Texas
Transfer station
Lubbock transfer station
Hours, sticker price, who can use it, item fees, hazardous waste options, and holiday notes for City of Lubbock Citizen Convenience Stations (Southside, Northside, South Milwaukee, North Quaker).
Last verified from official sources: 2026-11-09
Who can use it
City of Lubbock residents only, hauling household items from their own single-family home. Show the attendant a driver's license with a City of Lubbock address. Not allowed: loads from businesses, multi-family properties or government sites, and anyone paid to haul from a home. State law treats those as theft of service and illegal dumping. Commercial loads are refused.
Hours
- All four stations: Monday-Saturday 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
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 |
|---|---|
| Fee | No drop-off fee listed on the city Solid Waste page |
| Visit limit | 4 times per year for bulky household items |
| Furniture | 4 pieces per visit |
| Appliances | 2 per visit; refrigerators and freezers must be empty and not taped shut (staff remove the Freon) |
| Scrap metal / yard waste / cleanup waste | Up to a pickup bed per visit |
| Fence sections | 100 feet, once per year |
| Carpet | 2 rolls per visit |
| Tires | 4 passenger tires without rims per year per address |
Hazardous waste
The city Solid Waste page lists hazardous waste, PCB waste, radioactive waste and friable asbestos as banned from landfills and outside the residential waste stream; call 311 to ask about household chemical disposal. Accepted with attendant sign-in and a driver's license: used motor oil and filters and used antifreeze (under 5 gallons, no fuel mixtures, do not mix); vehicle batteries at Northside and Southside only (limit 2 per year per address); household cooking grease at Southside only.
Holiday closures
Closed on City of Lubbock holidays. Do not leave items outside the fence when the station is closed; the city treats that as illegal dumping.
Holiday schedule last verified 2026-11-09 from official sources .
Other notes
- Loads can come in a passenger car, a pickup or a trailer 6 feet or shorter, no bigger than a pickup bed, and must be covered. You unload your own items.
- Not accepted: construction and demolition material, concrete, bricks and rock, shingles, remodeling material, and regular garbage or business trash.
- City of Lubbock Landfill: residents with a Lubbock driver's license and a matching utility bill get 12 free loads a year of household items such as furniture, brush and appliances (refrigerators and freezers excluded), hauled from their own home by car, pickup or single/dual-axle trailer. Roofing, shingles, construction, remodeling, fencing and demolition material are not free. Call 806-784-6040. County residents, commercial customers and large loads should call 806-767-2492 or 806-784-6040, and a fee may apply.
- Dry out leftover paint by exposing it to air or mixing it with kitty litter before it goes in household trash.
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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.