Montmorency-Oscoda-Alpena Landfill

Montmorency-Oscoda-Alpena Landfill is the big county dump out on Landfill Road in Atlanta, where homeowners and contractors bring bagged trash, brush and construction debris. It’s a working landfill with heavy equipment and large dirt mounds, used by locals handling cleanouts and contractors hauling loads.

There’s an entrance booth and a scale, and tipping fees are calculated by weight so expect to stop to be weighed going in and often again on the way out. After the weigh-in, follow the traffic flow to the active dumping area where trucks and trailers back up to the tipping face. The site is fairly large with gravel/dirt roads, compacted piles of material and earth-moving machines moving about; dress for dust and uneven ground. Weekends-especially during spring cleanup-tend to be the busiest times and lines at the scale can form.