{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "State Landfill Disposal Fee Index",
    "edition": "1.0",
    "publisher": "Dumpster Rental Clarksville Research",
    "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
    "jurisdictions_included": 14,
    "jurisdictions_not_included": "36 states and the District of Columbia",
    "measurement_note": "The dataset records state statutory fee structures in their native units. It does not treat statutory charges as landfill gate rates and does not convert percentage or cubic-yard structures into estimated per-ton amounts.",
    "verification_legend": {
      "★": "Read directly against a current state code, issuing-agency page, or official fee schedule."
    }
  },
  "records": [
    {
      "state": "Wisconsin",
      "postal_code": "WI",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "Stacked per-ton MSW landfill fees",
      "headline_fee_label": "$13.097 per ton for Category 1 municipal solid waste",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 13.097,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 13.097,
      "fee_components": "$7.00 recycling; $5.70 environmental repair; $0.25 licensing surcharge; $0.10 groundwater; $0.04 well compensation; $0.007 siting board",
      "effective_date": "2026-01-01",
      "statutory_citation": "Wis. Stat. §§ 289.61–289.67; Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 520",
      "issuing_office": "Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources",
      "revenue_purpose": "Recycling, environmental repair, groundwater, well compensation, siting, and licensing accounts",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "Applies to Category 1 MSW. Wisconsin DNR shows the same $13.097 total for Category 25 C&D waste. Other waste categories can have different totals or exemptions.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/sites/default/files/topic/Landfills/EnvironmentalFeeSummary.pdf"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "West Virginia",
      "postal_code": "WV",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "Four verified statewide per-ton charges",
      "headline_fee_label": "$8.25 gross statutory stack before the closure set-aside deduction",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 8.25,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 8.25,
      "fee_components": "$1.75 base assessment; $1.00 additional assessment; $2.50 closure assistance assessment; $2.00 recycling assessment; $1.00 interim assessment",
      "effective_date": "2025-07-01 for the current $1.00 additional assessment and $2.50 closure assessment",
      "statutory_citation": "W. Va. Code §§ 22-15-11, 22-16-4, 22-15A-19, and 22C-4-30",
      "issuing_office": "West Virginia Tax Commissioner and statutory recipient programs",
      "revenue_purpose": "Solid-waste authorities, landfill closure assistance, recycling, enforcement, and related state programs",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "The four verified charges sum to $8.25 per ton. A facility may deduct from the $2.50 closure assessment an amount, up to that fee, that the Public Service Commission requires it to set aside for closure. Statutory exemptions also apply.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/22-15-11/",
        "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/22-16-4/",
        "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/22-15A-19/",
        "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/22C-4-30/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "Pennsylvania",
      "postal_code": "PA",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "State fees plus host and site-specific landfill payments",
      "headline_fee_label": "$7.50 ordinary baseline statutory landfill stack",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 7.5,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 7.5,
      "fee_components": "$2.00 recycling; $4.00 disposal; $0.25 environmental stewardship; $1.00 host municipality benefit; $0.25 site-specific postclosure trust",
      "effective_date": "Current statutes and agency fee page checked 2026-07-23",
      "statutory_citation": "Act 101 of 1988 §§ 701, 1108, and 1301; Act 90 of 2002; Act 68 of 1999",
      "issuing_office": "Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; host municipality; county-administered postclosure trust",
      "revenue_purpose": "Recycling, disposal and environmental programs, host-community benefits, and site-specific postclosure",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "The $7.50 baseline combines DEP's $6.25-per-ton state fee stack with the $1.00 host fee and $0.25 postclosure trust payment. Preexisting host payments can be credited; a written agreement can set a higher host benefit; and municipal-owner exceptions apply.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.pa.gov/services/dep/report-quarterly-municipal-waste-management-fees",
        "https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1988/0/0101..HTM"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "Minnesota",
      "postal_code": "MN",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "Regional landfill fees plus service taxes and cubic-yard taxes",
      "headline_fee_label": "$6.66 per ton at weighed metropolitan MSW landfills; other Minnesota structures use cubic yards or service-price percentages",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": null,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": null,
      "fee_components": "$6.66/ton or $2/cubic yard metropolitan landfill fee; $2/equivalent cubic yard Greater Minnesota cleanup fee; 9.75% residential mixed-MSW service tax; 17% commercial mixed-MSW service tax; $0.60/noncompacted cubic yard nonmixed waste tax",
      "effective_date": "Current Minnesota Statutes checked 2026-07-23",
      "statutory_citation": "Minn. Stat. §§ 473.843, 115A.923, 297H.02, 297H.03, and 297H.04",
      "issuing_office": "Minnesota Department of Revenue and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency",
      "revenue_purpose": "Metropolitan landfill abatement and contingency, Greater Minnesota cleanup, environmental fund, and general fund purposes",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "Minnesota cannot be reduced to one statewide per-ton number. The $6.66 figure applies to weighed mixed-MSW disposal facilities in the metropolitan area; other provisions use cubic yards or a percentage of the waste-service price.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/473.843",
        "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/115A.923",
        "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/297H.02",
        "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/297H.03",
        "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/297H.04"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "New Jersey",
      "postal_code": "NJ",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "Recycling tax plus sanitary-landfill taxes",
      "headline_fee_label": "$5.10 per ton for covered solid waste accepted at a New Jersey sanitary landfill",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 5.1,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 5.1,
      "fee_components": "$3.00 recycling tax; $1.60 solid waste services tax; $0.50 landfill closure and contingency tax",
      "effective_date": "Current New Jersey Division of Taxation pages checked 2026-07-23",
      "statutory_citation": "N.J.S.A. 13:1E-96.5 and New Jersey sanitary-landfill tax provisions",
      "issuing_office": "New Jersey Division of Taxation",
      "revenue_purpose": "Recycling programs, solid-waste services, and landfill closure and contingency",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "The $5.10 stack applies when the $3.00 Recycling Tax and the two sanitary-landfill taxes apply to the same covered ton. The Recycling Tax page lists covered waste types and exemptions.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/recycling.shtml",
        "https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/landfill.shtml"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "Ohio",
      "postal_code": "OH",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "State MSW disposal fee; separate C&D fee; district and local layers",
      "headline_fee_label": "$4.75 per ton state MSW fee; $1.60 per ton separate C&D state fee",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 4.75,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 4.75,
      "fee_components": "$4.75/ton state solid-waste disposal and environmental-protection fee; separate $1.60/ton C&D fee; district and local fees may be added",
      "effective_date": "Current Ohio law checked 2026-07-23",
      "statutory_citation": "Ohio Rev. Code §§ 3734.57, 3714.07, and 3714.073",
      "issuing_office": "Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and local solid-waste management districts",
      "revenue_purpose": "State waste, recycling, litter-prevention, soil-and-water, health-district, and local solid-waste purposes",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "The $4.75 headline figure is the state MSW fee. Ohio law separately imposes $1.60 per ton on C&D debris. Solid-waste management districts and local governments can add other authorized amounts.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3734.57",
        "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3714.07",
        "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3714.073"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "Iowa",
      "postal_code": "IA",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "Base tonnage fee with reduced EMS rate",
      "headline_fee_label": "$4.25 per ton base; $3.65 per ton for designated environmental-management-system areas",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 3.65,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 4.25,
      "fee_components": "$4.25/ton base tonnage fee; $3.65/ton reduced fee for qualifying EMS planning or service areas",
      "effective_date": "Iowa Code 2026",
      "statutory_citation": "Iowa Code §§ 455B.310 and 455J.5",
      "issuing_office": "Iowa Department of Natural Resources",
      "revenue_purpose": "Solid-waste, groundwater, and environmental-management-system purposes specified by Iowa law",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "The applicable headline amount depends on whether the solid-waste planning or service area has an environmental management system designation.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/455B.310.pdf",
        "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/455J.5.pdf"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "North Carolina",
      "postal_code": "NC",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "Solid-waste disposal tax",
      "headline_fee_label": "$2.00 per ton",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 2.0,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 2.0,
      "fee_components": "$2.00/ton on qualifying MSW and C&D disposed in-state or transferred for out-of-state disposal",
      "effective_date": "Current NCDOR page checked 2026-07-23",
      "statutory_citation": "N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, art. 9; Form E-500K",
      "issuing_office": "North Carolina Department of Revenue",
      "revenue_purpose": "Hazardous-site cleanup and solid-waste programs",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "Applies to municipal solid waste and construction and demolition debris received from third parties or disposed by qualifying facility owners or operators.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/other-taxes-and-fees/solid-waste-disposal-tax"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "California",
      "postal_code": "CA",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "Integrated Waste Management Account disposal fee",
      "headline_fee_label": "$1.40 per ton maximum state fee",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 1.4,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 1.4,
      "fee_components": "$1.40/ton Integrated Waste Management Account disposal tipping fee",
      "effective_date": "2001-07-01",
      "statutory_citation": "AB 1220 (1993); CalRecycle fee guidance",
      "issuing_office": "California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery",
      "revenue_purpose": "CalRecycle and related diversion-program purposes",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "CalRecycle states that $1.40 per ton is the current maximum state disposal tipping fee and that state law caps it at that level.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://calrecycle.ca.gov/lgcentral/funding/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "Texas",
      "postal_code": "TX",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "Weight- or volume-based MSW disposal fee",
      "headline_fee_label": "$0.94 per ton, $0.30 per compacted cubic yard, or $0.19 per uncompacted cubic yard",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 0.94,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 0.94,
      "fee_components": "$0.94/ton at landfills; $0.30/compacted cubic yard; $0.19/uncompacted cubic yard",
      "effective_date": "2013-06-01",
      "statutory_citation": "Texas Health and Safety Code ch. 361; 30 TAC §§ 330.673 and 326.87; TCEQ RG-289",
      "issuing_office": "Texas Commission on Environmental Quality",
      "revenue_purpose": "Programs regulating nonhazardous municipal solid-waste management",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "The unit depends on how the landfill measures incoming waste. Processors for disposal pay lower rates than landfills under the cited schedule.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/agency/financial/fees/rg-289-municipal-solid-waste-quarterly-report-requirements-and-disposal-fee.pdf"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "Tennessee",
      "postal_code": "TN",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "State MSW surcharge within a multi-layer local fee system",
      "headline_fee_label": "$0.90 per ton state surcharge",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 0.9,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 0.9,
      "fee_components": "$0.90/ton at Class I disposal facilities and incinerators; operator may retain 1% for timely reporting; local tipping, host, general, and disposal fees may also apply",
      "effective_date": "Current Tennessee code checked 2026-07-23",
      "statutory_citation": "Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-211-835",
      "issuing_office": "Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and state treasury; local governments for authorized local layers",
      "revenue_purpose": "Tennessee Solid Waste Management Fund and authorized local solid-waste purposes",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "The $0.90 amount is the state surcharge, not a complete Tennessee gate rate. Tennessee law separately authorizes several local fee layers.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/tncode/",
        "https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/105/Chapter/PC0462.pdf"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "Arizona",
      "postal_code": "AZ",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "Weight- or volume-based solid-waste disposal fee",
      "headline_fee_label": "$0.58 per ton; $0.58 per 6 uncompacted cubic yards; $0.58 per 3 compacted cubic yards",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 0.58,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 0.58,
      "fee_components": "$0.58/ton solid waste; $0.58/6 uncompacted cubic yards; $0.58/3 compacted cubic yards; $0.29/ton dry or dewatered recycling residue",
      "effective_date": "2026-07-01 schedule",
      "statutory_citation": "Arizona solid-waste fee schedule",
      "issuing_office": "Arizona Department of Environmental Quality",
      "revenue_purpose": "Arizona solid-waste regulatory program",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "ADEQ publishes different units for weighed, compacted-volume, and uncompacted-volume waste. Special-waste charges are separate.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://azdeq.gov/solidwaste-fees"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "Indiana",
      "postal_code": "IN",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "Facility-type-dependent disposal fee",
      "headline_fee_label": "$0.50–$0.60 per ton depending on facility type",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 0.5,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 0.6,
      "fee_components": "$0.50–$0.60/ton for solid-waste disposal facilities, depending on facility type",
      "effective_date": "Current IDEM page checked 2026-07-23",
      "statutory_citation": "Indiana Code 13-16 and related solid-waste fee provisions",
      "issuing_office": "Indiana Department of Environmental Management",
      "revenue_purpose": "IDEM solid-waste and recycling programs",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "IDEM publishes a range because the applicable rate depends on facility type. The fee is reported quarterly.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.in.gov/idem/waste/resources/fees/",
        "https://www.in.gov/idem/recycle/recycling-market-development-program/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "Michigan",
      "postal_code": "MI",
      "edition": "1.0",
      "fee_structure_type": "Noncaptive landfill surcharge with separate industrial and captive structures",
      "headline_fee_label": "$0.36 per ton for ordinary solid waste at a noncaptive landfill",
      "comparable_min_per_ton_usd": 0.36,
      "comparable_max_or_gross_per_ton_usd": 0.36,
      "fee_components": "$0.36/ton ordinary solid waste at a noncaptive landfill or coal-ash impoundment; $0.12/ton for specified dense industrial waste; captive facilities use annual brackets",
      "effective_date": "Current through the pre-2027 rate period in MCL 324.11525a",
      "statutory_citation": "MCL 324.11525a",
      "issuing_office": "Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy",
      "revenue_purpose": "Renew Michigan Fund and statutory solid-waste purposes",
      "scope_and_comparability_note": "The $0.36 figure is not universal to every Michigan waste stream or facility. The statute provides a lower per-ton rate for specified dense industrial waste and annual fees for captive facilities.",
      "verification_tier": "★ Direct primary-source verification",
      "date_verified": "2026-07-23",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-324-11525a"
      ]
    }
  ]
}