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A tip fee is what a landfill or transfer station charges to take a ton. It is one input to a hauling price. It is not the hauling price, and a national average is not what a given site will pay.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee; only a written Detritus quote is binding.
Updated October 26, 2026. Every row has its own checked date.
The landfill posts a gate rate per ton. The hauler pays that rate, or a contracted rate, on the scale ticket. The customer then sees disposal in one of three places, and the three published city sheets already on the commercial dumpster cost guide do not use the same place.
Highland Park, Illinois, 2026. Vancouver, Washington, 2026. Oakland, California, 2026–27. These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee; only a written Detritus quote is binding.
State law can add a separate per-ton fee that the landfill collects and remits. That fee is not the gate rate. Wisconsin’s statutory total and Ohio’s disposal fee, in the state table, are that kind of number. Delaware’s posted user fee is the other kind: a price the statewide authority charges at named facilities. Read the “what it is” column before you compare two rows.
Distance, labor, fuel, and a franchise fee are not the tip fee. A lower gate rate with a longer haul is not a lower bill. The Producer Price Index for solid waste collection describes the direction of collection prices. It is not a tip fee. Those index readings are on waste and recycling statistics.
Front-load service usually folds disposal into a monthly rate, or states a weight limit. A roll-off usually shows the tons on the haul. How those two services are billed is on front-load vs roll-off. Who holds the contract is on waste broker vs hauler.
The Environmental Research & Education Foundation posted a summary of its 2023 analysis of MSW landfill tipping fees on May 31, 2024. The study uses tipping-fee data from 342 facilities. EREF reports these regional average tip fees for 2023. The summary does not say whether each regional figure is the unweighted average or the ton-weighted average. The same page is cited, with the same dollars, on the commercial dumpster cost guide.
| EREF region | Average tip fee | Year | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast | $84.44 per ton | 2023 | October 26, 2026 |
| Pacific | $62.28 per ton | 2023 | October 26, 2026 |
| Midwest | $57.24 per ton | 2023 | October 26, 2026 |
| Mountains/Plains | $49.86 per ton | 2023 | October 26, 2026 |
| South Central | $45.25 per ton | 2023 | October 26, 2026 |
| Southeast | $43.18 per ton | 2023 | October 26, 2026 |
EREF, “Analyzing Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Tipping Fees,” May 31, 2024, summarizing Analysis of MSW Landfill Tipping Fees – 2023. The same page reports an unweighted national average of $56.80 per ton for 2023, down from $58.47 in 2022, and a ton-weighted average of $57.63, down from $57.73 in 2022. A national average is not a gate rate. These regional averages are not a container price, and they are not what a given site will pay. EREF’s 2025 analysis product page, read October 26, 2026 for the cost guide, says that later report looks at regional differences. It does not print the regional dollars, so this page does not invent 2025 regional figures. The paid per-landfill list is not republished.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee; only a written Detritus quote is binding.
A row is here only when a state agency, a state code, or a statewide public authority posts the figure. A city landfill gate rate is not a state average, so it is not in this table. The city examples above are labeled with city, state, and year, and they stay on the cost guide. Blank states are blank on purpose. The next quarterly check adds a row when a public statewide figure turns up. It does not fill the gap with a county rate.
| State | Figure | What it is | Period | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | $80.00 per ton | User fee before rebate. Delaware Solid Waste Authority posted solid-waste user fee at Cherry Island Landfill, Sandtown Landfill, Jones Crossroads Landfill, and the named transfer stations. The schedule says this is the rate for non-DDF customers and the initial rate before any Discount Disposal Fee rebate. It is not every private gate in the state, and it is not a state average of private gates. | FY2026, July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 | October 26, 2026. DSWA FY2026 user fee schedule |
| Rhode Island | $63.00 per ton | Municipal cap rate, not the commercial gate rate. Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation municipal disposal fee for municipal solid waste within a municipality’s annual cap. This page does not print a commercial gate rate, because the fee schedule reviewed did not state a single commercial MSW rate in text this page could quote. | FY2026 and FY2027. The municipal contract says the board adopted the pricing rule on November 21, 2024. | October 26, 2026. RIRRC municipal contract, FY2026–27 |
| Wisconsin | $13.097 per ton | State fee, not the gate rate. Total state tipping fees on municipal solid waste, category 1 on the DNR chart. The chart’s largest pieces are a $7.00 recycling fee and a $5.70 environmental repair fee. The rest of the total is on the chart. | Effective January 1, 2026 | October 26, 2026. DNR environmental fee summary. DNR tip-fee page |
| Ohio, solid waste | $4.75 per ton | State fee, not the gate rate. State solid waste disposal fee collected at the first transfer facility or landfill and remitted to Ohio EPA. The fee schedule’s distribution of that $4.75 is effective September 30, 2025. | Fee schedule checked October 26, 2026. Distribution effective September 30, 2025. | October 26, 2026. Ohio EPA fee schedule, citing Ohio Revised Code 3734.57(A). Ohio EPA FAQ |
| Ohio, construction and demolition debris | $1.60 per ton, or $0.80 per cubic yard | State fee, not the gate rate. State C&DD disposal fee. It is not the $4.75 solid-waste fee. | Same Ohio EPA fee schedule | October 26, 2026. Same fee schedule, citing Ohio Revised Code 3714.07, 3714.071, and 3714.073. |
| Pennsylvania | $2.00 per ton recycling fee. $4.00 per ton disposal fee. $0.25 per ton environmental stewardship fee. | State fees, not the gate rate. Three state fees that municipal waste landfills and resource recovery facilities report quarterly. The host municipality benefit fee is a separate report. This page does not price it. The three listed fees add to $6.25 per ton. The department lists them as separate fees, not as one posted gate rate. | DEP fee list checked October 26, 2026. Acts cited on that page: Act 101 of 1988, Act 90 of 2002, Act 68 of 1999. | October 26, 2026. Pennsylvania DEP, quarterly municipal waste fees |
| Iowa | Base tonnage fee $4.25 per ton. Amount collected is $4.75, $3.65, or $3.25 per ton, depending on the planning area’s diversion level. | State fee, not the gate rate. State tonnage fee under Iowa Administrative Code 567—101.14. Below 25 percent diversion, collect $4.75. At or above 25 percent and below 50 percent, collect $3.65. At or above 50 percent, collect $3.25. The rule also names a statewide goal progress average of 36 percent. That 36 percent was determined July 1, 1999. It is not a current statewide recycling rate, and this page does not assign a planning area to a tier. | Compilation dated April 15, 2026. The rule text header says IAC 2/5/25. | October 26, 2026. Iowa Administrative Code 567—101.14 |
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee; only a written Detritus quote is binding. A Wisconsin landfill does not charge $13.097 and stop. That row is the state fee. A Delaware facility posting $80.00 is a user fee, and a contract rebate can change what that customer pays.
The URL stays /landfill-tipping-fees. The refresh unit is the row, not the page.
EREF’s annual report is the rewrite. The state rows are the quarterly check. Generation statistics that explain why the tons exist are on waste and recycling statistics.
Send the address, the container, and how often it has to be hauled. The tip fee is one line in that price. The rows on this page are dated public examples. They are not what a given site will pay. These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee; only a written Detritus quote is binding.
A tipping fee, or tip fee, is the charge to dispose of a ton of waste at a landfill or transfer station. It is not the whole hauling bill. The hauler still prices the truck, the miles, labor, and the other lines on the invoice. State statutes also add per-ton fees that are not the gate rate.
There is no national price a site will pay. EREF's May 31, 2024 summary of its 2023 analysis, from 342 facilities, reports an unweighted national average of $56.80 per ton and a ton-weighted average of $57.63 per ton. Regional averages on that page run from $43.18 per ton in the Southeast to $84.44 per ton in the Northeast. A national average is not a gate rate. The state rows on this page are either a posted public-authority price or a state fee that sits on top of the gate rate. Each row names which. These figures are dated public examples. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee; only a written Detritus quote is binding.
Disposal cost is local. EREF's 2023 regional averages run from $43.18 per ton in the Southeast to $84.44 per ton in the Northeast, a difference of $41.26 per ton. State law then adds its own per-ton fees, and those fees are not the same statute. A posted rate at a statewide authority, such as Delaware's Solid Waste Authority, is a different kind of number from Wisconsin's statutory fee total. Haul distance and what the city puts inside the container rate change the bill again.
Three published city sheets do it three ways. Vancouver, Washington's 2026 summary says the non-compacted container rate includes disposal within weight limits. Highland Park, Illinois, effective April 1, 2026, prices a roll-off per haul with a tonnage limit, then $54.89 per ton over that limit. Oakland, California, for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, adds $52.72 per ton of disposal on the actual weight of a roll-off pull. The same tip fee does not produce the same invoice line. These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee; only a written Detritus quote is binding.
No. This page does not use Detritus quotes or invoices. The figures are public examples with a source and a year. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee; only a written Detritus quote is binding.
Actual pricing depends on location, hauler, container or unit type, service frequency, weight, fees, and timing. Only a written Detritus quote is binding. Prices in the public sources on this page may have changed since they were published. See the terms of use. This page does not use Detritus quote or invoice data. The examples show published disposal figures. They are not what a given site will pay, and they are not a national price.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee; only a written Detritus quote is binding.