Metro Park West Landfill

Metro Park West Landfill in Perry is the regional landfill where residential and farm loads end up. Locals, farmers and small commercial haulers use it when something needs to be buried rather than recycled or composted. It sits out on 337th Street, the kind of place that shows up as a big open site off the county road.

Drive up a gravel approach to a weigh scale and a small entrance booth - vehicles usually stop there to be checked and directed. After the scale, trucks head up toward the working face where rows of compacted material and graded cell areas are visible; the site looks large and spread out with dirt ramps and heavy equipment in the background. Residential trucks and farm trailers often pull to the side while commercial trucks get routed to larger dumping areas; expect to wait for a turn if a big truck is on the pad. On busy days the line can stretch to the road, and seasonal slowdowns or busier spring/fall windows are common in this part of Iowa.