Landfill Fees

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Tipping Fees – All Users

• Effective Immediately: All customers without an existing account must pay for all transactions at time of service.
• All tipping fees are charged in 100 pound increments.
• Municipal Solid Waste (general household trash) – $76 per ton ($3.80 per 100 lbs)
• Construction & Demolition (rubble) – $85 per ton ($4.25 per 100 lbs.)
• Commercial Single-Stream Recycling - $25 per ton (View a list of acceptable items)

Any loads containing any mixture or amount of rubble will be charged at the rubble rate. Businesses outside the County or Mount Airy town limits must pay-as-they-go or prepay.

Tires

• No industrial or earth-moving tires.
• No more than 5 tires per year per resident/business without a Scrap Tire Haulers License.
• Commercial – $160 per ton ($8.00 per 100 lbs.)
• Residential (tires 33” or less) – $76 per ton ($3.80 per 100 lbs.)
• Tires greater than 33” are charged at the commercial rate of $160 per ton.
• Residents who have reached their 5 per year limit and have obtained a Scrap Tire Haulers
• License are allowed to dispose of additional tires at the commercial rate of $160 per ton.

View more information on tire disposal.

Mattresses and Box Springs

• Commercial – $28 per unit
• Residential – $76 per ton (charged at $3.80 per 100 lbs.)
• Residents may dispose of 3 mattresses and 3 box springs per year at the residential rate.
• Residents may dispose of additional mattresses and box springs at the rate of $28 each.

Special Fees
Occasionally customers are assessed special fees in addition to the normal applicable Landfill fees.

• Scrap Tire Handling Fee- $25 per tire
  • This fee is assessed when customers violate the Scrap Tire Disposal Policy, causing Department of Solid Waste Management employees to remove tires from the Landfill working face or Citizens Drop-Off Center.
• Uncovered Load Fine- $100
  • All loads must be covered/secured so refuse cannot blow, spill or fall from the vehicle. Noncompliance can result in a $100.00 fine. (Frederick County Code of Ordinances § 1-11-39)
• Overweight Vehicle Fine- $1.00 per 20 lbs
  • Vehicles exceeding the Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) by more than 1,000 lbs. will be fined $1 over the GVW and 1,000 lb. allowance. Employees reserve the right to contact the Sheriff's Department in the case of extremely overweight vehicles.(Resolution 94-26)

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Payment Options
Acceptable forms of payment are cash, check, money order, or certified check. Checks and money orders should be made payable to Treasurer of Frederick County. We do not accept credit or debit cards.

Pre-payment
Users may choose to set up a prepaid account to pay for their tipping fees. Prepaid accounts are set-up at the Scalehouse. Out-of-County businesses who are using the Landfill to dispose of waste generated in Frederick County must prepay or pay-as-they-go.

Pay-As-You-Go
Effective Immediately: All customers without an existing account must pay for all transactions at time of service.

Monthly Bill
This option is for existing billing accounts only. All customers without an existing account must pay for all transactions at time of service. Payment may be mailed or delivered to:
Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management
4520 Metropolitan Court
Frederick, Maryland 21704

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System Benefit Charge (SBC)

The purpose of the charge is to pay a portion of the reasonably anticipated capital costs and operating costs for the disposal of solid waste. The charge is assessed annually on County taxes and fees bills and is charged to both residential and non-residential properties.

More information on the System Benefit Charge is available online or by calling 301-600-6000.