Blount County Landfill & Dump: Hours, Fees, Free Option

Quick answer: The Blount County Landfill is open weekdays only, about 7 AM to 3 PM, and charges roughly $60 per ton for concrete. It can turn away haulers from outside Blount County. If your load is clean concrete, asphalt, brick, or block, Smoky Mountain Sand & Gravel in Maryville takes it free, six days a week, from any county.

You're probably reading this from the truck. Here's everything you need to decide where the load goes: hours, fees, who gets turned away, what each place takes, and the math by truck size.

Blount County Landfill at a Glance

	Blount County Landfill	SMSG (Maryville)
Weekday hours	About 7 AM to 3 PM (last load ~2:30)	7 AM to 5 PM
Saturday	Closed	8 AM to noon
Concrete cost	~$60 per ton	Free for clean loads
Scale / weigh-in	Yes	No scale
Out-of-county haulers	Can be turned away	Welcome from any county
Takes mixed C&D, trash	Yes	No, clean material only
Rebar in concrete	Accepted	Accepted

Always call the county before you drive. Hours have shifted over the years and holiday schedules change. What doesn't change is that the landfill closes mid-afternoon and is closed on weekends.

Blount County Landfill Hours

The Blount County Landfill (also called the Blount County Sanitation Facility) runs weekday public hours:

• Monday through Friday: about 7 AM to 3 PM, last loads around 2:30 PM
• Saturday and Sunday: closed to the public
• Holidays: closed

That schedule is the first thing that trips up contractors. If you're finishing a tear-out late in the afternoon or on a Saturday, the landfill isn't an option that day.

Blount County Landfill Fees

Concrete and C&D: roughly $60 per ton at the scale. That's the number that surprises most people, because concrete is heavy. A single cubic yard of broken concrete weighs well over a ton.

Mixed loads: charged at the rate of the most expensive material in the load. Concrete with drywall or lumber mixed in pays the mixed C&D rate on the entire load.

Household waste and yard waste: priced separately and generally lower per ton than C&D.

What a concrete load costs at $60 per ton

Vehicle	Typical concrete weight	Landfill cost	SMSG (clean load)
Pickup truck	0.5 to 1.5 tons	~$30 to $90	Free
Single-axle trailer	3 to 6 tons	~$180 to $360	Free
Single-axle dump	8 to 12 tons	~$480 to $720	Free
Tandem dump	14 to 20 tons	~$840 to $1,200	Free
Tri-axle / end dump	20 to 30+ tons	~$1,200 to $1,800+	Free

Weights vary with how full the truck is and how big the pieces are. Run your own numbers with our concrete tear-out calculator. On a busy demo job with several loads a week, the landfill bill adds up to thousands of dollars.

Who Gets Turned Away

This is the part that isn't obvious from the county website. The Blount County Landfill can refuse haulers who aren't from Blount County. If your truck isn't Blount-based, or you can't show the operator you're working a Blount jobsite, you can be turned back at the scale.

Knoxville, Loudon, and Sevier County crews hauling from a Blount job can usually get through with the right paperwork. Otherwise, plan a different destination. Knox County's convenience centers refuse concrete entirely, so Knox crews in particular need a recycling yard.

What the Landfill Takes and Refuses

Takes (subject to the residency rules above):

• Broken concrete, block, brick, and masonry
• Asphalt tear-outs
• Wood, drywall, and roofing (mixed C&D pricing)
• Household waste and yard waste

Refuses:

• Hazardous material of any kind
• Liquid waste
• Tires and refrigerant appliances (separate county programs)
• Certain commercial quantities without prior arrangement

The Free Alternative: SMSG in Maryville

If you're hauling clean concrete or asphalt, Smoky Mountain Sand & Gravel at 245 Brookdale Rd, Maryville TN 37801 is the cheaper and usually simpler stop:

• Free for clean concrete, asphalt, brick, block, and natural stone
• No scale, no appointment. Roll up, quick look at the load, dump, go. Most trucks are in and out in about 10 minutes.
• Any county. No residency check.
• Saturday hours: Monday to Friday 7 AM to 5 PM, Saturday 8 AM to noon
• Rebar is fine. You don't need to separate it. We pull the steel during processing.
• Any vehicle, from a pickup to a tri-axle.

Clean concrete gets crushed into recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) for driveways, base, and backfill, so it never takes up landfill space. Asphalt is accepted the same way, see asphalt drop-off.

Have a load with some dirt or debris mixed in? Call us at (865) 999-0857 before you haul and we'll tell you whether we can take it.

When the Landfill Is Still the Right Call

A recycling yard isn't the answer for everything. Take it to the Blount County Landfill if your load is:

• Mixed C&D with wood, drywall, roofing, or other debris
• Household trash or municipal waste
• Yard waste or land-clearing brush
• Anything hazardous or requiring special handling

We don't compete for those loads. For clean concrete, asphalt, brick, block, masonry, and natural stone, SMSG is the shorter wait, has Saturday hours, and costs nothing.

How to Decide in 30 Seconds

1. Is the load clean concrete, asphalt, brick, or block? Go to SMSG. It's free.
2. Is it mixed with wood, drywall, or trash? Go to the landfill, or sort it first. Separating the clean concrete usually pays for itself.
3. Is it after 3 PM or a Saturday? The landfill is closed. SMSG is open until 5 PM weekdays and noon Saturday.
4. Is your crew from outside Blount County? Expect trouble at the landfill. SMSG takes any county.

Tips for loading so you're in and out fast: how to load a truck for concrete drop-off.

Serving Blount County and Beyond

We're inside Maryville, a short drive from most Blount County jobsites, including Alcoa, Maryville, Louisville, Rockford, Friendsville, and Townsend. See our Blount County service area for directions and local details, or call the yard at (865) 999-0857.