badlands landfill

Badlands Landfill is the large municipal dump on Ironwood Avenue that people from Moreno Valley bring household and commercial trash to. Neighbors and trade haulers both use it, since landfills are the final place loads get buried rather than recycled or composted. It's the kind of place where semi trucks and pickup trucks mix with roll-offs and trailers on busy days.

There’s an entrance booth and a scale to drive over - they charge by weight so expect to stop on the way out for a second weighing. Pull up to the attendant at the booth to get directed to the dumping area; large piles and compacted terraces of trash are visible from the approach. Commercial trucks are common, so lanes can be tight and there are usually staff directing traffic at the tip face. The site looks industrial: dirt roads, heavy equipment moving loads, and large mounded sections where material is compacted and covered.