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Amherst County Landfill
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Key factsVerified 2026-10-22
- Hours
- Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:00pm; Sat 8:00am-12:00pm; closed Sundays and holidays.
- Fees
- Residents: 2,000 lb of household waste free per calendar month, then $55.50/ton; yard waste free; 12 free tires per year, then $275/ton. Commercial waste $44/ton; commercial yard waste $34/ton. (Fees effective Oct 1, 2023.)
- Accepts
- Not checked yet
- Phone
- Not checked yet
- Address
- 715 Kentmoor Farm Road, Madison Heights, VA 24572
Checked against the operator's official site on 2026-10-22: source 1, source 2, source 3
Is this info wrong or out of date?
What this site accepts
Mentioned as accepted: Tires, 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
- Amherst County
- Website
- https://www.countyofamherst.com/department/division.php?structureid=149
- Operator
- Amherst County Department of Solid Waste, VA
- Owner
- Amherst County Department of Solid Waste, VA
- Ownership
- Public
- Year opened
- 1995
- Annual waste accepted
- 39,554 tons/yr
Location source: EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) database, Landfill ID 10087
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.