Palmer Central Landfill

Palmer Central Landfill on N. 49th State Street is the big landfill that people from Palmer-both homeowners and commercial haulers-use when stuff needs to be buried. It's a working, large-scale site with gravel roads, heavy equipment, and the usual footprint of a landfill.

Pull up to an entrance booth and a scale; tipping fees are charged by weight, so expect to stop on the way in and again on the way out. After the booth, follow the traffic flow along gravel roads to the active dumping area where trucks unload and compactors operate. The property is open and functional-lots of machinery, dirt surfaces that get dusty in summer and muddy in spring, and long sight lines across the cells. Weekends and spring cleanup time tend to back up, so lines are common then and bigger rigs need extra room to turn.