Construction Debris: What You Can (and Can't) Take to the Dump
Renovating your home? Drywall, lumber, concrete, and roofing materials have different disposal rules than regular trash. Here's what to know.
Read more →Webster Parish Landfill is the county dump out on Landfill Road that handles household and commercial loads. Folks from around Minden bring everything here when curbside won’t take it, and commercial trucks drop off heavier loads as well.
There’s a scale drive where trucks get weighed-landfills here charge tipping fees based on weight, so plan for that stop. Pull up to the small entrance booth area and follow the haul road toward the working face and cover dirt piles; the site looks like a series of mounded cells and access roads, not a tidy transfer station. During wet weather things get sloppy fast because Louisiana waste tends to be high in moisture; many local sites run wet-weather protocols and some areas of the site can be soft after storms. Lines stack up on weekends and during seasonal cleanups, so anticipate slow-moving traffic at peak times.
Learn how to properly dispose of common items.

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