Billy Wright Landfill

Billy Wright Landfill in Los Banos is the local place where household junk, construction debris and heavier commercial loads get dumped and buried. It sits out on S. Billy Wright Road and is a working, open-air site - not a transfer station or recycling center. Locals and haulers alike use it when stuff can’t be recycled or hauled off by curbside pickup.

Drive up to an entrance booth and then over a scale - tipping fees are typically charged by weight, so expect to be weighed and then weighed again on exit. The site is large, with visible earth cells, bulldozers and haul trucks moving around; surfaces are dusty and there’s often gravel to drive on. Loads are usually directed where to dump from the booth or a flagger, so have everything ready to unload before pulling onto the tipping face. Larger commercial trucks are common at this kind of landfill, so expect tight turns and other big rigs coming and going.