Peoples Landfill

Peoples Landfill in Birch Run is the town-scale landfill where household and commercial trash ends up. Local contractors and residents drop off everything from old furniture to yard debris, and it's one of the larger pits visible from Rathbun Road. Expect a working, no-frills place rather than a tidy recycling center.

Drive in to a gatehouse and be ready to pull onto a weigh scale; charges are handled by weight so vehicles usually stop twice. The site is a series of dirt roads and compacted cells, with piles of cover soil and active tipping faces; signs and traffic cones direct trucks where to unload. Recycling or bottle/can return habits in Michigan mean some items are commonly sorted out before people come here, so many folks arrive with mixed loads partially separated. Weekends, especially during spring cleanup, tend to get backed up; plan for a short line if it’s a busy weekend.