Polk County Sanitary Landfill

Polk County Sanitary Landfill, at 15764 270th Street SW in Crookston, is the county landfill most locals use for regular trash and larger loads. Residents and commercial haulers both show up here; it’s the place where material gets buried rather than processed on-site.

Drive up to an entrance with a scale - landfills charge by weight, so expect to be weighed when coming in and again on the way out. There’s typically a small booth or drop point at the gate and then a pit or tipping area where trucks and pickups unload. The site looks like a working field of compacted dirt, gravel access roads, and rising capped cells; recycling or special-item containers are often placed near the entrance. Tipping fees are weight-based with minimum charges common for small residential loads, and most county landfills accept commercial loads under a commercial fee structure.