Republic Services Missoula Landfill

This is the Republic Services Missoula Landfill on Coal Mine Road, the big place out past town where most residential and commercial trash ends up. Locals use it for everything from pickup-truck loads to larger commercial drops, especially when hauling stuff that can’t go in the curbside bin. Expect a wide, open site with large berms and working faces visible from the access road.

Drive past the entrance booth and you’ll see a scale - hauling here is typically charged by weight so vehicles usually stop on the way in and again on the way out. Pull up to the tipping area and follow the traffic flow; trucks back up to a mound or flat pad depending on the load. The site is large, with gravel drives and heavy equipment moving around, so give big vehicles plenty of room. Because this is a regional landfill, commercial loads are handled here and the operation runs at a scale that can feel noisy and dusty on windy days.