contractors and other approved users: you unload where staff direct you. Paint is accepted only completely dried out: take the lid off and mix in dirt or cat litter. Used motor oil and antifreeze go in their own collection areas, not with the trash. It doesn't take hazardous waste or animal remains, and staff can refuse any load that isn't prepared properly.
Landfill rates
Otero-Greentree rate
Members
Non-members
July 2026 to June 2027
$27.98 a ton
$38.47 a ton
July 2027 to June 2028
$28.54 a ton
$39.23 a ton
Rates include the state's 75-cent-a-ton royalty fee, with tax added where required. Companies pay a $50 first-load charge per day and $25 for each load after. Sludge is $40 a ton, tires $120 a ton, asbestos $48 a cubic yard with a special waste manifest.
Otero County Solid Waste runs recycling drop-offs around town: the La Velle site (cardboard, mixed paper, #1 and #2 plastic bottles and jugs, tin and aluminum cans, scrap metal), the City Yard at 2600 N. Florida Ave., the Civic Center at 800 E. First St., the Walmart shopping center at 230 S. New York Ave., and the north side of the mall near Harbor Freight. Keep plastic bags, clamshells and tubs out.
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The city Collection Center at 224 La Velle Road is open every day, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with last entry at 4:45. It closes on city holidays and in high winds.
Where is the Alamogordo landfill?
The Otero-Greentree Regional Landfill is about 24 miles south of Alamogordo on Highway 54. Call (575) 489-2252 for hours.
How much does the Otero-Greentree landfill charge?
$27.98 a ton for member communities and $38.47 a ton for non-members, from July 2026 to June 2027.
Can I dump paint in Alamogordo?
Only if it's completely dried out. Take the lid off and mix in dirt or cat litter first.
