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Ridgecrest-Inyokern SLF

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Key factsVerified 2026-10-22
Hours
Daily (Sun-Sat) 8:00am-4:00pm. Closed New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, July 4, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Fees
Gate fees effective July 1, 2026 (Kern County Ordinance G-9381): ordinary residential waste (household trash, appliances, furniture incl. mattresses, green waste, e-waste) no charge. Commercial ordinary trash: $14.35/car, $32.28/pickup, $40.65/pickup loaded above cab, $69.35/ton other vehicles. Construction & demolition $95.66/ton; clean dirt $5.98/ton; clean inerts $17.94/ton. Tires: $3.59 light duty, $17.94 heavy duty, $23.91 oversize, $298.93/ton bulk/earthmover. Treated wood $17.94/railroad tie or $179.36/ton. Travel trailers $597.85 each. Untarped loads: $20 or 2x gate fee. Out-of-county waste $107.61/ton.
Accepts
Household trash, appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, water heaters), furniture and mattresses, electronics, green waste, construction/demolition, tires, treated wood, dead animals, used motor oil, residential batteries and paint. Not accepted: hazardous waste, hot ashes, liquids, firearms/explosives, waste from outside Kern County.
Rules
Payment: cash, check, Visa, Mastercard or gate fee account. Loads must be tarped/secured.
Phone
(661) 862-8900
Address
3301 Bowman Road, Ridgecrest, CA 93555
Call (661) 862-8900DirectionsOfficial website

Checked against the operator's official site on 2026-10-22: source 1, source 2, source 3

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What this site accepts

Mentioned as accepted: Mattresses, Tires, Appliances (fridges, freezers, AC units), Paint, Electronics and TVs, Concrete and construction debris, Yard waste and brush, Furniture and couches.

Based on the posted rules quoted above. Items not named here may still be accepted; call to confirm.

What will my load cost here?

Weight assumptions
  • Household trash, loose: 275 lb per cubic yard (EPA lists 250–300 for uncompacted mixed residential waste).
  • Yard waste, loose: 250 lb per cubic yard (EPA: mixed yard waste, uncompacted).
  • Construction debris, mixed: 484 lb per cubic yard (EPA: C&D bulk).
  • Concrete, broken: 860 lb per cubic yard (EPA 2016 table; older EPA tables list loose scrap concrete as heavy as 1,855, so real loads may weigh much more).
  • Volumes are geometry, not data: a full-size pickup bed filled level with the sides is about 2 cubic yards (roughly 6.5 ft × 5 ft × 1.7 ft); a 6×10 ft utility trailer filled 2 ft deep is about 4.4 cubic yards; a 33-gallon trash bag is about 0.16 cubic yards.

Weight factors: U.S. EPA, Volume-to-Weight Conversion Factors (April 2016). Real loads vary a lot; the scale at the gate decides.

Facility details

Type
Landfill
Status
Open
County
Kern County
Website
https://www.kernpublicworks.com/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/252/36513
Operator
Kern County, CA
Owner
Kern County, CA
Ownership
Public
Year opened
1969
Annual waste accepted
58,615 tons/yr

Location source: EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) database, Landfill ID 260
Hours, fees and accepted items verified 2026-10-22 from the operator's official website: [1], [2], [3]. Know the hours or fees, or see a mistake? Send a correction.

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