Otis Road Landfill

Otis Road Landfill is the big county landfill out on Otis Road in Jacksonville, used by both residents hauling household junk and contractors with commercial loads. It’s the place where trash gets buried rather than recycled or processed, so expect a working, industrial feel rather than anything tidy or landscaped.

There’s an entrance booth and a drive-up scale where trucks stop to be weighed, so plan on pulling forward and then stopping again on the way out. The site is large with long drive lanes and visible rows of compacted cells and heavy equipment moving around; it looks like a construction zone more than a neighborhood drop-off. Recyclables and yard trimmings in Florida often have separate areas, so look for side lots or signs near the entrance pointing you one way or another. Weekends and post-storm periods get busy-lines can form, and trucks bunch up near the scale.