Wisconsin Landfills & Dumps
Where to dump in Wisconsin — with the real hours, fees and residency rules from each county's and city's own pages. 22 sites so far: county landfills, city drop-off centers, transfer stations and household hazardous waste sites in the areas we've written up.
Wisconsin counties and cities
How disposal works in Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, it depends on where you live. Cities like Milwaukee, Madison and Waukesha run their own drop-off centers for residents (Milwaukee takes a carload under a cubic yard free), while most counties run a county landfill that weighs your load and charges by the ton: $58 a ton in Outagamie County, $59 in Winnebago County, $60.10 in Dane County and $78 to $82 up north.
Bring a driver's license: nearly every city drop-off is for residents only, and some county landfills are too. State law requires keeping yard waste, appliances, tires, car batteries and oil out of your garbage, so expect separate piles and separate fees for those.
We're writing Wisconsin up county by county — 10 areas are live, with more on the way, and our guide to what it costs to dump in Wisconsin puts their rates side by side. The state licenses landfills but not the local drop-off sites residents use, so the finder shows the sites in the areas we've covered.