Where to Dump Dirt in Palestine, TX

Last updated August 20, 2026

Palestine, in Anderson County, sits roughly 45 miles southwest of Tyler — close enough for our Tyler area dispatchers to match excess dirt with the nearest approved site fast. Members dump for free at approved sites; your first load is free even if you never sign up.

Palestine sits in Anderson County — the same TCEQ inert-material rules apply here as anywhere else in the East Texas Piney Woods.

Local ground conditions

Tyler sits in the East Texas Piney Woods — sandy loam near creek bottoms transitioning to heavier, more acidic shrink-swell clay on upland ridges, a distinctly different profile than the Blackland Prairie clay found through Dallas-Fort Worth.

How verification actually works

Neither TCEQ (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) nor any other state agency issues a formal “certified clean fill” seal — that term doesn’t exist in the regulatory language (30 TAC §330.3 and equivalent). What actually happens at every approved site in our network:

• A published acceptance policy — exactly what’s in, exactly what’s out (no trash, no C&D debris, no treated wood, no contamination)
• The right to inspect and refuse any load at the gate
• A load ticket logged for every delivery, so there’s a real record if a question ever comes up

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