Hoffman Road Sanitary Landfill

Hoffman Road Sanitary Landfill is the big burial site just off Hoffman Road that locals and haulers use when trash needs a final home. People dropping off household junk, contractors with construction debris, and commercial trucks all show up here. The place is the kind of large, open landfill typical around Ohio - you can tell it's meant for long-term, large-scale disposal.

Drive up to an entrance booth and be prepared for a stop at a scale; tipping fees are charged by weight at landfills like this, so expect to be weighed and then weighed again on the way out. The roadway winds past compacted piles and lined mounds of soil and trash; commercial trucks tend to take the wider lanes while smaller vehicles edge to the sides. There are concrete pads and working faces where loads are dumped, followed by heavy equipment pushing material into lifts. Weekends, especially in spring and summer, can get backed up with a steady stream of pickups and trailers.