Context: Updating the landscaping between my front and back yard, I deleted a couple 4 ft tall fences that ran between my house and the privacy fence separating me and my neighbor's yards.

Further context: This is in the contiguous 48, USA.

I call a junk hauler, doesn't want to mess with it. I tell him it's about 15-18 feet total length cut in two, it's tied up, and pretty easy to chuck into a pick up. Doesn't matter. Ok, I figure it's a liability to transport, like it could snag, come loose, whatever.

I go to my city dump. They have a list of things they don't accept, it's "trees, yard waste, concrete, cinder blocks, asb**tos, amm****on, gas tanks, bricks and chain link" I show the guy the two discrete rolls of chain link in the back of my Toyota. It is literally the smallest load I've ever taken to the city dump. He says no deal. I ask "why," he says "policy." I ask "where can take this other than dumping it on the side of the highway?" He doesn't know, looks in a drawer, asks another guy, and I get an incredibly hard to google name of a company a county over like "Residual Logistics" or something like that.

I call up this company it's a $180 minimum to dispose of anything with them. I ask the customer service person and I get "sorry, policy sets our minimum, we usually deal with construction waste by tonnage." I back up, affirm that's a very reasonable pricing structure, I'm not bargaining, the price is the price, just... pretend I'm a space alien and I'm trying to understand the broader context, what am I missing about the hazards of chain link that makes it so I have to drive 40 miles to find someone to take it? I get no answer, long pause, then a repeat script of "this is our pricing structure."

Like.... this is genuine worry that I'm missing something? Like I truly am concerned there is something noxious about chain link that puts it in the same category as 'am**nition, as**stos and gas tanks?' Or is this just a quirk of local waste disposal contracts? I can bring a pickup truck full of tires or four mattresses to any dump in the city for free, but I have to drive an hour one way and pay $180 to find someone to legally dispose of maybe 60 lbs of chain link?

OP Update: So the take away is: 'there's nothing noxious about chain link, my local area may be weird, probably someone in construction abused the service in the past'

Thanks for the idea on calling a fence company. Maybe they'll have some advice. I've tried FB market place and the tweakers haven't been biting. It's been on my front driveway on a busy street next to my trash bin for three months (I've been dragging my feet on this and finally got to the dump today). Recycling center also refuses it. I called one small scrape yard that wouldn't take it, but there's a big scrap processing facility I haven't called. In reality, I'll probably chuck into the dumpster at work before I do anything super creative

Sorry for the rambling post. Looks like it was maybe entertaining for everyone.