Wasco County Landfill

Wasco County Landfill on Steele Road is where local residents and businesses bring trash that gets buried - the final stop for household and commercial loads in The Dalles area. It handles everything from small pickup loads to larger commercial deliveries, so expect a big, working site rather than a tidy drop-off center.

There’s typically an entrance booth and a scale, so vehicles are weighed and tipping fees are charged by weight or by load category rather than a flat per-item price. Pull up to the booth/scale first, then follow the road out to the working face where trucks and heavy equipment move piles of dirt and garbage. Commercial loads are commonly accepted and usually billed at different rates than residential hauls, so commercial drivers should plan for that. The area is dusty and gravelly, with lots of truck traffic - give large vehicles plenty of room.