Facility details
- Address
- Route 7
Capels, WV 24801 - Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- McDowell County
- EPA Region
- 3
- Data sources
- EPA LMOP Sep 2024
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110060610959
Programs on file: LMOP 11961
Interest types: LANDFILL GAS (LFG) RECOVERY
EPA record updated 2015-01-21
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Open
- Opened / Projected closure
- 2007 / 2110 (projected)
- Ownership
- Public · McDowell County, WV Solid Waste Authority
- Annual acceptance
- 26,496 tons per year
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.
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
- Pineville Solid Waste Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.6 mi · Pineville, WV
- Johnnycake Recycling Recycling 11.5 mi · Iaeger, WV
- Tralee Transfer Station Transfer Station 12.1 mi · Mullens, WV
- Morgan Sanitation Transfer Station 12.4 mi · Hanover, WV
- Paynter Recycling Recycling 16.1 mi · Oceana, WV
- Tazewell County Landfill Landfill 22.3 mi · North Tazewell, VA
- Brushfork Recycling Recycling 22.9 mi · Bluefield, WV
- Mingo County Transfer Station Transfer Station 24.9 mi · Gilbert, WV
Nearest other landfill: Tazewell County Landfill, North Tazewell — 22.3 mi
Area served
Serves Welch, Davy, Premier, Roderfield, Fanrock, Kimball, Big Sandy, Hensley, Wilcoe, Wyoming, Gary, Brenton.
County context
One of 1 landfills in McDowell County, WV.
ZIP 24801 population 5,107.
West Virginia solid-waste agency: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP)