Granite Bluff Landfill

Granite Bluff Landfill is the burial-type landfill that handles household and business refuse for the Columbus area. Local contractors and residents both use it when hauling loads that need to be buried rather than recycled or processed elsewhere.

There’s a scale at the entrance and tipping fees are charged by weight, so expect to stop on the scale both coming in and going out. A small entrance booth controls access and then the road leads up to large open cells where heavy equipment moves and spreads material. The site is industrial-looking: compacted dirt roads, earth berms and equipment tracks, with trucks lining up on busier days. Commercial loads are accepted, so there’s often larger roll-offs and dump trucks in the queue alongside pickup trucks and trailers.