Salt River Landfill

Salt River Landfill sits on N. Beeline Highway in northeast Scottsdale and is where homeowners with trailers and contractors with big trucks go to dump. It's a big, dusty place you can't miss from the road. Landfills generally accept commercial loads and charge tipping fees by weight or load type, but exact rules and accepted materials vary by facility and state.

Expect an entrance booth and a scale; most vehicles are weighed so stops in and out are common since fees are usually based on weight. Pull into the lane for the booth, then head to the active tipping area to unload before returning to be weighed out. The site looks like wide dirt roads, piles of cover material and working faces-dusty on windy days and noisy when loaders are moving. Weekends and spring-cleanup times tend to have longer lines, so plan for possible wait time.