Construction Debris: What You Can (and Can't) Take to the Dump
Renovating your home? Drywall, lumber, concrete, and roofing materials have different disposal rules than regular trash. Here's what to know.
Read more →This is the small municipal inert landfill on North Central Avenue that locals use for household and commercial inert debris. Trucks, contractors, and residents hauling construction rubble or yard debris drop stuff off here; it’s the kind of place meant for burying material rather than recycling or processing. Expect a worksite feel rather than a tidy transfer station.
Drive past a gatehouse area and you’ll likely be directed to pull onto a scale - charges are weight-based at landfills like this, so plan for that stop both coming in and leaving. The tipping area is out in the open with dirt roads and compacted fill; heavy equipment moves material around and the mound of buried debris is visible from the entrance. There’s a traffic flow to follow: pull up, weigh, dump in the instructed cell, and go back over the scale to settle the fee. Weekends and spring cleanup days get busier, so lines can form at the booth.
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