What the landfill takes
Three places, three different rules for what they’ll take.
Convenience centers (10 locations): household bagged trash and loose recycling only, free for county residents. Also takes used motor oil, batteries, and compact fluorescent bulbs. No construction debris, no commercial waste, no brush.
Materials Recovery Facility (Clyde): bagged household waste, loose recycling, bulky waste, used tires, scrap metal, and fluorescent bulbs/tubes — plus small commercial loads, weighed and charged by the pound. No brush here.
White Oak Landfill (off I-40, mile marker 15): residential and commercial waste, wood waste, and brush — fees based on weight. No recyclables.
Household hazardous waste (paints, pesticides, gasoline, cleaning chemicals): not taken daily — the county runs periodic collection events instead, announced on its events page. Water-based paint is the exception: dry it out with kitty litter or sand, then it’s just household trash.
Asbestos: accepted at White Oak Landfill only, by appointment, with documentation.
Not sure which one to use, or when they’re open? See dump hours and locations.
Who to call
One office handles this.
Haywood County Solid Waste Management
- Materials Recovery Facility: 828-627-8042
- White Oak Landfill: 828-627-6445
Convenience centers are staffed 7:00 AM–5:00 PM; exact days vary by center (confirmed example: 110 Convenience Center is open Mon–Sat, closed Sun; Beaverdam Convenience Center is closed Thursdays). Confirm a specific center's schedule before a trip.
The program runs 10 collection "convenience" centers plus the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) and White Oak Landfill (WOLF), operated through two public-private partnerships (Consolidated Waste Services runs the centers/MRF; Republic Services runs WOLF). No single street address represents the department — individual center addresses/hours are listed one-by-one on the county's Facilities directory (see sources). Did not find a directly fetchable page listing all 10 addresses in one place; flagging as a gap rather than guessing.
Related questions
Every office on one page
It happens: you call, and it turns out to be someone else's job. The cheat sheet puts every number on this site in one place, grouped by who runs it, so the next one to try is right there.