Facility details
- Address
- 811 24th Ave SW
Backus, MN 56435 - Phone
- (218) 587-4990
- Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Cass County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110055505485, 110067846914, 110068228242, 110068733400
Programs on file: MN-TEMPO 8377 · REGION 100241 · MN-TEMPO 87344 · MN-TEMPO 151964 · MN-TEMPO 120880
Interest types: CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION LANDFILL
EPA record updated 2016-06-02
About this facility
A municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is an engineered disposal site where household, commercial and some construction waste is weighed in at a scale house, tipped, compacted and covered with soil or an approved alternative at the end of each operating day. Modern landfills are lined and monitored, and many capture landfill gas. Some landfills accept self-haul loads from residents and small businesses; others take only contracted hauler or commercial loads. Fees are usually charged by the ton or by the load. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead.
Typically accepted at landfills
- Household trash
- Bulky items and furniture
- Construction and demolition debris
- Yard waste (at many sites)
- Tires (often by appointment or for a fee)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Grinning Bear Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.3 mi · Pine River Township, MN
- Midstate Recycling Service Recycling 2.9 mi · Backus, MN
- Pine River Iron & Metal Recycling 3.0 mi · Backus, MN
- Cass County Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.1 mi · Backus, MN
- Hengel's Westside Demolition Landfill Landfill 11.3 mi · Pequot Lakes, MN
- Walker Hackensack TS Transfer Station 14.0 mi · Hackensack, MN
- Crosslake Construction Demolition Debris Landfill 16.7 mi · Crosslake, MN
- Slagle Demolition Landfill Landfill 19.2 mi · Remer, MN
- Slagle Demolition Landfill TS Landfill 19.6 mi · Remer, MN
- Hoss Demolition Landfill Landfill 24.2 mi · Walker, MN
Nearest other landfill: Hengel's Westside Demolition Landfill, Pequot Lakes — 11.3 mi
Area served
Serves Pine River, Backus, Hackensack, Pequot Lakes.
County context
One of 6 landfills in Cass County, MN.
ZIP 56435 population 2,912.
Minnesota solid-waste agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)