Bartow County Landfill

A working county landfill just off Allatoona Dam Road that Cartersville residents and local haulers use to dispose of final-burial trash. It’s the place where loads get weighed and buried rather than recycled or dropped at a transfer station. Commercial trucks drop here as well as pickup-truck loads from the area.

Drive up the entrance and there’s a scale/weigh station you’ll use before and after dumping-they charge by weight, so expect to stop twice. There’s a small booth near the entrance where attendants direct traffic; after the scale, follow the lane out to the active cell or tipping area. The site looks like open dirt and compacted slopes with heavy machinery moving material around, and recycling or drop-off bays are usually off to one side. Lines build up on weekends and during spring cleanups, so there’s often a short wait to get to the tipping face.