Peacock Brothers Landfill

Peacock Brothers Landfill is the final place trash gets buried for Elm City and surrounding rural areas. Locals and commercial haulers both use it, and it’s the kind of big, no-frills site off Bend of the River Road that you can spot from the highway if you know what to look for. As a landfill, it handles large volumes and operates on a tipping-fee structure based on load weight.

Drive up to an entrance booth and then over a scale - the site charges by weight, so expect to stop for weighing on the way in and again when leaving. Large trucks and trailers are common, and the access road and tipping areas are wide but unpaved in spots, with dust and gravel. Loads are driven up to a dumping area or cell and emptied, then vehicles usually return to the scale for the final ticket. The overall feel is industrial: earthmoved piles, heavy equipment in the distance, and a straightforward flow for dropping off loads.