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Hours, sticker price, who can use it, item fees, hazardous waste options, and holiday notes for Tuscarora Landfill (Coastal Environmental Partnership).
Last verified from official sources: 2026-11-11
Who can use it
Landfill services for Craven County are provided by Coastal Environmental Partnership (CEP), formerly the Coastal Regional Solid Waste Management Authority. The official CEP locations page does not state a residency limit. CEP provides a residential waste drop-off area at the Tuscarora Landfill site, limited to passenger vehicles and small truck loads and for non-commercial loads only; at times of high traffic, the scale operator may direct small commercial loads to that area. The Craven County page lists 7400 Old US 70 Highway, New Bern, NC 28562. CEP pages use 7400 Old Hwy. 70 West, New Bern, NC 28562. Both official wordings are shown here.
Hours
- Monday through Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The latest time to be scaled in for landfill access is 4:20 p.m. Sunday closed.
- The administrative office at the landfill is open Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sticker or permit
Required: No (see notes)
Price:
Where to buy:
Notes: Official FY 2026-2027 system fees, effective July 1, 2026. The fee sheet is headed "Plus $2.00 / ton state landfill fee*" and marks some rates with an asterisk. Confirm at the scale whether a starred per-ton figure already includes that state fee. The fetched PDF text was extracted from a scanned or tightly formatted table; figures below follow the listed item order on that sheet. Official rates page: https://www.cepnc.org/rates.
Per-item fees
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Municipal solid waste (MSW) | $44.00 per ton (starred rate on the official FY 2026-2027 sheet) |
| Yard waste | $25.00 per ton |
| Special handling | $115.00 per ton (starred) |
| Minimum charge | $3.00 |
| Penalty charge, contaminated load | $115.00 per ton (starred). The waste-disposal policy also states a penalty of 200% of the MSW tipping fee when yard waste is not properly segregated. |
| Compost (Coastal Grow) | $40.00 per ton |
| Mixed construction and demolition / pallets | $44.00 per ton (starred) |
| Inert debris, soil, or ash | $18.00 per ton. Clean inert debris (concrete, asphalt, rock, clean soil, and brick) has a separate unloading area; tell the scale operator. |
| Stumps and land-clearing debris | $75.00 per ton |
| Cover soil | $3.00 per ton |
| Mobile home section | $1,300.00 (starred), as the last line in the official landfill fee block |
| Truck weights (other services) | $25.00 each |
| Tires not generated in the normal course of business | $165.00 per ton on the fee sheet; see the no-charge-except-as-provided-by-state-law note below |
Common disposals
Pulled from the same official sources as the fee table. Confirm with the town if anything conflicts.
- Mattress / box spring: Not separately itemized. Household municipal solid waste is $44.00 per ton on the official fee sheet.
- TVs / electronics: Not itemized on the fetched CEP locations, rates, or waste-disposal pages. Confirm by phone.
- Tires: Accepted. State Tire form required. Official policy says no charge except as provided by State law; the fee sheet lists $165.00 per ton for tires not generated in the normal course of business.
- Appliances: White goods are accepted at the Tuscarora Landfill for disposal by Craven County.
- Yard waste / brush: $25.00 per ton at the landfill, with required segregation and bag rules.
- Household hazardous waste: Hazardous chemical wastes on the prohibited list are not accepted. Asbestos and qualifying sharps have the special rules above.
Hazardous waste
Hazardous and chemical wastes in the official prohibited list are not accepted. Regulated asbestos-containing materials are accepted only at the Tuscarora Landfill, after CEP consults with the state epidemiology branch on what is considered regulated. Medical sharps are accepted if they arrive in crush-resistant, leak-proof containers and meet state requirements for non-regulated medical waste. Sharps may not be placed in commercial on-site compactors before delivery.
Holiday closures
Official Coastal Environmental Partnership locations page: all facilities are closed on Sundays, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. The official FY 2026-2027 fee sheet also lists closed holidays as the 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. The 4th of July appears on the fee sheet and not on the locations-and-hours page. Confirm July 4 hours before you go. Neither official source listed dated 2027 closures when checked.
Holiday schedule last verified 2026-11-11 from official sources . Source: Coastal Environmental Partnership Locations and Hours (named holiday closings) .
Other notes
- Coastal Environmental Partnership (CEP), formerly the Coastal Regional Solid Waste Management Authority, is a public authority for Carteret, Craven, and Pamlico counties. The administrative office is at the Tuscarora Landfill, mailing address P.O. Box 128, Cove City, NC 28523.
- All customers must unload as directed. Vehicles must be unloaded and checked out no later than 10 minutes after the posted closing time. Scale operators may refuse a vehicle that cannot reasonably finish in time.
- Yard waste is accepted but must be segregated; it will not be accepted in ordinary plastic bags, except in biodegradable bags tested and approved by CEP. Bags must be emptied at the yard-waste area. Failure to segregate can be charged at the penalty rate of 200% of the MSW tipping fee.
- Official waste-disposal policy: there is no charge for tire disposal except as provided by State law, and all tires must be accompanied by a State Tire form (call (252) 633-1564 or use the official form). The FY 2026-2027 fee sheet also lists $165.00 per ton for tires not generated in the normal course of business. Both official statements are shown here.
- Prohibited examples include motor oil, strong acids, alkalines, reactive waste, ignitable fluids, pesticides, herbicide, organic solvents, PCBs, liquids, radioactive waste, regulated medical waste, and lead-acid batteries. Official typo "Polychlorinated Biphyenl (PBC)" is on the waste-disposal page. CEP has an on-site oyster-shell recycling bin at the Tuscarora Landfill and the Grantsboro Transfer Station, managed by the North Carolina Coastal Federation.
- Tuscarora also accepts clean wood waste (untreated, unpainted wood no longer than six feet) at a separate unloading area, and white goods for disposal by Craven County. Barrels and drums cannot be accepted unless the ends have been removed; five-gallon cans are accepted if the tops have been removed.
- Permit #2509 is listed on the official locations page.
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Sources
Every fee and hour above was taken from these official pages or PDFs on 2026-11-11. If something conflicts, trust the town.
- Craven County Regional Landfill (county address wording, hours, phone, CEP operator)
- CEP Locations and Hours
- CEP Waste Disposal policy (accepted and prohibited materials, residential drop-off, tires, yard waste)
- CEP Rates (links to current fee PDFs)
- CEP FY 2026-2027 system fees (PDF, effective July 1, 2026)