Blue Earth County/Ponderosa Sanitary Landfill

Mankato, Minnesota

Landfill details

20028 Gooseberry Ln
Mankato, MN 56001

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Tipping fees

$60.00 per ton · $50.00 per cubic yard

Ponderosa Landfill 2026 fee schedule, all fees plus 17% MN solid waste tax: solid waste charge-account customers $60/ton; cash customers 3.5 cents/lb ($70/ton); construction/demolition waste $50/cubic yard; street sweepings $5/ton; non-friable asbestos $80/ton, friable asbestos $120/ton (call ahead); minimum charge $8.55; untarped commercial load $45; credit application fee $200 non-refundable.

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For roll-off and dumpster haulers

Before you send a truck: Ponderosa Landfill, 20028 Gooseberry Lane, Mankato, 507-304-4445. Hours Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm, Sat 8am-noon; closed 11 listed holidays. MSW is weighed; C&D is charged by the cubic yard: commercial haulers must tell the scale house they are hauling a demo load or they are charged by container size, and mixed loads are categorized by the landfill (staff will inspect on request). Charge accounts get $60/ton versus $70/ton cash; credit application $200. Loads must be tarped ($45 commercial fee). Anyone hauling garbage for others needs a Blue Earth County solid waste hauler license. Blue Earth County notes Pilgrim Demolition Landfill (507-388-3122) is the only dedicated C&D landfill in the county. Semi and tractor tires not accepted.

At $60.00 per ton, a 2-ton roll-off load costs about $120.00 and a 4-ton load about $240.00 in disposal, before minimums and surcharges.

Facility profile (US EPA): Opened in 1973; public ownership, owned by Blue Earth County, MN; accepts about 57,837 tons a year (2022); about 1,952,132 tons of waste in place (2022); design capacity of 2,470,960 tons; expected to close in 2036.

Sources: US EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Landfill and LFG Energy Project Database (2024-09) · MPCA, Minnesota landfills accepting mixed municipal solid waste (w-sw6-04) (October 2020) · Blue Earth County, 2026 Ponderosa Landfill Fee Schedule (2026) · Blue Earth County Property and Environmental Resources (accessed 2026-09-28) · Blue Earth County (2026 hauler list; accessed 2026-09-28) · Blue Earth County Property and Environmental Resources (accessed 2026-09-28) · Blue Earth County (accessed 2026-09-28) · MPCA What's in My Neighborhood (WIMN) sites layer, solid waste program (accessed 2026-09-28) · US EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) (2024-09)

Nearest landfills

• Brown County SLF · Sleepy Eye, 27.3 mi away
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• Spruce Ridge Landfill · Glencoe, 48.5 mi away
• Steele County SLF · Blooming Prairie, 49.9 mi away
• Cottonwood County Sanitary Landfill · Windom, 56.7 mi away

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