The dump in Salt Lake County, and what a trip takes
Salt Lake County has two landfills and a transfer station. Here is where they are, what they take, and everything a dump run asks of you.
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Hours and fees change, so they aren't listed here. Each site's own page has the current numbers, linked below. If the trip sounds like more work than the pile is worth, Jeremy loads and hauls it for one price from a photo.
Where the dump is
The Salt Lake Valley Landfill is at 6030 West California Avenue (1300 South) in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake County runs it.
The Trans-Jordan Landfill is in South Jordan. Its member cities are Draper, Herriman, Midvale, Murray, Riverton, Sandy, South Jordan and West Jordan.
Trans-Jordan also runs the Sandy Transfer Station at 8813 South 700 West, in the middle of the valley.
Paint, chemicals and other household hazardous waste don't go on the tipping floor. They go to the county's collection center at 8805 South 700 West in Sandy, next door to the transfer station.
What a dump run takes, start to finish
None of these steps is hard on its own. Together they eat a Saturday.
- A truck or trailer big enough for the load. Then getting the couch, the dresser or the fridge out of the house and up into it, by hand.
- A cover over the whole load, the entire way there. Utah law requires it, and Trans-Jordan charges double for a load that isn't fully tarped and secured.
- A stop at the scales on the way in. The county landfill wants an empty weight on record, or a second trip across the scale to get one.
- Paying at the county landfill without an account means leaving a government ID with a Salt Lake County address, or the vehicle registration, at the scale until you finish. Trans-Jordan takes no cash at all, only a card or an account.
- Unloading it all again, by hand. Tires go to their own pile in the county's citizens unloading area, and a tire dumped at the tipping face has to be picked back up.
- The drive home, sweeping out the truck bed, and folding up the tarp. For a full garage, add a second load.
What each site takes and turns away
- Mattresses and box springs: the county landfill takes them from households, and so does Trans-Jordan.
- Tires: up to 12 per load at the county landfill, and 4 per customer per day at Trans-Jordan, at an added fee.
- Fridges, freezers and AC units: the county landfill accepts freon items.
- Yard waste: trees, bushes, grass and leaves are accepted at the county landfill.
- Turned away at the county landfill: solar panels and battery systems.
- Turned away at the Sandy Transfer Station: asbestos, dead animals, liquid and septic loads, unopened drums, firearms and explosives, and registered vehicle parts.
- Household hazardous waste: anything poisonous, flammable, corrosive or toxic goes to the county's hazardous waste program, not the regular dump.
If your district gave you a landfill voucher
Homes in the Wasatch Front Waste & Recycling District, which covers Millcreek, Holladay and Cottonwood Heights, can get a landfill fee waiver voucher. It works for a car, SUV, pickup up to 1-ton or a hand-unloaded trailer, and it doesn't cover mattresses, tires or anything with freon.
The voucher saves the fee. The loading, the tarp, the drive and the unloading are still yours.
Or skip the trip and text Jeremy a photo
Jeremy does the whole run. He carries the pile out of the house, the garage or the backyard, loads it, covers it, drives it and unloads it. You don't need a truck, a tarp, a card at the scale or a free Saturday.
Text a photo to (801) 557-1063 and he sends one price for the whole job before anything is loaded. Jobs start at $100. A mattress or box spring adds $40, a fridge or freezer $25, and a flight of stairs $25. How the price is set.
Usable furniture goes to a donation center first, and metal, appliances and cardboard go to a recycler. Only the real trash goes to the transfer station.
He doesn't take hot tubs, rock, gravel, bricks or dirt, or hazardous waste. For those, the sites above are the right stop. Everything else he takes is on this list.
To skip the dump run, send the details on the contact page or start from the Salt City Junk Haulers home page.
One text and it's handled.
Jeremy reads his own messages and gets right back to you. Text a photo, or send the same details through the form.
Text a photo
Snap the pile, the couch, the garage, whatever needs to go. Send it to (801) 557-1063.
Get a price back
A real number for the whole job, not an estimate that changes once it's loaded.
Jeremy shows up
He does the carrying. It doesn't have to be at the curb, but if the pile can wait there or in the driveway, it's quicker and cheaper. The truck leaves full and the space is yours.
Real reviews, copied from Google.
Three of the 30, with a link to the rest.
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“Highly recommend their service! Very professional and efficient. They were also very kind, and even helped me with a few things they didn’t have to, which was so appreciated. Well worth the cost. If I could give more stars, I would! Thank you, Salt City Junk Haulers!”
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Questions people ask.
Where is the dump in Salt Lake County?
Do I have to tarp my load to go to the dump?
Can I take a mattress to the dump in Salt Lake County?
Does the dump take cash?
Is there an easier way than a dump run?
“You text me a picture. I send you a price. Then I show up and load it. That's the whole process.”
Pick the closest match.
Based in Midvale. Running Salt Lake City and the whole valley.
Not on the list? Text the address with the photo. If it is in the valley, it is probably a yes.
