Data on Municipal Solid Waste Facilities in Texas
View or download location information, facility status, and other data on municipal solid waste facilities.
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Current Information About Municipal Solid Waste Facilities
Map Viewer
This viewer allows a user to locate a specific facility on a map, create a URL path (link) to that location, then share that link with others who can use the link to zoom to that location in the map viewer. The current version shows active landfills.
Facility Lists
These lists of active facilities are updated periodically when new facilities open or existing facilities close.
Data Files
The data files in the following list are refreshed each Friday morning:
- msw-facilities-texas.xls
— A spreadsheet listing issued or acknowledged permits and other authorizations as well as pending applications for MSW landfills and processing facilities that are active, inactive, or not yet constructed. Data fields include facility name and type; permit, registration, or notification number; authorization status; facility physical status; and location information. See
GI-613, Description of Fields in Municipal Solid Waste Data Files for more information. - msw-closed-facilities-texas.xls — A spreadsheet listing issued or acknowledged permits and other authorizations for MSW landfills and processing facilities that have closed. Data fields include facility name and type; permit, registration, or notification number; authorization status; facility physical status; and location information. See
GI-613, Description of Fields in Municipal Solid Waste Data Files for more information.
- msw-revoked-or-not-issued-texas.xls — A spreadsheet listing revoked permits and other authorizations for MSW landfills and processing facilities, and applications that were withdrawn, returned, or denied. Data fields include facility name and type; permit, registration, or notification number; authorization status; facility physical status; and location information. See
GI-613, Description of Fields in Municipal Solid Waste Data Files for more information.
Annual Reports
- Annual Summary of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Texas
Compilations of data reported annually by municipal solid waste processing and disposal facilities, used in assessment and planning for the management of solid wastes in Texas.
Back to topHistorical Information About Municipal Solid Waste Facilities
The data file listed below contains historical information that is not updated:
- msw-unum-texas.xlsx — A spreadsheet of historical information listing old, closed unnumbered MSW landfills that were operated before permits were required, as well as unauthorized landfills and miscellaneous illegal dumps and disposal sites. See our Inventory of Closed Municipal Solid Waste Landfills page for information about why this information was collected and how it is used. See
GI-613, Description of Fields in Municipal Solid Waste Data Files for more information.
Contact the MSW Permits Section
Please contact the MSW Permits Section if you have questions about municipal solid waste data.