Rutherford County MSW Landfill
Rutherfordton, NC
This landfill is closed (closed 1997).
Facility details
- Address
- 656 Laurel Hill Dr
Rutherfordton, NC 28139 - Phone
- (828) 287-6125
- Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Rutherford County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110054885950
Programs on file: AIR NC0000003708100223 · Air program 3716100223 · LMOP 1131
Interest types: AIR MINOR, LANDFILL GAS (LFG) RECOVERY
EPA record updated 2016-02-11
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Closed
- Opened / Closed
- 1950 / 1997
- Ownership
- Public · Rutherford County, NC
- Waste in place
- 1,600,000 tons
- Annual acceptance
- 77,057 tons per year
- Landfill gas collection
- No
Source: EPA LMOP, Sep 2024
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.
Nearby facilities
- Rutherford County Solid Waste-Shiloh Center Transfer Station 3.9 mi · Rutherfordton, NC
- Verity Resin Recycling 4.9 mi · Forest City, NC
- Rutherford Sales and Recovery PlasticsRecycling 4.9 mi · Forest City, NC
- Rutherford County Solid Waste-Gilkey Center Transfer Station 7.1 mi · Rutherfordton, NC
- Rutherford County Solid Waste-Pea Ridge Center Transfer Station 7.9 mi · Rutherfordton, NC
- Rutherford County Solid Waste-Green Hill Center Transfer Station 9.3 mi · Rutherfordton, NC
- Cliffside South Rutherford County LF Landfill 9.9 mi · Forest City, NC
- Rutherford County Solid Waste-Avondale Center Transfer Station 10.5 mi · Mooresboro, NC
- Polk County Transfer Station Transfer Station 13.2 mi · Mill Spring, NC
- Polk County LF Landfill 13.3 mi · Mill Spring, NC
Nearest other landfill: Cliffside South Rutherford County LF, Forest City — 9.9 mi
Area served
Serves Spindale, Rutherfordton, Forest City, Harris, Caroleen, Union Mills, Henrietta, Ellenboro, Cliffside, Columbus, Bostic, Mill Spring.
County context
One of 2 landfills in Rutherford County, NC.
ZIP 28139 population 18,887.
North Carolina solid-waste agency: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)