Facilities

Our Mission 

Managing the waste our city generates is everyone's responsibility. Preserving the environment through disposal is our mission. We are dedicated in advancing Solid Waste solutions in an environmentally friendly way and helping our community become a national model for Solid Waste management.

NOTE: By utilizing the City of High Point public drop off site, the customer agrees to hold the City of High Point harmless for any and all liabilities, damages, costs, fees or expense to equipment or persons utilizing the site, unless the damage occurs from a city employee or equipment.

Accepted Waste Types 

 Commercial and Residential Use 

 Tipping Fees

Landfill rates are $42.00/ton plus the state tax of $2/ton.

 Minimum charge of $7.50 for Pickups, SUV's, and trailers   -  $2 minimum charge for cars.

Per FY 20/21 budget adopted June 22, 2020

Convenience Center

Our convenience center is located at the front of the facility for residents to use dumpsters and not enter the landfill. Please clean up any of your waste that does not make it in the dumpsters.

Procedure

Upon entering the gate on East Kivett Drive, pull on to the scale, the scale house operator will advise you of where to go. Once you have emptied you will return to the scales and the scale house operator will then notify you of the total owed. All vehicles must weigh in and out. If you are assisting with unloading, please advise the scale house operator upon entering.

Unacceptable Waste

Burned garbage/waste, paint, tires, household hazardous chemicals, pesticides, fluorescent lights, batteries, motor oil, antifreeze, or liquid hazardous waste. Household hazardous waste can be disposed of at one of the City of High Point HHW Events which are held every quarter (every three months) at 1401 E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, High Point, N.C. 27260. For immediate HHW disposal needs take items to EcoFlo 2750 Patterson Street, Greensboro, N.C. 27407

No yard waste / brush, limbs, leaves or bushes are accepted at this facility.  Take to:

 Ingleside Compost Facility 

3001 Ingleside Drive

High Point, NC 27265

Phone: 336-883-8514

No Electronics Disposal/Recycling Accepted at the landfill - Take to:  

 Material Recovery Facility 

5875 Riverdale Drive

Jamestown, NC 27263

Phone: 336-883-3623

OR

 Ingleside Compost Facility  (Recycle Drop Site)

3001 Ingleside Drive

High Point, NC 27265

Phone: 336-883-8514

Scrap tires should be disposed of at the

 Guilford County Facility 

2138 Bishop Road

Greensboro, NC 27406

Phone: 336-294-9431

City Of High Point Observed Holidays

The Kersey Valley Landfill will be closed on the following holidays:

• Juneteenth: Monday, June 19, 2023
• Independence Day: Tuesday, July 4, 2023
• Labor Day: Monday, September 4, 2023
• Veteran's Day: Friday, November 10, 2023
• Thanksgiving: Thursday/Friday, November 23 & 24, 2023
• Christmas: Monday/Tuesday, December 25 & 26, 2023
• New Year's Day: Monday, January 1, 2024

What Do I Do With...

Click here to view our guide to common items and how/where to properly dispose of them.