The Belle Fourche Sanitary Landfill is on North 8th Avenue, run by the city. It's open Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Mountain time), and closed Sundays and six major holidays.
Garbage is $68 a ton with a $6.59 minimum. Yard waste is free, and so is a pickup load of trees or brush for Belle Fourche residents.
City of Belle Fourche
211 N. 8th Ave., Belle Fourche, SD 57717 Directions
| Mon–Sat | 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
| Sunday | Closed |
Accepts: Household garbage, yard waste, trees and brush, rubble, metal and appliances, tires, mattresses; contaminated soil and asbestos by arrangement.
Won't take: Hazardous waste (illegal dumping is prosecuted).
| Load or item | Fee (minimum) |
|---|---|
| Household garbage | $68 a ton ($6.59) |
| Rubble: clean concrete, asphalt, brick | $30.50 a ton ($6.59) |
| Metal and appliances without refrigerant | $16 a ton ($6.59) |
| Refrigerator, freezer or A/C unit | $50 each |
| Mattress | $10 each |
| Tire under 17 inches / over 17 inches | $8 / $13 each |
| 5 or more tires | $250 a ton |
| Yard waste (grass, leaves, garden refuse) | Free |
| Trees and brush, Belle Fourche residents (pickup load) | Free |
| Trees and brush, commercial | $27.50 a ton ($6.59) |
| Unsecured or uncovered load | $15 extra |
From the city's posted tipping fees. Each material is weighed separately, so sort your load before you arrive.
Every South Dakota rate we've verified is side by side in our guide to what it costs to dump in South Dakota.
All loads must be secured, sorted and covered; a load is secured when nothing can slide, shift, fall or blow out. Stop at the gate on the way in and out, even with a free load, and bring a water bill or driver's license to prove residency for free brush. The landfill is closed on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The speed limit on site is 10 mph.
South Dakota has banned whole tires from its landfills since July 1995 (SDCL 34A-6-64): a tire has to be shredded or quartered first, which is why landfills charge for tires one by one. Stores that sell car batteries must take a used one back for each one they sell (SDCL 34A-6-91). State rules don't ban appliances or electronics outright, so each landfill sets its own rules for them.
Most smaller South Dakota towns run a restricted-use (rubble) site instead of a landfill. Rubble sites take brush, trees, concrete, shingles and other demolition debris, but no household garbage; the finder above shows the ones the state lists near you. Call the town office before you go, since many are for residents only.
Enter your city or ZIP for the nearest sites across South Dakota, then call ahead — hours and access rules vary a lot here.