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Cypress Acres Landfill is the county landfill out on NE 33rd Court in Ocala, where both homeowners and commercial haulers bring trash to be buried. Trucks with trailers and pickup loads are the usual sight there; it’s not a drop-off for small curbside pickups.
There’s a drive-on scale and a small entrance booth, so plan to stop and pull onto the scale-expect to stop again on the way out for the outbound weighing. Heavy trucks and equipment move around the active dumping area, which is a large graded cell with plenty of dust and gravel underfoot. Tipping fees are handled by weight at the scale, and landfills typically have separate residential and commercial fee structures. Weekends get backed up, and activity spikes after storms or during spring cleanup season.
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Before You Go
- Tie down and tarp everything before leaving home; loose debris blows everywhere and makes unloading slower and messier.
- Pre-sort loads so the big, bulky items are easy to get to first - that speeds dumping and avoids a lot of shuffling at the pit.
- Don’t haul household hazardous stuff to the landfill; Marion County and nearby counties run HHW collection events, and hurricane season often causes closures or long post-storm lines.
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