Columbia Sanitary Landfill

Columbia Sanitary Landfill is the big municipal dump out by Peabody Road that people and businesses in Columbia use to get rid of bulky stuff that won't go in curbside cans. It’s a working landfill - the place where waste is buried - and it handles larger deliveries than neighborhood drop-off sites.

There’s a scale house near the entrance where vehicles stop to be weighed, so expect to pull up and be sent across the scale before and after unloading. The site is open, mostly gravel and compacted dirt roads with rows of covered cells and heavy equipment moving material around. Tipping fees are charged based on weight at the scale rather than by item, and landfills of this size commonly accept commercial loads as well as residential ones. Weekends and spring clean-up days can get backed up, so lines and waiting are common during peak times.