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
Jesse Howells, Landfill Manager
Cell: (719) 652-0088
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
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
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
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.
- 100 lbs. or smaller - $2.00 each - $6.00 each
- Contaminated Soil - $50.00 per ton - $90.00 per ton
- Special Waste: Pre-approval is required & Administrative Fee will apply.