Waste Management - Bayside of Marion Landfill

Smallish landfill on the east side of Ocala, used by homeowners and commercial haulers dropping off large loads. Trucks and pickup loads both show up here; it's the place where trash gets buried rather than recycled or processed.

Drive up to an entrance booth and then through a gate; there's a large scale that most vehicles go over, so expect to stop and then stop again on the way out. The site is mostly open dirt and compacted areas with rolling berms and working faces where trucks are dumping. Recycling and yard-waste containers at Florida facilities are often set off to the side, and during hurricane season the place can get a lot busier with storm debris. Weekends and spring cleanup times tend to be the busiest, so lines and slow-moving trucks are common.