State waste rules
States control disposal in two different ways: some ban specific materials from landfill outright, and others require you to document how much of your debris you diverted from it. Both change what you can legally put in a container and how you should order one, and neither is optional once your address is inside the state.
States published so far
Massachusetts
Massachusetts bans more materials from disposal than any other state, and the list is long enough that it changes what you can put in a container.
MassDEPCalifornia
California does not ban much from your container. It requires you to prove where the debris went.
CalRecycleWisconsin
Wisconsin stacks four separate statutory fees onto every ton that enters a licensed landfill. That stack is why a Fox Valley quote does not look like a quote from a state with one fee.
Wisconsin DNR
Why the other 47 are not here yet
Because a state regulation page is only worth publishing if someone read the regulation. Each of these requires locating the state agency's own rule, confirming the material list and the effective dates, and recording the citation. We publish them as that work is done rather than generating fifty thin pages with plausible-looking agency links.
In the meantime, the materials matrix marks every material whose answer depends on your state, and tells you plainly when we have not verified yours.
All states, with publication status
| State | Status |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Not yet verified |
| Alaska | Not yet verified |
| Arizona | Not yet verified |
| Arkansas | Not yet verified |
| California | Published |
| Colorado | Not yet verified |
| Connecticut | Not yet verified |
| Delaware | Not yet verified |
| District of Columbia | Not yet verified |
| Florida | Not yet verified |
| Georgia | Not yet verified |
| Hawaii | Not yet verified |
| Idaho | Not yet verified |
| Illinois | Not yet verified |
| Indiana | Not yet verified |
| Iowa | Not yet verified |
| Kansas | Not yet verified |
| Kentucky | Not yet verified |
| Louisiana | Not yet verified |
| Maine | Not yet verified |
| Maryland | Not yet verified |
| Massachusetts | Published |
| Michigan | Not yet verified |
| Minnesota | Not yet verified |
| Mississippi | Not yet verified |
| Missouri | Not yet verified |
| Montana | Not yet verified |
| Nebraska | Not yet verified |
| Nevada | Not yet verified |
| New Hampshire | Not yet verified |
| New Jersey | Not yet verified |
| New Mexico | Not yet verified |
| New York | Not yet verified |
| North Carolina | Not yet verified |
| North Dakota | Not yet verified |
| Ohio | Not yet verified |
| Oklahoma | Not yet verified |
| Oregon | Not yet verified |
| Pennsylvania | Not yet verified |
| Rhode Island | Not yet verified |
| South Carolina | Not yet verified |
| South Dakota | Not yet verified |
| Tennessee | Not yet verified |
| Texas | Not yet verified |
| Utah | Not yet verified |
| Vermont | Not yet verified |
| Virginia | Not yet verified |
| Washington | Not yet verified |
| West Virginia | Not yet verified |
| Wisconsin | Published |
| Wyoming | Not yet verified |
Sources
- Primary source MassDEP Waste Disposal Bans — Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection · last reviewed 2026-08-17
mass.gov refuses automated requests from this build environment (HTTP 403). The ban list was read from the publisher’s own guide through a search index and cross-checked against the October 2021 amendment document below. - Primary source 310 CMR 19.000 Final Waste Ban Amendments (October 2021) — Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection · last reviewed 2026-08-17
- Primary source CALGreen Construction Waste Management Requirements — CalRecycle · last reviewed 2026-08-17
- Primary source Wis. Stat. ch. 289 — Solid Waste Facilities — Wisconsin State Legislature · last reviewed 2026-08-17
Section numbers and the existence of each fee were confirmed through the legislature’s own statute index. Per-ton amounts were not published from this source.