Amarillo City Landfill: Hours, Fees and What They Take

The City of Amarillo Landfill on Bezner Drive is where most of this city's waste ends up, and it is the single most searched thing in Amarillo related to getting rid of anything. This page collects what you actually need before you drive out there: where it is, what it costs, what they will refuse at the gate, and what your options are for the material they turn away. If hauling it yourself stops making sense once you add up the fuel, the gate fee and the afternoon, our crew can take it instead.

The City of Amarillo Landfill is at 16250 Bezner Dr, Amarillo, TX 79124, out on the northwest side off Bezner Drive. City Solid Waste can be reached on 806-378-6813. It is a working landfill with a scale house at the entrance, not a transfer station, so you weigh in on arrival and weigh out on exit and pay on the difference.

Give yourself more time than the drive suggests. Queues build behind commercial trucks, and the tipping face moves as cells fill, so the route inside the site changes through the year.

Landfill hours and the per ton gate rate are set by the City of Amarillo and change from time to time, including on public holidays. Confirm both directly with City Solid Waste on 806-378-6813 before you load a trailer.

Current hours and per ton rate: to be confirmed against amarillo.gov before this page goes live.

Two things are worth knowing regardless of the exact number. First, there is normally a minimum charge, so a quarter full trailer costs close to what a half full one does, which makes a single consolidated trip much better value than three small ones. Second, the fee is by weight, not volume. A pickup of broken concrete costs several times what the same pickup full of furniture costs.

Certain material is barred at the gate. Turning up with it in the load means either sorting it out on the apron or driving home with it.

• Liquid paint, solvents and thinners
• Motor oil, fuel, antifreeze and other automotive fluids
• Batteries, both automotive and household
• Pesticides, herbicides and pool chemicals
• Asbestos containing material without a proper manifest
• Medical and biohazard waste including sharps
• Appliances with refrigerant that has not been recovered
• Bulk quantities of scrap tires

Most of that list has a free or cheap route somewhere else in Amarillo. Paint can be dried out and disposed of as ordinary waste. Auto parts stores take used oil back. Tires go back to the shop that sold them. Our hazardous waste guide covers each one.

• Tarp the load. An untarped load can be refused and is an offense on the highway either way.
• Take cash or card, and check which. Payment methods at the scale house are set by the city, not by us.
• Bring gloves and a second person. You unload your own trailer at the face, in the wind, on uneven ground.
• Consolidate. One full trip beats three part trips because of the minimum charge.
• Separate metal out first. A scrap yard pays for it. The landfill charges you for it.

Doing it yourself is the right call for a small, light, clean load and a free Saturday. It stops being the right call faster than people expect. Add the fuel, the trailer rental if you do not own one, the gate fee, two to four hours, and the risk of being turned away with a mixed load, and a single item or a garage worth of junk usually costs less to have collected.

The honest test is this: if the load is one pickup of light material and the landfill is on your way, drive it. If you are looking at multiple trips, heavy material, or lifting something you should not lift alone, get a quote before you rent a trailer.