Secure and sort loads before using the Firstview Landfill

The Firstview Landfill is the county’s place to dump, but it is not a back-the-truck-up-and-go affair. A handful of rules shape what you can bring and how you bring it, and they are worth knowing before a cleanup, a remodel, or a move-out fills your trailer.

Start with where the waste comes from: out-of-county loads are turned away. Every load has to be covered with a tarp, bagged, or otherwise secured, and an unsecured one gets charged double. Construction materials need sorting into categories such as wood, steel, concrete, asphalt, cardboard, sheet rock, and insulation. Electronic waste goes into its own e-waste bins. Dead animals and auto bodies are not accepted at all.

Out here on the windswept plains, rural cleanups tend to pile everything together: old lumber, wire, cardboard, appliances, plastic, and household trash all in one heap. Pulling that apart in your own driveway beats doing it at the gate while a stiff wind scatters the cardboard.

Hours, accepted materials, and fees can shift over time, so a glance at the landfill page before you load up is a sensible habit. The parts that hold steady are easy to remember: county waste only, tie it down, and sort it the way the landfill asks.