Unlined Construction Demolition (C&D) Landfill

Regulations

Waste types that may be disposed of in an unlined construction demolition landfill are limited. We perform rigorous waste screenings to prevent the disposal of prohibited waste. Failure to comply with waste screening requirements, including failure to refuse prohibited wastes, may result in enforcement action by the Department of Environmental Quality, including potential revocation of the operating permit as set forth in SWRR Chapter 1, Section 4(b).


Acceptable Items for C&D Pit - Alphabetically  

  • Asphalt
  • Brick
  • Cabinets
  • Cardboard
  • Carpet and Carpet Pad
  • Caulking tubes (dry or empty)
  • Ceiling Tile
  • Ceramics
  • Cinder block
  • Clean wood
  • Concrete / with or without rebar / wire mesh
  • Containers (empty, clean and rinsed)
  • Corrugated shipping containers
  • Dirt (uncontaminated)
  • Drums (empty, clean and rinsed)
  • Drywall
  • Electrical fixtures
  • Electrical wiring
  • Fiberboard
  • Fiberglass
  • Flashing
  • Flooring tiles
  • Furniture
  • Glass
  • Green waste (grass, shrubs, tree limbs)
  • Gypsum wallboard
  • Hardened asphalt
  • Insulation (fiberglass, foam/treated, cellulose / sheathing)
  • Lumber (painted/unpainted and untreated)
  • Masonite / slate
  • Metal (ferrous and non-ferrous, if not recycled)
  • Metal studs
  • Masonry and plaster
  • Mortar
  • Nails
  • Non-friable asbestos: by appointment only
  • Paper products
  • Packaging foam
  • Paint containers (dry)
  • Pallets / spools / reels
  • Paperboard
  • Particleboard
  • Pesticide and herbicide containers if triple rinsed
  • Plaster
  • Plastic pipe
  • Plastic sheeting
  • Plumbing fixtures
  • Porcelain / bathroom fixtures
  • Pressboard / chipboard
  • Roofing materials / roofing felt
  • Sheathing
  • Siding (does not contain friable asbestos)
  • Sod
  • Steel
  • Stone / rock
  • Street sweepings (litter must be removed, concentrations of metals, VOCs, and other compounds must be sampled and found to be below regulatory limits)
  • Styrofoam
  • Sump waste from car wash sumps (must pass the paint filter liquids test and concentrations of metals, VOCs, and other compounds must be sampled and found to be below regulatory limits)
  • Textiles
  • Tile (ceiling and ceramic)
  • Tires - placed in separate pit, always charged at $130/ton 
  • Vinyl (doors, windows, flooring)
  • White goods / appliances (if refrigerants have been properly removed)
  • Wire
  • Wood (clean, untreated, painted or unpainted)
  • Wood Pallets

Unacceptable Items for C&D Pit - Alphabetically  

please note - some of these items are accepted in other areas of the landfill or for transfer 

  • Aerosol cans containing any product
  • Adhesives
  • Automobiles
  • Automotive cleaners, solvents, waxes
  • Batteries (alkaline or rechargeable, Ni-Cd, lithium, metal hydride)
  • Caulk
  • Containers with liquids
  • Creosote (liquid; or creosote treated wood)
  • Dead animals
  • Driveway sealants
  • Drums and containers containing waste
  • Epoxies
  • Electronic wastes
  • Exit signs (lighted, from building interiors)
  • Friable asbestos
  • Fuel tanks
  • Garbage
  • Glues
  • Hazardous wastes (listed or characteristic)
  • Industrial wastes
  • Lacquer thinners
  • Lead
  • Lead acid batteries
  • Lead based paint, flashing or solder
  • Liquids of any type or quantity
  • Medical infectious wastes
  • Mercury containing devices (switches, bulbs, thermostats, etc.)
  • Mercury based paints
  • Metallic pigments in unused paint containing: arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury or zinc
  • Municipal solid waste
  • Oils, greases, or contaminated petroleum
  • Paints
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls in ballasts, transformers, and capacitors
  • Petroleum contaminated soils
  • Pentachlorophenol
  • Pesticides
  • Petroleum constituents, leachable from roofing tars
  • Petroleum storage tanks (unless properly decommissioned and certified clean)
  • Polyurethane
  • Putrescible wastes
  • Resins
  • Roofing cement / sealers
  • Sealers
  • Septage
  • Sludge’s
  • Smoke detectors
  • Solvents
  • Stains
  • Thermostats and thermometers (containing mercury)
  • Transformers
  • Treated wood (pressure treated, creosote, chromate copper arsenate (green treated woods); pentachlorophenol (brown treated wood), copper naphthenate, ammoniacal copper zinc arsenate (ACZA), ammoniacal copper quaternary compound (ACQ)

Contacts 

For any questions about the Rawlins Landfill, including the Construction and Demolition Pit, pricing, hours, or more, call us at 307-328-4566. 

For information regarding the Department of Environmental Quality's regulations, please call 307-777-7752.