Winneshiek County Sanitary Landfill

Winneshiek County Sanitary Landfill sits out on 140th Avenue just outside Decorah and is where local trash gets buried. Homeowners with pickup loads, landscapers, and small contractors are the kinds of folks who stop by when things don’t fit the curbside cart.

Drive in to a small entrance area with a booth and a scale; expect to be weighed and then directed toward the active dumping area. Tipping fees are charged by weight, and there’s typically a structure that separates small residential drops from larger commercial loads. The site looks like open dirt cells and berms with heavy equipment moving around, so pull up carefully and follow traffic at the working face. Plan on being weighed again on the way out and know that lines can build up on weekends and during spring cleanup season.