Charleston's public landfill is the City of Charleston Landfill on Landfill Road, off South Park Road. The city owns it and Waste Management runs it. It's open Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The landfill charges $40 a ton, and anything under 250 pounds is a flat $5.
City of Charleston (operated by Waste Management)
Landfill Rd. (off South Park Rd.), Charleston, WV Directions
| Mon–Fri | 6:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Sat & Sun | Closed |
City-owned, privately managed. West Virginia law requires a monthly free day for household trash; call for this landfill's schedule.
| Load | Price |
|---|---|
| Under 250 lbs | $5 |
| 250 lbs and up | $40 a ton |
From the City of Charleston's 311 answer on landfill hours and fees; the state Solid Waste Management Board's 2024 landfill table lists the same $40 total rate ($31.25 base plus assessments).
Every West Virginia rate we've verified is side by side in our guide to what it costs to dump in West Virginia.
Under state law, every West Virginia landfill must publish a yearly schedule with one day a month when residents can dump up to a pickup load of household trash free; call the landfill for its dates. Three Kanawha County towns, Chesapeake, Marmet and St. Albans, run transfer stations for their own residents only, with no fee to residents, according to the state's transfer station list.
West Virginia law bans car batteries, tires and yard waste from landfills, and requires every landfill to give residents a free day each month for one pickup load of household trash. TVs and computers can't be landfilled wherever the county solid waste authority has a cost-effective way to recycle them.
Enter your city or ZIP for the nearest sites across West Virginia, then call ahead — hours and access rules vary a lot here.