Harrisburg's public drop-off is the Susquehanna Resource Management Complex at 1670 S. 19th St., a waste-to-energy plant run by LCSWMA. It's open Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, 7 to 11 a.m.
Where your trash comes from sets the price: $113.49 a ton for Dauphin County household trash, but $251.33 a ton for trash from the City of Harrisburg. Both have a $40 minimum, and single items under 200 pounds are a flat $15.
Disposal sites in Harrisburg
Susquehanna Resource Management Complex
Waste-to-energy
Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (LCSWMA)
1670 S. 19th St., Harrisburg, PA 17104 Directions ↗
Single item under 200 lbs (furniture, appliance, mattress)
$15
Car or motorcycle tire
$5 each (up to 15)
Truck tire
$15 each (up to 15)
Construction debris (pieces under 4 ft)
$106 a ton, $40 minimum up to 740 lbs
From LCSWMA's residential disposal rates for Dauphin County. A single couch or refrigerator is usually cheapest as a $15 single item, especially for city residents, whose per-ton rate is more than twice the county's.
Bring a credit or debit card (no cash or checks), tarp open loads (or pay $20) and wear a high-visibility vest or bright shirt on the tipping floor. Trucks that look heavier than 17,000 pounds need their registration at the scale. Lancaster County residents use LCSWMA's sites in Lancaster County instead.
Pennsylvania law keeps car batteries out of the trash (return them to a store that sells them, a wholesaler or a recycler), bans whole tires from landfills, and bans TVs, computers and monitors from the trash under the Covered Device Recycling Act. Landfills can't take truckloads of leaves, and every landfill and transfer station has to run a recycling drop-off.
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At the Susquehanna Resource Management Complex, Dauphin County household trash is $113.49 a ton and City of Harrisburg trash is $251.33 a ton, each with a $40 minimum. Single items under 200 pounds are $15.
Why is the Harrisburg city rate higher?
LCSWMA posts a separate, higher rate for household trash from the City of Harrisburg: $251.33 a ton with the $40 minimum covering only 300 pounds, against $113.49 and 700 pounds for the rest of Dauphin County.
What are the hours of the Harrisburg incinerator drop-off?
Monday through Friday 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 7 to 11 a.m., at 1670 S. 19th St.
