RECYCLING AND LANDFILL MANAGEMENT

Russell Gulch Landfill  Dollar Day Resumes Dec. 9
Gila County's once-a-month discount ‘Dollar Day’  returns Dec. 9, after being on hiatus for most of the past year during a massive construction and excavation project at Russell Gulch Landfill. On the second Saturday each month county residents may dispose of waste at a significantly reduced rate of $1-per-load. This discount is limited to residents, and excludes commercial haulers. Please bring coins or a dollar bill for loads that will cost just a buck; debit or credit cards are accepted for additional fees. Bringing $1 cash to pay for the discount is a helpful courtesy, quicker and more efficient than credit cards, and bringing that dollar avoids credit card fees and time spent to process a one dollar credit card transaction.

The once-a-month dollar day discount remained in place this past year at Buckhead Mesa Landfill north of Payson.  

Dollar Day discount limited to 1,000 Pounds.  On Dec. 9 and continuing on the second Saturday each month residents can pay just $1 to dispose of one load up to 1,000 pounds. Truck or trailer loads weighing over 1,000 pounds will be charged $1 for the first 1,000 pounds and the existing fee rate for everything else over 1,000 pounds. Landfill staff remind landfill users to tarp, cover and secure loads of trash - state and local laws require all loads must be covered or secured - that applies to residential haulers as well as commercial, and applies on ‘dollar day,’ too. The dollar day discount was created for residential users -- and proof of Gila County residency is required. Commercial haulers pay regular landfill fees. 

Most loads Cost $7.50
Landfill staff say $7.50 includes up to 320 pounds of typical household waste, with an additional three-cents per pound for heavier loads. $7.50 also covers up to 280 pound loads of other waste such as construction debris, mixed loads, metal, large brush.
Hauling a load of residential grass clippings, leaves, limbs and shrubs? That’s considered ‘green waste’, and the fee is $5 for 280 pounds or less, plus a slight surcharge for heavier loads. A ‘brush rate’ applies when tree limbs are larger than four inches diameter. 
Questions?  Please  call landfill staff during daytime business hours
Russell Gulch Landfill in Globe (928) 402-8839
Buckhead Mesa Landfill in Payson (928) 472-5329