Smith Co Landfill

Smith Co Landfill is the big county landfill out on Road 150 near Lebanon, used by locals and haulers from around the region. It’s the kind of place where household cleanouts and commercial roll-offs both end up, since this is the final spot where trash gets buried and capped.

There’s a scale before the tipping area-landfills of this size generally charge by weight and often have a minimum tipping fee, so expect to stop there both in and out. Drive up to a small entrance booth/scale house, then follow the roadway out to the working face where trucks unload; the site is mostly gravel and dirt, with compacted trash piles and equipment like bulldozers and compactors working the mounds. Recycling or drop-off bins, if present, tend to sit off to one side rather than mixed in with the landfill cells. Busy times, especially spring cleanups or weekends, can mean a line of trucks waiting to get weighed and dumped.