The complex, not a nickname
The Gloucester County Improvement Authority owns and operates the Solid Waste Complex. The authority places it on a 540-acre tract in South Harrison Township, with the active landfill and support buildings on about a fifth of that land and the rest left as grassland bird habitat, stormwater area, and buffer. The contact address is 503 Monroeville Road, Swedesboro, NJ 08085. The main number is 856-478-6045. People search Gloucester County Landfill. The sign you want says Solid Waste Complex. The authority also posts driving notes from Route 45, Route 322, I-295, and the New Jersey Turnpike, because the last mile is easy to miss once Route 45 bends in Mullica Hill.
Weekday hours and the Saturday limit
Weekday hours on the authority's page are 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Saturday in 2026 is 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and the authority says those Saturday hours are for convenience-center customers only. A commercial hauler who treats Saturday like a short weekday will find the working face closed to that kind of load. The 2026 holiday list the authority published closes the complex on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Election Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and it closes at 11:00 a.m. on Christmas Eve. That is a county holiday calendar, not the federal list you might assume.
Homeowner vehicles versus registered haulers
New Jersey requires many waste transporters to carry an NJDEP registration. The authority explains the homeowner exemption in plain conditions: the waste comes from your primary residence, the vehicle is a passenger registration or a non-commercial truck or SUV without business lettering, and the weight stays under the gross-vehicle limits it quotes, including a combined limit if you tow a trailer. Commercial vehicles, farm registrations, rental trucks, and vehicles with business names on the door do not get that exemption. Convenience-center customers must hand-unload. Dump trailers are not allowed in that customer class. Tipping fees can be paid through the authority's online pay link, but the price list is the authority's, so read it or ask 856-478-6045 rather than guessing from another county.
Before you go
- Navigate to 503 Monroeville Road, Swedesboro, using the authority's route notes if GPS wobbles.
- Treat Saturday as convenience-center hours only.
- Check the 2026 holiday list before a Monday holiday.
- If the truck is lettered, rented, or commercial, assume you need the proper registration.
Taking a dump trailer to the Saturday convenience center, or assuming a rental box truck counts as a homeowner vehicle.
Questions people ask
What town is the Gloucester County landfill in?
The authority says the complex is in South Harrison Township. The mailing and direction address it publishes is 503 Monroeville Road, Swedesboro, NJ 08085.
Is Saturday a normal landfill day?
Not for everyone. The authority's 2026 Saturday hours are 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for convenience-center customers only.
Search Dumpmapper by ZIP code or city, then call the site before you load the truck. Hours and accepted materials change.