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Landfill

Landfill Regular Hours

Monday - Saturday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. - last delivery at 3:30 pm.

Otero County Landfill Inc. (OCLI) & Recycling

Art Lucero, Landfill Foreman

719-383-3037 (Automated Number)

411 N 10th St.
Rocky Ford, CO 81067

Cell: (719) 469-2977

oterocountylandfill@gmail.com 

Jesse Howells, Landfill Manager

Cell: (719) 652-0088

jhowells@oterogov.org 

2025 Approved Holidays

  • New Year's Day - Wednesday, January 1, 2025
  • President's Day - Monday, February 17, 2025
  • Good Friday - Friday, April 18, 2025
  • Memorial Day - Monday, May 26, 2025
  • Independence Day - Friday, July 4, 2025
  • Labor Day - Monday, September 1, 2025
  • Veteran's Day - Tuesday, November 11, 2025
  • Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 27, 2025 & Friday, November 28, 2025
  • Christmas Eve - Wednesday, December 24, 2025
  • Christmas - Thursday, December 25, 2025
  • New Year's Eve - Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Otero County Landfill Incorporated Logo

OCLI Board Members and Officers 2024

  • Danny Chavez - Manzanola - Chairman
  • Tim Knabenshue - Otero County - Vice Chairman
  • Martin Montoya - La Junta - Secretary/Treasurer
  • Dave Howard - Cheraw
  • Jim Bensley - Swink
  • Duane Gurle - Rocky Ford
  • Tracy Nelson - Fowler

411 N. 10th Street – Rocky Ford, Colorado 81067 - (719) 652-0088

Otero County Landfill Incorporated Logo

OCLI meets after the Otero Partners Incorporated meeting at 8:30 am, Otero County Courthouse, 13 W 3rd St., Room 107 (Bauserman Room) on the following dates for 2025:

  • January 20, 2025
  • February 18, 2025
  • March 17, 2025
  • April 21, 2025
  • May 19, 2025
  • June 16, 2025
  • July 21, 2025
  • August 18, 2025
  • September 15, 2025
  • October 20, 2025
  • November 17, 2025
  • December 16, 2025

Otero County Landfill

21250 County Road 21
La Junta, CO 81050

Monday through Saturday
8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M

3:30 PM last delivery

Waste Accepted:

  • Household Trash
  • Business Trash
  • Tree Limbs
  • Construction Materials
  • Demolition Materials with Demolition Permit and Manifest
  • Appliances without freon
  • Concrete
  • Small Animals
  • Tires

No computers or liquids

No appliances with freon

2024 Landfill Fees

  • Unloading Fee: Minimum charge of $25.00 to anyone who needs assistance.
  • Width x Length x Height divided by 27 = Cubic Yards
  • Uncovered, unsecured, or material visibly falling off or out of the vehicle will be charged a double rate.
  • Otero County residents will have to show a current utility bill and driver's license to dump at the "county rate."
  • If you have questions regarding fees or what can be accepted at the landfill, please call 719-652-0088.

Trash Category - In County Charge - Out of County Charge

  • Compacted Trash - $30.00 per ton - $52.00 per ton
  • Household Waste (loose) - 1 yd. min. - $10.00 per cubic yard - $20.00 per cubic yard
  • Mattresses & Box Springs - $10.00 per item - $20.00 per item
  • Tree Limbs (less than 12 in.) - $3.00 per cubic yard - $6.00 per cubic yard
  • Logs, Rail Road Ties, Stumps & Power Poles:
    • 18 inches in diameter or larger - $3.00 per linear foot - $6.00 per linear foot
  • Appliances without Freon - $ No Cost - $ No Cost
  • Appliances with Freon - NOT ACCEPTED
  • Tires size up to 22" - $5.00 each - $7.00 each
  • Tires 22.5" to 27.5" rim size - $12.00 each - $15.00 each
  • Tires 28" rim size up to 60" - $40.00 each - $45.00 each
  • All tires with rims add - $2.00 each - $2.00 each
  • Construction Materials:
    • Clean dirt - $1.00 per cubic yard - $1.00 per cubic yard
    • Clean Concrete, Rock, Brick
      • no dirt, asphalt or rebar - $2.00 per cubic yard - $4.00 per cubic yard
    • Mixed concrete - $3.00 per cubic yard - $7.00 per cubic yard
    • Asphalt shingles - $25.00 per ton - $50.00 per ton
  • Dead Animals:
    • 100 lbs. or smaller - $2.00 each - $6.00 each
      100 lbs. - $3.00 per 100 lbs. - $6.00 per 100 lbs.
  • Contaminated Soil - $50.00 per ton - $90.00 per ton
  • Special Waste: Pre-approval is required & Administrative Fee will apply.