Foothill Sanitary Landfill, Inc.

Foothill Sanitary Landfill in Linden is the place contractors, landscapers and anyone with a pickup full of junk head to when there’s nowhere else to put it. It’s a bona fide landfill - the final stop where trash gets buried - and it handles both residential and commercial loads. Expect a no-frills, industrial feel rather than anything tidy or pretty.

There’s an entrance booth and a weigh scale on site, so loads are charged by weight and vehicles usually stop in twice - once coming in and again on the way out. The property is large with dirt access roads, piles of compacted material and exposed tipping faces; it gets dusty in dry weather and muddy after rain. Commercial trucks often have a separate flow or lane, so larger rigs move a bit differently than the cars and pickups. Lines can form on weekends and during neighborhood cleanups, so travel time through the site varies.