Facility details
- Address
- Cookeville, TN 38544
- Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Putnam County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- EPA LMOP Sep 2024
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110063274638
Programs on file: LMOP 1421
Interest types: LANDFILL GAS (LFG) RECOVERY
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Closed
- Opened / Closed
- 1972 / 1996
- Ownership
- Public · Putnam County, TN
- Waste in place
- 1,256,907 tons
- Annual acceptance
- 61,204 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
- Putnam County Landfill Landfill 2.6 mi · Baxter, TN
- DeKalb County Convenience Center - Silver Point Transfer Station 5.3 mi · Silver Point, TN
- Dekalb County Landfill Landfill 7.5 mi · Smithville, TN
- Putnam County Solid Waste Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.5 mi · Cookeville, TN
- SA Recycling Recycling 9.2 mi · Cookeville, TN
- White County Convenience Center - Highway 42 Transfer Station 9.4 mi · Sparta, TN
- R-Cubed Environmental Solutions Recycling 9.7 mi · Cookeville, TN
- White County LF Landfill 12.5 mi · Sparta, TN
- White County Transfer Station 12.6 mi · Sparta, TN
- White County Convenience Center - Highway 84 Transfer Station 13.2 mi · Sparta, TN
Nearest other landfill: Putnam County Landfill, Baxter — 2.6 mi
Area served
Serves Baxter, Silver Point, Cookeville, Bloomington Springs, Buffalo Valley, Lancaster, Smithville, Sparta, Walling, Chestnut Mound.
County context
One of 2 landfills in Putnam County, TN.
ZIP 38544 population 7,413.
Tennessee solid-waste agency: Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC)