The Texas Disposal Systems Landfill at 3016 FM 1327 in Creedmoor is the disposal end of the largest privately held waste company in Central Texas, and it is the site most Austin-area residents mean when they talk about hauling a load out to the landfill themselves. The gate sits south-east of Austin in Travis County, and TDS publishes a full price list rather than asking callers to ring for a quote — unusual for a private operator of this size, and the reason this page can carry real numbers.

Householders arriving in a car, pickup or SUV pay a $66.00 minimum at the citizens drop-off station, with $12.00 added for every cubic yard beyond 5.5 yards. Loose uncompacted waste is priced at $12.00 a yard. If your load runs to between six and twelve cubic yards there is a $50.00 charge for using the drop-off station, rising to $100.00 for loads of thirteen to twenty-five yards. Larger deliveries go through the landfill scale instead, where municipal solid waste is $60.00 a ton against a two-ton minimum.

A good deal arrives free. Clean concrete, rock, gravel, pavers, asphalt and road base carry no charge at all, nor does low-clay topsoil, scrap metal, water heaters, appliances without a compressor, or undamaged car batteries. Brush, leaves and untreated lumber cost $10.00 a cubic yard on small loads with a $20.00 floor. Flattened cardboard is $1.00 a yard. Construction and demolition material delivered as a small personal load runs $12.50 a cubic yard.

Budget for the extras, because they add up here. An unsecured load draws a $35.00 penalty, though TDS hands out free tarps to pickup drivers. Freon removal is $50.00, a pull-off is $35.00 whether or not it succeeds, and mattresses, sofas and recliners are $25.00 each. Landfilled loads also attract the $0.94 state fee per ton, a monthly fuel surcharge, an environmental charge and percentage-based regulatory recovery. Gates open at 7 a.m. Monday to Saturday and close at 7 p.m. or sunset, whichever falls first.