Landfill

Independence Disposal Site

End of Dump Road, Independence, CA 93526

At the gate

Type Landfill
Address End of Dump Road, Independence, CA 93526
County Inyo County
Phone 760-873-7191
Website www.inyocounty.us/services/solid-waste/waste-disposal/landfills-transfer-stations
Last checked Oct 23, 2026

Hours

Thu 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Sun 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM

All county disposal sites are closed for county holidays

Accepted materials and fees have not been confirmed yet.

Nearby with confirmed hours or fees: Lone Pine Disposal Site , Bishop Sunland , Mid Valley Disposal Goshen Avenue Materials Recovery Facility .

Facility facts

Ownership Public
Owner Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP)
Operator Inyo County Integrated Waste Management
Operational status Open
Permitted activities Solid Waste Landfill
Waste types accepted (per permit) MSW
Landfill class III
Planned closure year 2038
Composting on site No
Registry details (20)

Figures and identifiers as published in the EPA and state permit registries cited below.

Cease-operation date 2068-12-31
Cease-operation date type Estimated
Total acres 90
Disposal acres 18
Design area (acres) 40
Maximum permitted capacity 317,900 Cubic Yards
Remaining capacity 126,513 Cubic Yards
Remaining capacity as of 2001-06-23
Waste in place (tons) 100,000
Waste-in-place year 2004
Annual waste accepted (tons) 525
Annual waste figure year 2004
Maximum permitted throughput 10 Tons per day
Landfill gas collection system No
Landfill gas energy project No
EPA LMOP landfill ID 180
CalRecycle SWIS number 14-AA-0004
Permit status Permitted
Enforcement agency County of Inyo
Local government Inyo County (Unincorporated)

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Lone Pine Disposal Site

Lone Pine, CA · 15.5 mi away

Hours
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Bishop Sunland

Bishop, CA · 39.4 mi away

Hours
Mon 7:30 AM-3:30 PM · Tue 7:30 AM-3:30 PM · …
Fees
Gate entrance fee $5.00 (waived if the entire load is recyclables) plus item fees; mixed loads $175/ton (county fee page, fees effective July 1, 2017)
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Benton Sanitary Landfill

Benton, CA · 73.0 mi away

Hours
Thu 7:30 AM-3:30 PM · Sat 7:30 AM-3:30 PM
Fees
Minimum gate fee $8 per load; municipal solid waste $138/ton ($23/cubic yard where charged by volume); first garbage can up to 80 gal $8, additional cans up to 40 gal $4 (gate fees effective July 11, 2025)

Sources: epa.gov (facility record, facility facts and permit and registry IDs; fetched Oct 21, 2026) ; calrecycle.ca.gov (facility record, facility facts and permit and registry IDs; fetched Oct 21, 2026) ; inyocounty.us (hours, phone, website and facility facts; fetched Oct 23, 2026) . Registry figures are as of Oct 21, 2026. Facility details were last checked on Oct 23, 2026.