If you need to dump junk, debris, or bulky items in Lufkin, the main public site is the Angelina County Waste Management Center (the county landfill) on FM 58, five miles south of Loop 287. The County publishes its rates, so you can know the price before you go: its 2026 rate sheet shows $8.00 a cubic yard for county residents, and KTRE reported an increase to $8.80 from October 1, 2026, so plan on $8.80. Here are the hours, the fees, and the day-of-week rules that trip people up (mattresses, for one, are only taken on certain mornings).
Disposal sites in Lufkin
Angelina County Landfill (Waste Management Center)
County Landfill
Angelina County
7521 FM 58 South, Lufkin, TX 75901 (5 miles south of Loop 287) Directions ↗
Won't take: Hazardous waste, Liquids, Used tires, TVs, Computers & monitors, Batteries, Asbestos, Empty paint or oil containers
Gates close 10 minutes before closing time, and your load has to be off the landfill by closing. Mattresses and box springs are only accepted Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings before 10:00 a.m. Tearing down a house? Call the landfill for approval before you bring the debris.
Lufkin Special Collections — unlimited small pickups, one free big one
Lufkin's program is structured differently from almost every other city we cover, and if you understand the structure it is one of the best deals in East Texas. Most cities limit you by how many times a year you can call. Lufkin limits you by the size of the load.
City of Lufkin residents get unlimited small pickup orders — a "small" order is defined as a load that will fit in a truck bed. There is no annual cap on those. Then, separately, you get one free large pickup per year, and every additional large pickup is $55.
The practical takeaway: if your job can be broken into truck-bed-sized piles and you're not in a hurry, you can work through a whole garage or a yard cleanout across several small orders without paying anything or spending your one free large pickup.
Special Collections covers a genuinely wide list:
Limbs, brush and large yard debris
Junk items
Appliances
Furniture
Extra trash and bagged yard waste
Collections run Monday through Friday. You request one by filling out an online work order, or call Solid Waste at (936) 633-0281 if the form gives you trouble.
Now the catch, and it matters if you have a deadline: allow up to ten business days for collection once the work order is in. Ten business days is two full weeks. If you're closing on a house, ending a lease or clearing a rental between tenants, this program will not move fast enough — that's a haul-it-yourself or a junk-removal job.
And it's City of Lufkin residents only. If you're elsewhere in Angelina County, the City's Special Collections aren't yours; county residents use the county's own waste arrangements instead.
Usually yes. Most Texas landfills charge by weight (a per-ton gate rate) or by the load, and many cities give residents a discount or a set number of free drop-offs if you can show a current utility bill. Small transfer and collection stations sometimes take household trash for free. Exact fees are listed per facility above.
What's the difference between a landfill and a dump?
In everyday use people say "the dump," but a modern landfill is an engineered, permitted site with liners and monitoring. A transfer station is a smaller site where waste is collected and hauled to a landfill. Both take household junk; a transfer or collection station is often closer and quicker for small loads.
What's the cheapest way to get rid of junk for free?
Check whether your city offers free bulk-trash pickup on a set week, use county household-hazardous-waste and cleanup events, and give away usable items. For a landfill drop-off, bring proof of residency to get resident rates. If it's more than you can move yourself, a junk-removal quote is often cheaper than multiple trips plus gate fees.
How do I get rid of large or heavy items?
Bulky items — furniture, appliances, mattresses, construction debris — either go to the landfill (often for an extra per-item fee) or get hauled by a junk-removal service. If you'd rather not rent a truck and pay gate fees, check an upfront junk-removal price.
