Fort Collins (Larimer County) transfer station

Hours, sticker price, who can use it, item fees, hazardous waste options, and holiday notes for Larimer County Central Diversion & Transfer Station.

Facility: Larimer County Central Diversion & Transfer Station Address: 2388 W Trilby Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80526 Phone: 970-498-5770 (Larimer County Solid Waste 24-hour information line)

Last verified from official sources: 2026-11-09

Who can use it

Open to the public. Residential cars, SUVs, passenger vans, pickups and cargo vans pay a flat fee; other loads pay by volume or weight.

Hours

Monday-Saturday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (gates close promptly at 4:30)
Closed Sunday

Sticker or permit

Required: No (see notes)

Price: No separate sticker price was established on the linked page; the eligibility and item fees below still apply.

Where to buy: Contact the facility about access requirements before loading.

Per-item fees

Item	Fee
Car, SUV or passenger van, flat fee	$20 (includes CO surcharge)
Pickup truck or cargo van, flat fee (no side planks above the cab)	$37 (includes CO surcharge)
Trailers and rental trucks	$13.25 per cubic yard + CO surcharge (2 cubic yard minimum; waste only, not empty space)
Roll-off waste	$56.50 per ton + CO surcharge (1 ton minimum)
Green waste: car/SUV/van; pickup/cargo van; trailer	$9; $16; $13 per cubic yard (no surcharge)
Rubble (concrete, dirt, sod, asphalt, tree trunks)	$40 per cubic yard + CO surcharge
Shingles	$36 per cubic yard + CO surcharge
Drywall	$13.25 per cubic yard + CO surcharge
Appliances without freon / with freon	$20 / $36 each (recycled)
Mattress or box spring	$40 each (recycled)
Electronics	$0.65 per lb laptops, CPUs, tablets; $0.91 per lb other residential electronics
Tires (max 9 per trip by state law), auto and light truck up to 16.5 in	$7.50 ($13.50 with rim)
Tires 17-24 in / tractor over 24 in / heavy equipment over 36 in	$13 ($19 with rim) / $35 ($41) / $75 ($81)

Hazardous waste

Household hazardous waste goes to the county HHW drop-off on the same campus, reached only through the old 5887 S. Taft Hill Rd entrance; it is closed to the public Wednesdays. Free for Larimer County residents.

Holiday closures

Larimer County 2026 holiday schedule (landfill, transfer station, hazardous waste and recycle center): closed Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 26), Christmas (Friday, December 25) and New Year's Day (Friday, January 1, 2027); close at 2:30 p.m. on December 24 and 31; open Veterans Day (November 11) and the day after Thanksgiving.

Holiday schedule last verified 2026-11-09 from official sources .

Other notes

This station replaced the old Taft Hill Road landfill and opened August 3, 2026; the new entrance is on Trilby Road about 2 miles south of Harmony Road (from Loveland, north on Wilson Ave about 6 miles past city limits).
Accepted: mattresses, couches, furniture, water heaters, refrigerators, tires and rims, carpet and TVs (electronics recycling). Car bodies are not accepted. Microwaves count as regular trash.
Green waste must be clean and sorted: lumber, pallets, branches, brush, logs, grass and leaves; trunks cut to 6 ft long and 2 ft diameter. No bags, root balls, soil, painted or treated wood, plywood or food.
Colorado law (C.R.S. 42-4-1407) requires every load, even bagged trash, to be fully covered and secured; uncovered loads pay double.
Customers uncover and unload their own loads.
The site closes in high winds (sustained 40 mph or gusts of 55 mph); call 970-498-5770 before going on windy days.
2026 fees shown. Proposed 2027 fees are posted and subject to approval by the county commissioners in mid-November 2026.

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Sources

Every fee and hour above was taken from these official pages or PDFs on 2026-11-09. If something conflicts, trust the town.