Empire Sanitary Landfill
Taylor, PA
This landfill is closed (closed 1990).
Facility details
- Address
- 398 S KEYSER AVE
Taylor, PA 18517 - Phone
- (717) 562-1600
- Website
- wmsolutions.com
- Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Lackawanna County
- EPA Region
- 3
- Data sources
- FMCSA SAFER May 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110020051726, 110071845923
Programs on file: ICIS 6684023 · CEDRI CEDRI10257941 · Emissions inventory 3023711 · OTAQREG OTAQREG10221309
Interest types: FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, COMPLIANCE AND EMISSIONS REPORTING, ETHANOL FACILITY, HAZARDOUS AND CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANT MAJOR
EPA record updated 2013-03-05
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Closed
- Opened / Closed
- 1973 / 1990
- Ownership
- Private · Taylor Energy Partners
- Waste in place
- 3,000,000 tons (as of 1990)
- Annual acceptance
- 371,250 tons per year
- Landfill gas collection
- Yes
- LFG energy project
- Shutdown: Electricity (Reciprocating Engine)
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
- Alliance Sanitary Landfill Recycling 0.1 mi · Taylor, PA
- Corestates Processing & Recycling Recycling 0.7 mi · Scranton, PA
- Taylor Recycling Inc Recycling 0.8 mi · Taylor, PA
- Alliance SLF Landfill 1.0 mi · Taylor, PA
- Booth & Sons Scrap Yard Recycling 2.5 mi · Moosic, PA
- BP Sanitation Recycling 2.6 mi · Old Forge, PA
- Morris County Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.7 mi · Scranton, PA
- Diamond K Inc. Recycling 3.0 mi · Scranton, PA
- Stanton's Auto Recycling Recycling 3.1 mi · Scranton, PA
- Prima Donna Trucking, LLC Transfer Station 3.3 mi · Moosic, PA
Nearest other landfill: Alliance SLF, Taylor — 1.0 mi
Area served
Serves Taylor, Scranton, Old Forge, Moosic, Clarks Summit, Pittston, Duryea, Falls, Peckville, Waverly, Olyphant, Dalton.
County context
One of 3 landfills in Lackawanna County, PA.
ZIP 18517 population 5,192.
Pennsylvania solid-waste agency: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)