Juniper Ridge Landfill

Juniper Ridge Landfill is the town landfill just off Bennoch Road that handles final disposal for Alton and surrounding rural areas. Locals, small haulers, and town transfer station trucks are the typical visitors. The site sits on a large, open parcel outside town and is the place where trash gets buried rather than sorted.

Drive up a gravel entrance and you'll likely pass a scale and an attendant booth where trucks are logged and weighed; landfills of this type usually charge by weight with a minimum tipping fee. Pull up to the receiving area when directed, unload in the active cell or offload area, then drive back across the scale to be weighed out. The site looks basic - compacted dirt roads, cleared working faces, and equipment like dozers and compactors moving earth; summers are dusty and winters can get icy and rutted. Weekends and spring cleanup times often have lines, and commercial trucks are commonly seen dropping loads alongside residential vehicles.