City of Washington Sanitary Landfill

City of Washington Sanitary Landfill is the municipal landfill for Washington, Missouri - where trash is buried rather than processed at a transfer station. Neighbors, local haulers and larger trucks use it when material needs final disposal. The site looks like a working landfill with large dirt mounds and open tipping areas rather than neat drop-off bins.

You'll drive up to an entrance booth and cross a scale - landfills typically charge by weight, so expect to stop to weigh in and again on the way out. After weighing, traffic is routed to the active cell or tipping area; surfaces are usually gravel and there will be heavy equipment and compacted piles to navigate around. Tipping fees are structured by weight with minimums for small residential loads and higher rates for commercial loads, so commercial trucks are billed differently. Weekends, and especially spring cleanup times, commonly have lines and slower throughput.