Simi Valley Landfill

Simi Valley Landfill is the local burial site for household and larger loads from around the area, located off Madera Road in Simi Valley. Neighbors, landscapers, and hauling companies use it when curbside pickup or transfer stations aren’t an option. Expect a large-scale operation - it's where trash actually gets buried rather than sorted for reuse.

Drive up to an entrance booth and prepare to be directed onto a scale; tipping fees at landfills are typically charged by weight, so there’s usually a weigh-in and weigh-out. The site looks like a working industrial lot with large compacting equipment, piles of cover soil, and long lanes for truck traffic rather than neat public drop-off bays. Recycling and organics separation is common in California, so there are often separate areas or signs for material that needs to be kept out of the main load. Weekends and seasonal cleanup times tend to have lines, so plan for some queuing if arriving then.