Forty West Sanitary Landfill

Forty West Sanitary Landfill sits out on Earth Care Road in Hagerstown and is where residents and commercial haulers take loads that will be buried rather than recycled. It’s a large, working site-expect big earthen mounds, heavy equipment moving about, and wide gravel driveways. People stop here with everything from a car-load of household trash to trailers from businesses.

There’s a scale at the entrance so loads are charged by weight; plan on stopping to be weighed in and again when you leave. A small entrance booth and gate mark the driveway, then traffic flows to the active dumping area where trucks tip and move back. Tipping fees follow a weight-based structure and usually differ for residential versus commercial deliveries. Lines can form, especially on weekends or during seasonal cleanups, and the surface is mostly gravel and dirt rather than paved.