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New Hanover County Secure Landfill

LandfillOpenVerified New Hanover County, North Carolina

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Key factsVerified 2026-10-22
Hours
Mon-Fri 6:30am-5:00pm; Sat 6:30am-12:00pm. Must unload and leave by closing.
Fees
Effective July 1, 2026: household trash and C&D $61/ton; residential yard waste $30/ton; clean concrete $10/ton; clean shingles $30/ton; $5 minimum. Free: appliances, recycling, waste oil/antifreeze, up to 5 homeowner tires/day.
Accepts
Household trash, construction & demolition debris, yard waste, concrete, shingles, appliances, recycling, oil/antifreeze, tires.
Phone
Not checked yet
Address
5210 US Highway 421 North, Wilmington, NC 28401
DirectionsOfficial website

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

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What this site accepts

Mentioned as accepted: Tires, Appliances (fridges, freezers, AC units), Concrete and construction debris, Yard waste and brush.

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
New Hanover County
Website
https://recycling.nhcgov.com/364/Landfill
Operator
New Hanover County Department of Environmental Management, NC
Owner
New Hanover County Department of Environmental Management, NC
Ownership
Public
Year opened
1979
Annual waste accepted
498,229 tons/yr

Location source: EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) database, Landfill ID 1113
Hours, fees and accepted items verified 2026-10-22 from the operator's official website: [1], [2]. Know the hours or fees, or see a mistake? Send a correction.

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