Town of Colonie Sanitary Landfill

Town of Colonie Sanitary Landfill on New Loudon Road in Cohoes is the practical, working landfill where trash is buried rather than a transfer station. Locals and commercial haulers use it for final disposal, and it has the scale and footprint you expect from a municipal landfill.

There’s an entrance booth and a drive-on scale a short way in; landfills of this size typically charge tipping fees by weight or by load, so plan on being weighed. After that, follow the traffic flow up to the active tipping area where heavy equipment moves and covers loads - the site looks like large compacted rows and moving machinery rather than neat drop-off bays. Residential cars and larger commercial trucks both turn through here, though municipalities often have different rules and permit requirements for commercial loads. Weekends and spring cleanup season tend to be the busiest, so expect lines at peak times.