Hastings Landfill

Hastings Landfill is the big county dump out on N. M43 that both residents and haulers use when trash needs to be buried. Located just north of Hastings, it handles large-scale disposal rather than drop-off recycling or transfer station stuff. Trucks and pickup loads turn through here when garbage has to go to the final cell.

There’s a scale house at the entrance where vehicles stop to be weighed and fees are calculated by weight, so expect a pause coming in and again leaving. Pull up to the booth, they’ll direct where to unload; commercial rigs usually have a separate flow from smaller vehicles. The site is open dirt and gravel with active tipping faces and cover areas, not a tidy transfer-yard - plan on some dust and heavy equipment noise. Recycling or container areas tend to be off to the side past the entrance point, so don’t assume everything goes to the pit.