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Amherst County Landfill

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Key factsVerified 2026-10-22
Hours
Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:00pm; Sat 8:00am-12:00pm; closed Sundays and holidays.
Fees
Residents: 2,000 lb of household waste free per calendar month, then $55.50/ton; yard waste free; 12 free tires per year, then $275/ton. Commercial waste $44/ton; commercial yard waste $34/ton. (Fees effective Oct 1, 2023.)
Accepts
Not checked yet
Phone
Not checked yet
Address
715 Kentmoor Farm Road, Madison Heights, VA 24572

Checked against the operator's official site on 2026-10-22: source 1, source 2, source 3

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What this site accepts

Mentioned as accepted: Tires, Yard waste and brush.

Based on the posted rules quoted above. Items not named here may still be accepted; call to confirm.

What will my load cost here?

Weight assumptions
  • Household trash, loose: 275 lb per cubic yard (EPA lists 250–300 for uncompacted mixed residential waste).
  • Yard waste, loose: 250 lb per cubic yard (EPA: mixed yard waste, uncompacted).
  • Construction debris, mixed: 484 lb per cubic yard (EPA: C&D bulk).
  • Concrete, broken: 860 lb per cubic yard (EPA 2016 table; older EPA tables list loose scrap concrete as heavy as 1,855, so real loads may weigh much more).
  • Volumes are geometry, not data: a full-size pickup bed filled level with the sides is about 2 cubic yards (roughly 6.5 ft × 5 ft × 1.7 ft); a 6×10 ft utility trailer filled 2 ft deep is about 4.4 cubic yards; a 33-gallon trash bag is about 0.16 cubic yards.

Weight factors: U.S. EPA, Volume-to-Weight Conversion Factors (April 2016). Real loads vary a lot; the scale at the gate decides.

After a hurricane or storm: storm debris rules and drop-off sites in Virginia.

Facility details

Type
Landfill
Status
Open
County
Amherst County
Website
https://www.countyofamherst.com/department/division.php?structureid=149
Operator
Amherst County Department of Solid Waste, VA
Owner
Amherst County Department of Solid Waste, VA
Ownership
Public
Year opened
1995
Annual waste accepted
39,554 tons/yr

Location source: EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) database, Landfill ID 10087
Hours, fees and accepted items verified 2026-10-22 from the operator's official website: [1], [2], [3]. Know the hours or fees, or see a mistake? Send a correction.