Operating Solid Waste Landfills

Sanitary landfills, sometimes referred to as municipal solid waste landfills, are likely what you think of when you hear the word “landfill”. These landfills are permitted for controlled disposal of residential or household wastes and commercial, industrial, agricultural, governmental and institutional wastes that have chemical and physical characteristics similar to those in household wastes. 

It is necessary to exclude certain wastes from disposal at a sanitary landfill in order to conserve landfill space, ensure safe landfill operation or reduce the chance of environmental contamination. Some excluded wastes include hazardous wastes, waste oil, large amounts of liquids, lead-acid batteries, appliances and brush or vegetative wastes. For information about proper ways to dispose of items banned from landfills and other specific wastes, visit What To Do With Specific Waste. 

The sanitary landfills currently operating in Missouri are listed below, sorted by the county in which they operate. More information about the facility is available in the Missouri Solid Waste Management interactive map. Click on the "expand" tab in the bottom center of the map screen for a table listing all solid waste facilities in Missouri.

Demolition landfills are exclusively designed to accept demolition wastes, construction materials, brush, wood wastes, soil, rock, concrete and inert solids (that will not dissolve in water). The types of waste approved for disposal at these landfills are much fewer than those accepted at sanitary landfills. For information about managing demolition waste before transporting it for disposal, visit Construction, Renovation and Demolition Waste.

The demolition landfills currently operating in Missouri are listed below, sorted by the county in which they operate. More information about the facility is available in the Missouri Solid Waste Management interactive map. Click on the "expand" tab in the bottom center of the map screen for a table listing all solid waste facilities in Missouri.

Utility waste landfills are designed to dispose of fly ash, bottom ash, slag and flue gas emission control waste produced mainly from burning coal or other fossil fuels in power-generating plants. These wastes may contain contaminants like mercury, cadmium and arsenic. For more information, visit Coal Combustion Residual Landfills.

The utility waste landfills currently operating in Missouri are listed below, sorted by the county in which they operate. More information about the facility is available in the Missouri Solid Waste Management interactive map. Click on the "expand" tab in the bottom center of the map screen for a table listing all solid waste facilities in Missouri.

Special waste landfills are designed specifically for processing one or more special wastes. These wastes have physical or chemical characteristics, or both, that are different from municipal solid wastes accepted at sanitary landfills or construction and demolition wastes accepted at demolition landfills. These wastes are typically non-hazardous industrial wastes, such as incinerator ash or water treatment plant sludge, that may require special handling. Often the business or industry that produces the special waste constructs a landfill to dispose of these wastes at the location where the waste was produced, or generated. Many of these landfills are ash landfills permitted for use by power-generating plants, which may also be called utility waste landfills. 

The special waste landfills currently operating in Missouri are listed below, sorted by the county in which they operate. More information about the facility is available in the Missouri Solid Waste Management interactive map. Click on the "expand" tab in the bottom center of the map screen for a table listing all solid waste facilities in Missouri.